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Dave Apol, General Counsel
Public Financial Disclosures: Candidates for President and Vice President of the United States
While you might associate OGE with the review and certification of public financial disclosures of senior executive branch officials, we are also responsible for another important group of filers: candidates for President and Vice President of the United States (candidates).
This Legal Advisory discusses the changes in the updated Confidential Financial Disclosure Guide.
Being ready to assist new leaders to take on their responsibilities free from ethics concerns requires OGE and every executive branch agency to plan and prepare.
Thursday, October 26th will mark the 45th anniversary the Ethics in Government Act being signed into law, creating the U.S. Office of Government Ethics and the ethics program it oversees designed to prevent conflicts of interest.
In support of OGE's equity efforts, this Program Advisory requests your participation in a short, four-question survey to identify the current demographics of the federal employees who implement the executive branch ethics program. OGE will use the results of this survey to compare to the 2021 results, to better understand the composition of the ethics community, to inform its DEIA Strategic Plan, and to tailor and create recruitment, retention, and professional development strategies for ethics practitioners.
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.
This page contains resources to assist Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates in filing public financial disclosures.
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.
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.
OGE is responsible for issuing and interpreting the Standards of Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch.
OGE provides professional development opportunities for executive branch ethics officials through its Institute for Ethics in Government.
OGE maintains a guide to assist filers and reviewers of public financial disclosure reports.
OGE developed Frequently Asked Questions on public financial disclosure reports to assist the public in understanding these reports and knowing when and how to access them.
