; and (2) the term officer or employee shall include any individual occupying a position, providing any official services, or acting in an advisory capacity, in the White House or the Executive Office of the President, regardless of whether the individual receives pay. (h) In this title, a reference to the head of an agency shall include the President or the President’s designee. (i) In carrying out the duties under this section, the Director, or any employee of the Office of Government Ethics designated by the Director, shall transmit to Congress on the request of any committee or subcommittee thereof, by report, testimony, or otherwise, information and the views on functions, responsibilities, or other matters relating to the Office of Government Ethics. Such information shall be transmitted concurrently to the President and any other appropriate Executive agency. . 4. Agency Ethics Officials Training and Duties Section 403 of such Act (5 U.S.C. App) is amended by adding at the end the following: (c) (1) All designated agency ethics officials and alternate designated agency ethics officials shall register with, and report to, the Director as well as with the appointing authority of the official. (2) The Director shall provide ethics education and training to all designated and alternate designated agency ethics officials in a time and manner deemed appropriate by the Director. (3) The Director shall have final authority over the President’s designee and all designated and alternate designated agency ethics officials and other ethics counselors in the executive branch in the interpretation and implementation of all conflict of interest and ethics rules and regulations promulgated by the President or the Director. .