March 19, 2025
OGE provides this collection of resources to help potential Presidential nominees to Senate-confirmed positions understand the Nominee process and the ethics rules to which they would be subject after confirmation.
Guide for Nominees (2024) (PDF)
The Guide is for prospective nominees to PAS positions and those confirmed to these positions. It is organized to take a nominee through the life cycle of a person who will serve as a Senate-confirmed Presidential appointee (PAS official). It includes sections explaining what to expect during the nominee process, how to have an ethical start to Federal service, how to be a leader in ethics, and what to consider when planning to leave Federal service. The appendix contains detailed reference information, such as instructions for Integrity and financial disclosure checklists.
Nominee Process Tips (2024) (PDF)
This one-page resource provides crucial tips about the ethics review process for prospective nominees to PAS positions.
What to Gather Before You Start Your Public Financial Disclosure Report (2024) (PDF)
This one-page resource provides a list of documents and information that employees and prospective employees need to collect before completing a Public Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 278e).
Nominee Public Financial Disclosure Review Checklists (2024) (PDF)
OGE developed this collection of public financial disclosure checklists for prospective incoming Presidential nominees who file public financial disclosure reports, as well as for agency reviewers. The collection includes a general checklist applicable to all nominees, a checklist regarding trust interests, and supplemental checklists that target certain categories of professionals: attorneys; corporate officers, employees, and directors; university professors and deans; and investment fund managers.
Public Financial Disclosure Guide (2024) ( PDF)
Please note that OGE is phasing out the PDF version of the Guide and the PDF has not been updated.
This Guide is an interactive tool to assist individuals who file or review public financial disclosure reports (OGE Form 278e or OGE Form 278-T). The Guide offers helpful instructions, illustrations of sample language, definitions of terms, and plain-language answers to frequently asked questions.
Guide to Drafting Nominee Ethics Agreements (2024) (doc)
This Guide provides standardized language for drafting ethics agreements for prospective nominees to PAS positions. The ethics agreement outlines the steps the prospective nominee will take to avoid conflicts of interest.
Electronic Public Financial Disclosure Filing System, Integrity
Prospective nominees to PAS positions and nearly all public filers in the executive branch file public financial disclosure reports through Integrity, the executive branch electronic financial disclosure system. The user manual (PDF) for Integrity provides useful explanations of the system’s features.
Public Financial Disclosure (OGE Form 278e) and Confidential Financial Disclosure (OGE Form 450)
This webpage provides access to OGE’s financial disclosure forms and instructions for downloading the forms. Note: Nearly all prospective nominees to PAS positions will use Integrity to file their nominee financial disclosure.
Confidential Financial Disclosure Guide (2023) (PDF)
This Guide is a resource to assist individuals who file or review confidential financial disclosure reports (OGE Form 450). The Guide offers helpful instructions, illustrations of sample language, definitions of terms, and plain-language answers to frequently asked questions.
Certificate of Divestiture (CD) Fact Sheet (2016) (PDF)
This one-page reference guide summarizes key elements of the CD program including eligibility requirements, instructions on how employees can request a CD, and what to do after one is issued.
Access to Nominee Financial Disclosure Reports, Ethics Agreements, Certificates of Divestiture, and Certifications of Ethics Agreement Compliance
Public financial disclosure reports, ethics agreements, certificates of divestiture, and certifications of ethics agreement compliance of nominees are made available upon request pursuant to the Ethics in Government Act and the Representative Louise McIntosh Slaughter Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act (STOCK Act).
Quick Guide to PAS Reports Reviewed by OGE (2024) (PDF)
This Quick Guide describes which PAS reports are or are not subject to OGE review.
(Unofficial) Excel Workbook of PAS Nominee Positions Subject to OGE Financial Disclosure Review (2024) (excel)
This Workbook lists the civilian PAS positions traditionally subject to OGE’s review in the nomination process. Note: The official source for identifying political positions in the executive branch is the publication titled, “United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions.” This publication, commonly known as the Plum Book, is published alternately by the Senate and the House committees after each Presidential election. OGE publishes the list of PAS positions subject to its review to complement this publication.
LA-23-15: U.S. Office of Government Ethics Review of Nominee Reports for Presidentially Appointed, Senate Confirmed Positions (PDF)
This Legal Advisory discusses OGE’s approach to resolving potential conflicts of interest and other ethics issues for nominees for Presidentially appointed, Senate-confirmed positions.