05/12/2020

May 15 is the deadline for filing public financial disclosure reports. This year, nearly all of those reports will be filed using Integrity, OGE’s public financial disclosure filing system – a fully virtual system that enables continuity during this time of disruption.

6/16

6/29

6/29

In this Program Advisory, OGE asks each agency to forward its annual letter stating whether its components that are currently designated should remain designated for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 207(c). Any request to modify the existing list of components should be submitted in accordance with regulatory procedures.

This Legal Advisory reminds agency ethics officials that under 18 U.S.C. § 208, an employee may not participate in any particular matter that would have a direct and predictable effect on the financial interests of a company in which the employee (or any imputed person) owns stock, not merely those particular matters that would affect the stock price.

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, this Program Advisory clarifies that OGE is not requiring or encouraging PAS officials to meet “in person” with a qualified ethics official to satisfy the regulatory requirement found in 5 C.F.R. § 2638.305 or the requirement in their ethics agreements.