[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR2634.601]

[Page 525-526]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER XVI--OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS
 
PART 2634_EXECUTIVE BRANCH FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE, QUALIFIED TRUSTS, AND 
CERTIFICATES OF DIVESTITURE--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart F_Procedure
 
Sec. 2634.601  Report forms.

    Source: 57 FR 11821, Apr. 7, 1992, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) The Office of Government Ethics provides, through the Federal 
Supply Service of the General Services Administration (GSA), a standard 
form, the SF 278 (Public Financial Disclosure Report), for reporting the 
information described in subpart B of this part on executive branch 
public disclosure. The Office of Government Ethics also provides two 
uniform formats relating to confidential financial disclosure: OGE Form 
450 (Confidential Financial Disclosure Report) for reporting the 
information described in subpart I of this part on executive branch 
confidential disclosure; and OGE Optional Form 450-A (Confidential 
Certificate of No New Interests) for voluntary use by certain employees 
in lieu of filing an annual OGE Form 450, if authorized by their agency, 
in accordance with Sec. 2634.905(d) of subpart I of this part. Supplies 
of the two confidential forms are to be reproduced locally by each

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agency, from a camera-ready copy or an electronic format made available 
by the Office of Government Ethics. (Until August 31, 1997, the old SF 
450 remains usable, rather than the new OGE Form 450, and is available 
from GSA's Federal Supply Service.)
    (b) Subject to the prior written approval of the Director of the 
Office of Government Ethics, an agency may require employees to file 
additional confidential financial disclosure forms which supplement 
either or both of the standard forms referred to in paragraph (a) of 
this section, if necessary because of special or unique agency 
circumstances. The Director may approve such agency forms when, in his 
opinion, the supplementation is shown to be necessary for a 
comprehensive and effective agency ethics program to identify and 
resolve conflicts of interest. See Sec. Sec. 2634.103 and 2634.901.
    (c) The information collection and recordkeeping requirements have 
been approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control 
number 3209-0001 for the SF 278, and control number 3209-0006 for OGE 
Form 450/SF 450. OGE Optional Form 450-A has been determined not to 
require an OMB paperwork control number, as its use is strictly optional 
for employees, it is used exclusively by current Government employees, 
and it does not require affirmative disclosure of substantive 
information.

[57 FR 11821, Apr. 7, 1992, as amended at 58 FR 38912, July 21, 1993; 59 
FR 34756, July 7, 1994; 62 FR 33976, June 24, 1997; 63 FR 43068, Aug. 
12, 1998]