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OGE Issues a New Regulation Related to Legal Expense Funds and Pro Bono Legal Services

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What's New

Program Advisory
| 06/01/2023

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.

Legal Advisory
| 05/31/2023

This Legal Advisory describes changes in OGE’s updated Compilation of Federal Ethics Laws.

Legal Advisory
| 05/26/2023

This Legal Advisory provides an overview of the Legal Expense Fund Regulation at 5 C.F.R part 2635, subpart J.

Leadership Note
| 05/25/2023

When I was confirmed nearly five years ago, I committed to issuing a regulation governing legal expense funds (LEF) for executive branch employees. Today, OGE published that rule.

Leadership Note
| 05/15/2023

Across 130+ executive branch agencies, more than 25,000 public financial disclosure reports are due to be filed today by senior government leaders.

Program Advisory
| 04/14/2023

This Program Advisory provides filing deadlines for the public financial disclosure reports of executive branch employees and procedures for the reports agencies are required to transmit to the U.S. Office of Government Ethics.

Featured Resources

Resources for Nominees to Senate-Confirmed Positions

OGE provides a 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.

Compilation of Federal Ethics Laws (PDF)

OGE has compiled 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 Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch (PDF)

OGE is responsible for issuing and interpreting the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch.

Institute for Ethics in Government

OGE provides professional development opportunities for executive branch ethics officials through its Institute for Ethics in Government.

Public Financial Disclosure Guide

OGE maintains a guide to assist filers and reviewers of public financial disclosure reports.

Confidential Financial Disclosure Guide (2019) (PDF)

OGE maintains a guide to assist filers and reviewers of confidential financial disclosure reports.


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