October 19, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR DESIGNATED AGENCY ETHICS OFFICIALS
FROM: STEPHEN D. POTTS
DIRECTOR
SUBJECT: Availability of new standard confidential disclosure
form (SF 450), and limited local reproduction
As we recently announced, the SF 450 for confidential
financial disclosure reporting is now stocked and available through
the Federal Supply Service, using National Stock Number 7540-01-
351-9173, at $2.50 per package of 50. For agencies who placed
timely orders, you may have already received your supply.
However, the second printing may not be available immediately,
so if you are submitting new orders or your original requisition
was not filled, you may encounter some difficulty in obtaining an
adequate supply promptly. This could occur because the second
printing must be reset to correct a number of technical
irregularities which we discovered in the initial delivery.
Because of this unusual circumstance, GSA has approved
LIMITED local reproduction of the SF 450, pursuant to its authority
at 41 CFR § 101-26.302. This authorization is valid only if an
agency is unsuccessful in having its order filled through the
Federal Supply Service by the end of October. Additionally, GSA
has limited this local copying approval to the current cycle of
confidential filings, through the end of calendar year 1992.
The local reproduction option will help alleviate an urgent
need to have new entrants file now, before performing their
responsibilities. Since agencies' old forms became obsolete on
October 5, they have been unable to collect new entrant reports
until the SF 450 is available.
Local reproduction of the SF 450 will also permit agencies to
complete their annual filing procedure without further delay.
Alternatively, your agency may still avail itself of the 30 day
administrative delay which this Office announced by DAEO-gram of
August 25, and it may also exercise authority under § 2634.903(d)
of the new regulation to grant filers an extension of up to 90 days
for good cause, such as form unavailability.
If you do choose to locally reproduce the SF 450 for the
limited purposes specified above, you may use the advance copy
which we provided to you by DAEO-gram of August 25, or contact your
desk officer or the general counsel staff for another copy.