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David Huitema, Director


Leadership Notes

A Message From David Huitema, Director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics

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What's New

Legal Advisory
| 01/07/2025

This Legal Advisory identifies the 2025 thresholds for: (1) determining which senior employees are subject to the post-employment restrictions; (2) identifying which officers and employees must file public financial disclosure reports; and (3) implementing the outside employment and outside earned income restrictions for certain covered noncareer employees.

Leadership Note
| 12/17/2024

I am honored to be starting my term as the Director of OGE.

Featured Resources

Nominee Financial Disclosure Review During Presidential Transitions (as of January 7, 2025) (PDF)

This document provides key information and data about the nominee financial disclosure review process including during the 2024 Presidential Transition.

2024 Presidential Election Readiness

This webpage features current resources, as well as an archive of past resources, for Presidential campaigns, Presidential Transition Teams, prospective nominees to Presidentially appointed, Senate-confirmed (PAS) positions, the public, and the media to support successful pre and post-election activities.

Guide for Nominees (2024) (PDF)

This Guide is for prospective nominees to Senate-confirmed Presidential appointment (PAS) positions and those confirmed to PAS positions. It is organized to take a nominee through the life cycle of a 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.

Public Financial Disclosure Guide

This Guide assists filers and reviewers of public financial disclosure reports.

Analyzing Potential Conflicts of Interests

These guidance documents provide conflicts of interest analyses for various types of employment interests, investment interests, and liabilities.

Compilation of Federal Ethics Laws (PDF)

The Compilation contains the most pertinent laws under the jurisdiction of the executive branch ethics program as well as related statutes on which ethics officials are often called upon to provide advice to agency employees.

Summary of the Standards of Conduct (PDF)

This resource provides a summary of the Standards of Conduct for Employees of Ethical Conduct which apply to every executive branch employee.

Institute for Ethics in Government

The Institute for Ethics in Government offers training opportunities for ethics officials and maintains a vast library of on-demand learning tools available to anyone interested in the ethics program.


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