April 15, 1994
                                             DO-94-017

MEMORANDUM

TO:       Designated Agency Ethics Officials

FROM:     Stephen D. Potts
          Director

SUBJECT:  Public Financial Disclosure:  A Reviewer's Reference;
          additional ordering information, and investment
          supplement distribution


     By DAEOgram of February 2, 1994, the Office of Government
Ethics (OGE) announced the publication of a manual to assist
agencies in reviewing SF 278s and in managing the public financial
disclosure system generally.  This 300-page guide, entitled Public
Financial Disclosure:  A Reviewer's Reference, was made available
through a GPO rider which closed on March 15, 1994.  For agencies
which did not place orders through the rider or would like
additional copies, it will be available through the Superintendent
of Documents.  The SupDocs stock number is 052-003-01365-7.  An
exact price has not yet been determined; it will be somewhat more
than the cost under the rider, which we anticipated would not
exceed $12.  Delivery under the rider, as well as availability from
SupDocs, is expected in early May.

     While the Reference is comprehensive, one chapter has been
reserved for future completion, probably in early 1995.  That
chapter (chapter 8) will contain an individualized treatment of
various types of investments, including their characteristics, how
they should be disclosed, and conflict analysis.  Currently, these
matters are discussed more generally in several other chapters. 

     Until chapter 8 of the Reference can be completed and
published, The Wall Street Journal's Guide to Money and Investing
may be useful as a supplement.  This pamphlet discusses distinctive
features of common investments and offers basic investment guidance
for SF 278 reviewers.  For your convenience, we are enclosing one
copy.  If you are not directly involved in SF 278 reviews, we
request that you pass it to the person on your staff who manages
the public financial disclosure system for your agency.  Agencies
may wish to obtain additional copies of this pamphlet or some other
suitable investment reference from commercial book stores.

     If you have any questions, please contact your agency's OGE
Desk Officer.

(TEBBS Note: The pamphlet material is not available on the bulletin board)