The director of the Office of Government...

The director of the Office of Government Ethics, David Martin, said he will look into allegations that former Federal Home Loan Bank Board Chairman Edwin J. Gray is misusing a federal office. The Washington Post reported that Gray has been using an office, telephone, computer and secretarial help to look for work since leaving his position June 30 as the head of the agency that regulates the 3,200 U.S. savings and loan institutions. Martin said his office must first determine if the bank board is a federal entity subject to the government’s standards of conduct. The board, although created by Congress, is funded by fees charged to the savings and loan industry and not by taxes. Karl Hoyle, the bank board’s director of public affairs, said Gray’s successor, M. Danny Wall, agreed to allow Gray to use a conference room at the board’s Office of Regulatory Policy, Oversight and Supervision until Sept. 1. Wall also authorized Gray to receive secretarial help, Hoyle said.