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July 19, 1999
DO-99-030
MEMORANDUM
TO: Designated Agency Ethics Officials
FROM: Stephen D. Potts
Director
SUBJECT: First Round Paperwork Notice For A Proposed Moderately
Revised Version of the SF 278 Report Form
The Office of Government Ethics (OGE) has published a first
round paperwork notice of a proposed moderately revised version of
the SF 278 Executive Branch Personnel Public Financial Disclosure
Report, with any agency or public comments due by September 27,
1999. See the attached copy of 64 Federal Register 37536-37539
(July 12, 1999). The mark-up copy of the SF 278 itself as proposed
for revision was not published, but is available without charge by
contacting your OGE desk officer. As noted in the OGE DAEOgram of
March 18, 1999 (# DO-99-011), OGE has decided to propose modest
changes to the SF 278, retaining the same basic substance and
design for the form (including keeping it a standard form). A brief
summary of the proposed changes to the form follows.
OGE is proposing to incorporate into the SF 278 report form
certain changes in the reporting law as regards higher-category
reporting for any assets, income, liabilities, and, for the first
time (& only affecting future reporting once the new form is
finalized), transactions, which are over $1,000,000 in value. OGE
is also proposing to include adjusted gifts/travel reimbursements
reporting thresholds for the SF 278. Further, a new check-off box
for indicating any filing extensions (& the number of days granted)
would be added, as well as a new continuation page for transactions
(Schedule B, Part I). In addition, OGE notes that it will, in the
future, need to adjust the referenced civil monetary penalty for
prohibited uses of an SF 278 report to which access has been
gained, once that penalty is increased. Various other minor
changes would also be made.
Attachment: SF 278 paperwork notice.