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Public Financial Disclosure Employee Crossword Puzzle
 
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1. Reporting status if filing a 278 report for the first time: 2 wds
4. A waiver permits you to participate in Government matters that conflict with your ___________ interests
7. File a ___________ report if leaving a position that required you to file a 278
10. If your agency prohibits holding certain interests, you may be required to ___________
11. Annuities may be fixed or ___________
12. Your agency may give you a ______ day maximum extension to complete your 278
13. Contracts obligating the holder to buy or sell a commodity at a stipulated price, etc
16. ______ actions in your ethics agreement within 90 days
24. Written promise to take action to avoid a conflict of interest: 2 wds
27. This head of your agency’s ethics program must file a 278: acronym
30. A certificate of ___________ allows you to defer payment of capital gains tax after selling a conflicting interest
32. You must list the ___________ assets of your 401(k)
34. Agencies review 278 reports to identify potential ___________ of interest
35. In unusual cases, the Director of OGE may ___________ reporting certain gifts
39. Do not file a 278 if you have worked in a covered position ______days or less
41. Reporting status if you worked more than 60 days and file an annual 278 report
43. Only new entrants and nominees must disclose sources of ___________ over $5,000
44. Report ___________ life insurance, not term: 2 wds
46. Do not report gifts received from ___________
47. Do not report your ___________ salary on your financial disclosure report
48. Do not report the sale of your personal ___________ as a transaction
49. Changing your 278 report while it is under review ___________ it.

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2. If you sell or buy an asset, you must report that ___________
3. Report ___________ that exceed $335
5. New entrant and ___________ filers do not report transactions
6. Compensation for the use of money, usually stated as an annual rate
8. Sometimes your DAEO may grant an ___________ if you can’t complete your SF 278 by May 15
9. Your annual 278 report is due on the 15th of this month
13. A person, such as a trustee, who holds a special trust and confidence to act in good faith for another’s benefit
14. Dollar amount penalty for filing a late 278 report: 2 wds
15. Your ___________ date is the date you entered a covered position
17. Report agreements and arrangements regarding future and continuing ___________
18. Wages, salaries, and commissions are examples of  ___________ income
19. Payment for an appearance, speech, or article is ___________
20. Report ___________ that exceed $10,000 on Schedule C
21. For Schedule B, report the fair ___________value of a gift
22. Transaction in which one entity, the lender, allows another, the borrower, to use property
23. Type of stock available to the public and traded on an exchange: 2 wds
25. Do not report your Government ___________ retirement benefits: 3 wds
26. You have ______ days to file a new entrant report
28. Report all ___________ positions held at any time during the reporting period
29. An ___________ savings account – also known as 529 plan – sets aside funds for future college costs
31. Report all assets that generated more than $200 in ___________
33. Most ___________clubs are set up as general partnerships
36. Report assets and income for yourself, spouse and  ___________ child(ren)
37. Difference between an asset’s cost and sale price: 2 wds
38. Registered as a management company under the Investment Company Act: 2 wds
40. Gifts ___________ by supplemental agency regulations should not be reported.
42. Report transactions that ___________ $1,000
45. ___________ funds are risky and a “hot topic” in the news

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