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The OCE was created by House Resolution 895 of the 110th Congress in March 2008.
An eight-person Board of Directors governs the OCE. Members of the Board are private citizens and cannot serve as members of Congress or work for the federal government. The current members are:
The OCE's investigations have two stages: (1) a preliminary review, which is completed in 30 days and (2) a second-phase review which is completed in 45 days, with the possibility of a 14 day extension. The Board must authorize each preliminary and second-phase review. At the end of any second phase review, the Board must recommend to the Ethics Committee either that the matter requires the Committee's further review or that it should dismiss the matter. When it makes its recommendation, the OCE Board may also transmit to the Ethics Committee a report that includes, among other things, findings of fact and citations to laws, rules or regulations that may have been violated.
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