12/16/2008

When a current employee assumes new responsibilities, even on a temporary basis, ethics officials need to reexamine the employee's financial disclosure report to determine whether potential conflicts of interest may exist with the employee's new duties.

12/08/2008

OGE provides a brief reminder about the ethics rules regarding holiday gifts and fundraising.

11/06/2008

2007 Conflict of Interest Prosecution Survey

11/06/2008

Recent legislation affecting the executive branch ethics program includes a loan repayment assistance plan, legislation on conflicts of interest for certain contractor employees, and a revision to the base pay of certain senior officials.

08/27/2008

OGE provides tips to ethics officials to facilitate the timely review and certification of the public financial disclosure termination reports (SF 278s) that PAS officials must file.

08/26/2008

OGE strongly encourages agency ethics officials to document ethics advice provided to current and former employees. Additionally, ethics officials should establish close working relationships with their respective Inspector General offices.

08/06/2008

OGE provides guidance concerning the treatment of income beneficiaries of discretionary trusts, for purposes of the disqualification requirements of 18 U.S.C. § 208 as well as the financial disclosure requirements of section 13104(f)(1) of the Ethics in Government Act, 5 U.S.C.

07/22/2008

OGE explains what actions a nominee for a full-time Senate-confirmed position (PAS nominee) must take with regard to pooled investment funds in order for the Director of OGE to certify the individual’s financial disclosure report.

06/30/2008

Anticipating an increase in the number of termination 278 reports as the Bush Administration ends, OGE requires agencies to notify it of a PAS official’s termination date.

06/25/2008

OGE issues the final post-government employment rule, to be codified in 5 C.F.R. part 2641.

04/30/2008

OGE announces it will conduct a review to evaluate agencies’ processes and procedures for collecting, reviewing, and certifying financial disclosure reports, including those filed by nominees for Presidentially-appointed, Senate-confirmed (PAS) positions.

03/28/2008

OGE provides guidance on the application of the post-government employment restrictions at 18 U.S.C. § 207(a) and 18 U.S.C. § 207(c).

03/27/2008

Guidance on when two matters are separate, for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 207(a); reconsiders conclusion previously reached in OGE Informal Advisory Letter 99 x 14(2).

03/26/2008

18 U.S.C. § 207(j)(7) provides an exception to the one-year no-contact ban for former senior employees and the two-year no-contact ban for very senior employees. These categories of employees do not violate the statute if a communication or appearance is on behalf of a candidate or one of the specified political entities.

03/26/2008

18 U.S.C. § 207(j)(7) provides an exception to the one-year no-contact ban for former senior employees and the two-year no-contact ban for very senior employees. These categories of employees do not violate the statute if a communication or appearance is on behalf of a candidate or one of the specified political entities.

03/26/2008

An employee may accept compensation for teaching a course offered by a NAFI because the term "sponsored and funded by the Federal Government" in this exception encompasses courses of instruction offered and funded by NAFIs.

03/26/2008

An employee may accept compensation for teaching a course offered by a NAFI because the term "sponsored and funded by the Federal Government" in this exception encompasses courses of instruction offered and funded by NAFIs.

03/25/2008

OGE issues final rule amendments that revise the financial disclosure regulations to reflect the statutory increase of the thresholds for reporting of gifts, reimbursements and travel expenses. OGE also increases the widely attended gathering gift exception ceiling for nonsponsor gifts of free attendance.

03/12/2008

OGE notifies the ethics community of the March 2008 Government Accountability Office report on contractor employee conflicts of interest.

03/06/2008

OGE provides a comprehensive discussion of the laws pertaining to book deals involving Government employees. The rules for regular and special Government employees are covered in one document, and the rules for noncareer employees and Presidential appointees are addressed in a second document.

03/06/2008

OGE provides a comprehensive discussion of the laws pertaining to book deals involving Government employees. The rules for regular and special Government employees are covered in one document, and the rules for noncareer employees and Presidential appointees are addressed in a second document.

02/26/2008

OGE summarizes the restrictions on a political appointee who was interested in writing a book not related to his official duties.

01/30/2008

The provisions of NARA’s rule and the GRS 20 revisions that generally allow the destruction of original paper documents will not apply to public and confidential financial disclosure reports and related ethics agreements. These original documents must be maintained in accordance with the full time periods specified in GRS 25.

01/30/2008

The Motion Picture Association of America receives a response related to the Widely Attended Gathering exception to the gift rules and a clarification of "prohibited source" at 5 C.F.R. § 2635.204(h) of the Standards of Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch.

01/25/2008

Reviewers should seek additional information to clarify the inadequate entries on a financial disclosure report submitted by a Presidential appointee whose position requires Senate confirmation.