Today marks 41 years since the passage of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, which created the Office of Government Ethics and its public financial disclosure system. 

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This Program Advisory reminds agencies of annual public financial disclosure deadlines, explains reasons why OGE may decline to certify a report, and provides additional information on year-end status letters.

This Program Advisory announces a data call for agency practices related to providing ethics advice and counsel and attaches an advance copy of the questions that will be asked. The information requested must be submitted to the U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) by December 6, 2019.

This Program Advisory provides executive branch agencies with an advance copy of the 2019 Annual Agency Ethics Program Questionnaire to allow agencies time to coordinate between the ethics officials, human capital officers, and Inspectors General in order to prepare complete and accurate responses.