ethics

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) maintains ethics officials and internal oversight mechanisms that can review allegations of improper access to mortgage data managed or overseen by the agency.

Ethics experts state that personal solicitation of donations by public officials can create coercive pressure on potential donors and foster expectations of gratitude and reciprocity, increasing the risk of influence or perceived conflicts of interest.

A 2022 study reported that deep learning models' ability to predict self-reported race from medical images persisted across all anatomical regions and frequency spectrums and remained when images were corrupted, cropped, or noised, indicating robustness that may make it challenging to prevent race prediction in medical imaging AI.

The Hatch Act of 1939 prohibits employees of the executive branch from engaging in partisan political activity while performing their official duties.

The U.S. Constitution's Domestic Emoluments Clause (Article II, Section 1, Clause 7) bars the President of the United States from receiving any payment, present, emolument, office, or title from the federal government or any state, except for the presidential salary.

The U.S. Office of Special Counsel is an independent federal watchdog agency that investigates whistleblower reports from federal employees.