06/05/2025

After this first round notice and public comment period, the U.S. Office of Government Ethics plans to request that the Office of Management and Budget renew its approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act for an existing information collection consisting of twelve model certificates and model documents for qualified trusts.

09/12/2024

The U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) is issuing a final rule to revise the component designations of one agency for purposes of the one-year post-employment conflict of interest restriction for senior employees, 18 U.S.C. 207(c). Specifically, based on the recommendation of the Department of Health and Human Services, OGE is designating one new component in appendix B to 5 CFR part 2641.

09/10/2024

After this second round notice, the U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) intends to submit a request for a renewed Generic Clearance for the collection of qualitative feedback on agency service delivery for review and approval of a three-year extension under the Paperwork Reduction Act.

07/03/2024

After this second round notice and public comment period, the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) plans to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) renew its approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act for a modified version of an existing information collection, entitled the OGE Form 278e Executive Branch Personnel Public Financial Disclosure Report.

07/03/2024

After this second round notice and public comment period, the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) plans to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) renew its approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act for a modified version of an existing information collection, entitled the OGE Form 450 Executive Branch Confidential Financial Disclosure Report.

06/17/2024

After this first round notice and public comment period, the U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) intends to submit a request for a renewed Generic Clearance for the collection of qualitative feedback on agency service delivery for review and approval of a three-year extension under the Paperwork Reduction Act.

05/28/2024

The U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) is issuing a proposed rule to revise the component designations of one agency for purposes of the one-year post-employment conflict of interest restriction for senior employees, 18 U.S.C. 207(c). Specifically, based on the recommendation of the Department of Health and Human Services, OGE is proposing to designate one new component in appendix B to 5 CFR part 2641.

05/17/2024

The U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) is issuing this final rule updating the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch (Standards). The final rule updates the Standards based on OGE’s experience gained from application of the regulation since its inception. The final rule also incorporates past interpretive guidance, adds and updates regulatory examples, improves clarity, updates citations, and makes technical corrections.

05/02/2024

After this second round notice and public comment period, the U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) plans to submit a new module allowing filers to request an extension of the time available to file a public financial disclosure report within its Integrity electronic filing system.

03/11/2024

OGE proposes to revise an existing Governmentwide system of records under the Privacy Act, covering Executive Branch Personnel Public Financial Disclosure Reports and Other Name-Retrieved Ethics Program Records.

02/28/2024

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), with the concurrence of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE), is adopting jointly issued amendments to the Commission's existing Supplemental Standards of Ethical Conduct for Members and Employees of the Securities and Exchange Commission. This rule amends the existing Supplemental Standards by prohibiting employee ownership of sector funds that have a stated policy of concentrating their investments in entities directly regulated by the Commission; revising transaction and reporting requirements for certain assets that pose a low risk of conflicts of interest or appearance concerns; permitting employees to comply with reporting obligations through an approved automated compliance system; clarifying that the limitation on purchasing securities that are part of an initial public offering (IPO) until seven days after the IPO also applies to direct listings of securities; correcting certain technical matters; and adjusting its transaction and reporting requirements to provide the flexibility necessary to implement an automated compliance system.

02/26/2024

After this first round notice and public comment period, the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) plans to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) renew its approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act for a modified version of an existing information collection, entitled the OGE Form 278e Executive Branch Personnel Public Financial Disclosure Report.

02/26/2024

After this first round notice and public comment period, the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) plans to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) renew its approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act for a modified version of an existing information collection, entitled the OGE Form 450 Executive Branch Confidential Financial Disclosure Report.

02/02/2024

This document contains corrections to a final rule that was published in the Federal Register on August 8, 2023. The final rule amended the United States Postal Service's (Postal Service) Supplemental Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the United States Postal Service (Supplemental Standards), which were issued by the Postal Service with the concurrence of the United States Office of Government Ethics (OGE).

01/24/2024

The Office of Government Ethics (OGE) seeks comment on the development of a new module allowing filers to request an extension of the time available to file a public financial disclosure report within its Integrity electronic filing system.

01/10/2024

In accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, the U.S. Office of Government Ethics is issuing this final rule to make the 2024 annual adjustments to the Ethics in Government Act civil monetary penalties.

12/12/2023

The Department of Defense is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on February 28, 2023. The Department of Defense, with the concurrence of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE), finalized amendments to its Supplemental Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Department of Defense (DoD Supplemental Regulation). The amendments revised and updated the DoD Supplemental Regulation originally written in 1993, to supplement the OGE Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch (OGE Standards). Amendments included changes in the following areas: designation of separate agency components for the purposes of gifts and teaching, speaking, and writing; additional exceptions for gifts from outside sources; additional limitations on gifts between DoD employees; and authority to waive any of the provisions of the DoD Supplemental Regulation.

12/08/2023

The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS), with the concurrence of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE), is issuing this final rule for FMCS employees. This rule supplements the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch (OGE Standards) issued by OGE and is necessary because it addresses ethical issues unique to the FMCS. This rule sets forth prior approval requirements for certain outside employment and outside activities for all FMCS employees, other than special government employees.

08/28/2023

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) is announcing Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval of new information collection requirements contained in a final rule published in the Federal Register on May 25, 2023, “Legal Expense Fund Regulation.”

08/08/2023

The United States Postal Service (Postal Service), with the concurrence of the United States Office of Government Ethics (OGE), amends the Supplemental Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the United States Postal Service by updating and refining outside employment and activity provisions (including prior approval requirements and prohibitions), by adding new requirements applicable to Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) employees, Postal Service Governors, the Postmaster General, and the Deputy Postmaster General, and by making limited technical and ministerial changes.

07/18/2023

The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS), with the concurrence of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE), is issuing this proposed rule for FMCS employees. This rule supplements the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch (OGE Standards) issued by OGE and is necessary because it addresses ethical issues unique to the FMCS. This rule sets forth prior approval requirements for certain outside employment and outside activities for all FMCS employees, other than special government employees.

06/09/2023

The U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) is updating its executive branch regulation on financial disclosure to reflect the retroactive statutory increase of the reporting thresholds for gifts and travel reimbursements. OGE is also updating the executive branchwide standards of ethical conduct regulation to raise the widely attended gatherings nonsponsor gifts exception dollar ceiling tied to these thresholds. This change is not retroactive.

06/09/2023

The Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA” or “Department”), with the concurrence of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE), is issuing this proposed rule for Department of Veterans Affairs employees. This document supplements the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch (OGE Standards) issued by OGE and is necessary because it addresses ethical issues unique to the Department of Veterans Affairs. The proposed rule requires employees to seek prior approval for outside employment with a prohibited source, with or without compensation. Prior approval would also be required for serving, with or without compensation, as an officer, director, trustee, general partner, employee, consultant, or contractor for a Veteran-centric organization. Attorneys in the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of General Counsel (OGC) would be subject to additional requirements regarding the outside practice of law.

05/25/2023

The U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) is adding a new subpart to the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch (Standards). The new subpart contains the standards for an employee's acceptance of payments for legal expenses through a legal expense fund and an employee's acceptance of pro bono legal services for a matter arising in connection with the employee's official position, the employee's prior position on a campaign of a candidate for President or Vice President, or the employee's prior position on a Presidential Transition Team. OGE is also making related amendments to the portions of the Standards that govern the solicitation and acceptance of gifts from outside sources and the portions of the Executive Branch Financial Disclosure regulation that govern confidential financial disclosure reports.

05/25/2023

Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974, the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) proposes to establish a new Governmentwide system of records covering executive branch legal expense fund trust documents, reports, and other name-retrieved legal expense fund records.

02/28/2023

The DoD, with the concurrence of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE), is finalizing amendments to its Supplemental Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Department of Defense (DoD Supplemental Regulation). The amendments revise and update the DoD Supplemental Regulation originally written in 1993, to supplement the OGE Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch (OGE Standards). Amendments include changes in the following areas: designation of separate agency components for the purposes of gifts and teaching, speaking, and writing; additional exceptions for gifts from outside sources; additional limitations on gifts between DoD employees; and authority to waive any of the provisions of the DoD Supplemental Regulation.

02/21/2023

The U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) is proposing to make modernization updates to the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch (Standards). The proposed amendments seek to update the Standards based on OGE’s experience gained from application of the regulation since its inception. The proposed amendments also would incorporate past interpretive guidance, add and update regulatory examples, improve clarity, update citations, and make technical corrections.

02/07/2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), with the concurrence of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE), is issuing this proposed rule to amend the Supplemental Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Securities and Exchange Commission by refining the transaction and reporting requirements applicable to members and employees; prohibiting employee ownership of sector funds that have a stated policy of concentrating their investments in entities directly regulated by the Commission; authorizing the collection of covered securities transactions and holdings data from financial institutions through a third-party automated compliance system; and making limited technical and ministerial changes.

01/09/2023

In accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, the U.S. Office of Government Ethics is issuing this final rule to make the 2023 annual adjustments to the Ethics in Government Act civil monetary penalties.

12/01/2022

The U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) is hosting a public meeting to obtain input from interested parties regarding potential improvements to the OGE Form 278e and the OGE Form 450 as part of a form revision planning process that will precede the next requested renewal of these forms under the Paperwork Reduction Act. The next scheduled renewal is in 2024; however, OGE may decide to make changes earlier.