The Office of the General Counsel:
- Provides advice to MCC’s Board of Directors and to MCC staff on all legal issues affecting MCC, its programs, policies and procedures.
- Advises the Department of Policy and Evaluation on all aspects of country eligibility, and the development, implementation and closeout of threshold programs.
- Supports the Department of Compact operations and MCC country teams on compact program development, implementation and closeout.
- Provides advice to the Department of Administration & Finance on all issues affecting the internal operation of MCC, including personnel law, government contracts, fiscal law, information technology, and corporate records management.
- Advises the Department of Congressional and Public Affairs on matters of statutory interpretation, communications and other public initiatives.
- Serves as the Corporate Secretary for the MCC Board of Directors, including advising on governance issues and coordinating the meetings and other activities of the Board.
- Manages MCC’s ethics program, providing related training and guidance to staff.
- Manages MCC’s Anti-fraud and corruption policy and processes in connection with all compact and threshold programs.
- Serves as the point of contact for all MCC Freedom of Information Act requests and administers the FOIA program for the agency.