12/17/2010
DO-10-020: New Public Financial Disclosure Form (OGE Form 278)
OGE replaces the SF 278 Executive Branch Personnel Public Financial Disclosure Report with a new form for collecting public financial disclosure reports in the Federal executive branch, the OGE Form 278.
11/09/2010
DO-10-017: 2009 Conflict of Interest Prosecution Survey
2009 Conflict of Interest Prosecution Survey
04/22/2010
DO-10-005: Guidance on Waivers under 18 U.S.C. § 208(b), Authorizations under Agency Supplemental Regulations
Waivers under 18 U.S.C. § 208(b) and agency supplemental regulations and authorizations under 5 C.F.R. § 2635.502(d) must be issued prospectively in order to be valid.
03/19/2010
10x1: Uncompensated Teaching, Writing, and Speaking
OGE clarifies its views on the application of 5 C.F.R. § 2635.702 and 5 C.F.R. § 2635.807 pertaining to uncompensated teaching, writing, and speaking.
02/22/2010
DO-10-004: FAQs on Post-Employment under the Ethics Pledge
Paragraphs 4 (post-employment cooling-off period) and 5 (post-employment lobbying ban) of the Ethics Pledge, Executive Order 13490, impose significant new post-employment restrictions on non-career appointees.
02/18/2010
DO-10-003: Attendance by Staff Accompanying Official Speakers
Attendance by particular personnel whose presence is truly essential to the performance of the Executive Branch speaker's official duties at a specific event does not violate either OGE’s long-standing gift rules or the Executive Order 13490 lobbyist gift ban.
01/28/2010
DO-10-002: Federal Travel Benefits and 18 U.S.C. § 208
This memorandum highlights 5 C.F.R. § 2640.203(d), which authorizes an employee to participate in official travel matters, with certain limits, notwithstanding the financial interest that may arise from an agency's provision of travel benefits and cost reimbursement to the employee.