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[Office of Government Ethics Semiannual Regulatory Agenda]
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Semiannual Regulatory Agenda

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OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS (OGE)






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OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS

5 CFR Ch. XVI

Semiannual Regulatory Agenda; Fall 2003

AGENCY: Office of Government Ethics.

ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda.

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SUMMARY: The following Office of Government Ethics (OGE) substantive 
and procedural regulations are scheduled for development or review 
during the six-month period following publication. This agenda fulfills 
OGE's responsibility to publish a semiannual regulatory agenda under 
Executive Order 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review, and has been 
prepared in accordance with guidance received from the Office of 
Management and Budget. None of the OGE regulations in this agenda will 
have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small 
entities as defined under the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 
chapter 6. In addition, none of the listed OGE regulatory actions are 
procurement-related.

     This publication in the Federal Register does not impose a 
binding obligation on the Office of Government Ethics with respect 
to any particular item on its agenda. The dates shown for the 
future steps of each action are estimates and not commitments to 
act by the date shown. Moreover, other OGE regulatory actions, in 
addition to the entries listed, are not precluded.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William E. Gressman, Senior Associate 
General Counsel, Office of Government Ethics, Suite 500, 1201 New York 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20005-3917; Telephone: (202) 482-9245; TDD: 
(202) 482-9293; Fax: (202) 482-9237.

Approved: October 9, 2003.

 Amy L. Comstock,

Director, Office of Government Ethics.

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                                                                                                    Regulation
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3697        Executive Branch Financial Disclosure, Qualified Trusts, and Certificates of            3209--AA00
            Divestiture.........................................................................
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                                  Office of Government Ethics--Final Rule Stage
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3698        Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch..................    3209--AA04
3699        Limitations on Outside Earned Income, Employment, and Affiliations for Certain          3209--AA13
            Noncareer Employees.................................................................
3700        Executive Agency Ethics Training Programs...........................................    3209--AA07
3701        Interpretation, Exemptions, and Waiver Guidance Concerning 18 U.S.C. 208 (Acts          3209--AA09
            Affecting a Personal Financial Interest)............................................
3702        Post--Employment Conflict of Interest Restrictions..................................    3209--AA14
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3703        Executive Agency Supplemental Standards of Ethical Conduct Regulations Issued           3209--AA15
            Jointly With the Concurrence of the Office of Government Ethics.....................
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3704        Office of Government Ethics Gift Acceptance Authority and Organizational Update.....    3209--AA21
3705        Privacy Act Rules of the Office of Government Ethics................................    3209--AA18
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Office of Government Ethics (OGE)                   Proposed Rule Stage






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3697. EXECUTIVE BRANCH FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE, QUALIFIED TRUSTS, AND 
CERTIFICATES OF DIVESTITURE

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 5 USC app (Ethics in Government Act of 1978); EO 
12674; EO 12731; 26 USC 1043; 28 USC 2461 note; PL 101--410; PL 104--
134, sec 31001

CFR Citation: 5 CFR 2634

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Regulation revising the executive branch public and 
confidential financial disclosure report systems for high--level 
officials and certain mid--level employees, respectively, in light of 
the changes to the Ethics in Government Act effected by the Ethics 
Reform Act of 1989 (Pub. L. 101--194), as amended. These disclosure 
provisions apply to public reports filed since January 1, 1991. Subpart 
I of the regulation, effective October 5, 1992, superseded prior 
executive branchwide and agency--specific regulations and established a 
revised system of confidential reporting, modeled generally on the 
public reporting system, for executive branch agency mid--level 
employees with sensitive duties and special Government employees. This 
regulation also has a subpart dealing with certificates of divestiture.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            12/02/86                    51 FR 43359
Interim Final Rule              04/07/92                    57 FR 11800
Correction                      05/22/92                    57 FR 21854
Correction                      12/31/92                    57 FR 62605
Revised Interim Final Rule      07/21/93                    58 FR 38911
Proposed Amendment to Interim 
Final Rule                      09/01/93                    58 FR 46096
Technical Amendments to Interim 
Final Rule                      11/30/93                    58 FR 63023
Technical (Paperwork) Amendments 
to Interim Final Rule           07/07/94                    59 FR 34755
Proposed Amendments--
Certificates of No New Interests 
for Confidential Filers         01/15/97                     62 FR 2048
Final Amendment--Certificates of 
No New Interests for 
Confidential Filers             06/24/97                    62 FR 33972
Updating Amendment to Part 2634 09/17/97                    62 FR 48746
Clarifying Amendment to Section 
2634.906                        03/31/98                    63 FR 15273
Minor Amdt. to Part 2634 
(Transfer of Inactive in Lieu of 
Honoraria Charitable Paymts. 
Reporting)                      08/12/98                    63 FR 43067
Paperwork Revisions to 
Appendixes A, B, and C          11/02/98                    63 FR 58619
Technical Amendments to Part 
2634                            12/18/98                    63 FR 69991
Technical Corrections to Part 
2634                            01/14/99                     64 FR 2421
Proposed Gifts Reporting Waiver 
Amendments                      05/13/99                    64 FR 25849
Inflation Adjustments to Civil 
Monetary Penalties as Reflected 
in Part 2634                    08/30/99                    64 FR 47095
Final Gifts Reporting Waiver 
Amendments                      09/14/99                    64 FR 49639
Technical Amendments to 
Categories of Value Reporting 
and Gifts / Reimbursements 
Thresholds                      11/20/00                    65 FR 69655
Final Rule Amendment to Confer 
Additional Agency Confidential 
Report Filing Extension 
Authority                       11/05/01                    66 FR 55871
Final Rule Amendments to 
Qualified Trusts Certificates 
Notices                         05/03/02                    67 FR 22348
Final Rule Clarifying Amendment 
on Revocable Inter Vivos Trust 
Interpretation                  05/31/02                    67 FR 37965
Final Rule Amendments on Filing 
Exts. & Fee Waivers Delegations 08/01/02                    67 FR 49856
Effective Date Correction to 
Final Rule Amendments on Filing 
Exts. & Fee Waivers Delegations 09/06/02                    67 FR 57063
Final Rule Amendment on 
Reporting Period for Public 
Reports                         09/13/02                    67 FR 57937
Final Rule Amendment on 
Increased Reporting Thresholds 
for Gifts & Reimbursements      10/02/02                    67 FR 61761
Proposed Rule Amendments to 
Certificates of Divestiture 
Provisions (Subpart J)          12/00/03
Final Rule Amendment to Clarify 
OGE Intent on Sole & Exclusive 
Agency Authority Conferred Under 
Reg.                            12/00/03
Proposed Rule Amendments to 
Confidential Financial 
Disclosure Provisions           12/00/03
Proposed Rule Amendments to 
Qualified Trust Provisions      03/00/04
Final Rule Removal of Obsolete 
In Lieu/Honoraria Provisions    05/00/04
Proposed Rule Amendments Re: 
Excepted Investment Funds       10/00/04
Final Action                    12/00/04

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Judith A. Kim, Deputy General Counsel for Financial 
Disclosure, Office of Government Ethics, Suite 500, 1201 New York 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202 482--9300
TDD Phone: 202 482--9293
Fax: 202 482--9237

RIN: 3209-AA00

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3698. STANDARDS OF ETHICAL CONDUCT FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 5 USC 7301; 5 USC 7351; 5 USC 7353; 5 USC app, Ethics 
in Government Act of 1978; EO 12674; EO 12731

CFR Citation: 5 CFR 2635

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Regulation implementing certain provisions of Executive Order 
12674 on Principles of Ethical Conduct, as modified by Executive Order 
12731, and the Ethics Reform Act of 1989 (Pub. L. 101--194), as 
amended. Effective February 3, 1993, this ethical conduct standards 
regulation generally superseded executive branch employee conduct and 
gifts rules, as well as pertinent portions of agency--specific conduct 
regulations issued under prior Executive Order 11222. For certain 
existing agency regulatory standards setting forth financial interest 
prohibitions and prior approval for outside employment/activities, an 
extended grace period was in effect until November 1, 1996, or until 
individual concerned agencies issued supplemental regulations (with 
Office of Government Ethics concurrence), whichever occurred first.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            07/23/91                    56 FR 33778
NPRM Comment Period End         09/20/91
Final Overall Regulation on 
Standards of Ethical Conduct    08/07/92                    57 FR 35006
Correction                      10/27/92                    57 FR 48557
Correction                      11/04/92                    57 FR 52583
5 CFR 2635.403(a) and 2635.803 
Grace Period Extension          02/02/94                     59 FR 4779
Additional 5 CFR 2635.403(a) and 
2635.803 Grace Period Extension 02/02/95                     60 FR 6390
NPRM on Widely Attended 
Gatherings                      06/15/95                    60 FR 31415
Minor Correction to One Citation10/03/95                    60 FR 51667
Further 5 CFR 2635.403(a) and 
2635.803 Grace Period Extension 12/27/95                    60 FR 66857
Further Additional 5 CFR 
2635.403(a) and 2635.803 Grace 
Period Extension                08/07/96                    61 FR 40950
Final Rule on Widely Attended 
Gatherings                      08/20/96                    61 FR 42965
Correction to Final Rule on 
Widely Attended Gatherings      09/16/96                    61 FR 48733
Interim Rule on Gifts From 
Political Organizations         09/27/96                    61 FR 50689
Final Rule on Gifts From 
Political Organizations         03/17/97                    62 FR 12531
Updating Amendments to Part 263509/17/97                    62 FR 48746
Proposed Amendments Re: Gifts 
(Subpart B)                     08/04/98                    63 FR 41476
Further Minor Proposed 
Amendments to Part 2635 / 
Seeking Employment and Outside 
Activities                      08/26/98                    63 FR 45415
Amendments to Subpart B Gifts 
From Outside Sources            12/18/98                    63 FR 69992
Technical Corrections to Part 
2635                            01/14/99                     64 FR 2421
Final Amendments to Part 2635 / 
Seeking Employment and Outside 
Activities                      03/17/99                    64 FR 13063
Interim Rule on Travel Expenses 
for Certain Unofficial Teaching, 
Speaking, and Writing           09/05/00                    65 FR 53650
Correction                      09/12/00                    65 FR 55076
Final Technical Amendment to 
Nonsponsor Widely Attended 
Gathering Gift Dollar Ceiling   11/20/00                    65 FR 69655
Final Rule on Travel Expenses 
for Certain Unofficial Teaching, 
Speaking, and Writing           11/30/01                    66 FR 59673
Final Rule Amend.--Increased 
Dollar Ceiling Except. for 
Nonsponsor Widely Attended 
Gatherings Gifts                10/02/02                    67 FR 61761
Final Rule Amendment to Clarify 
OGE Intent on Sole & Exclusive 
Agency Authority Conferred Under 
Reg.                            12/00/03
Final Rule Removal of Obsolete 
In Lieu/Honoraria Provisions    05/00/04
Overall Proposed Amendments to 
Standards of Ethical Conduct 
Regulation                      06/00/04

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Marilyn L. Glynn, General Counsel, Office of Government 
Ethics, Suite 500, 1201 New York Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202 482--9292
TDD Phone: 202 482--9293
Fax: 202 482--9237

RIN: 3209-AA04
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3699. LIMITATIONS ON OUTSIDE EARNED INCOME, EMPLOYMENT, AND AFFILIATIONS 
FOR CERTAIN NONCAREER EMPLOYEES

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 5 USC app, Ethics in Government Act of 1978; EO 12674; 
EO 12731; 28 USC 2461 note; PL 101--410; PL 104--134, sec 31001

CFR Citation: 5 CFR 2636

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The regulation had, in pertinent part, implemented, effective 
January 1, 1991, the prohibition on honoraria (now declared 
unconstitutional by the courts as to most rank and file executive 
branch employees and hence determined to be eviscerated as to all other 
Federal employees by the Office of Legal Counsel of the Justice 
Department). In addition, the regulation continues to implement the 
limitation on outside employment as provided in the 1989 Ethics Reform 
Act revisions to the Ethics in Government Act, as amended. The 
regulation has now been amended in light of the above--noted litigation 
and other pertinent developments.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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Interim Final Rule              01/17/91                     56 FR 1721

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Deferral of Effective Date of 5 
CFR 2636.205                    05/10/91                    56 FR 21589
Additional Deferral of Effective 
Date of 5 CFR 2636.205          10/11/91                    56 FR 51319
Revision of Honorarium 
Definition in 5 CFR 2636.203(a) 01/08/92                      57 FR 601
Further Deferral of Effective 
Date of 5 CFR 2636.205          02/14/92                     57 FR 5369
Technical Correction to Interim 
Final Rule                      12/30/93                    58 FR 69176
Technical (Paperwork) Amendments 
to Interim Final Rule           07/07/94                    59 FR 34755
Removal of Subpart B of Part 
2636                            08/12/98                    63 FR 43067
Technical Corrections to Part 
2636                            01/14/99                     64 FR 2421
Inflation Adjustment to Civil 
Monetary Penalty As Reflected in 
Part 2636                       08/30/99                    64 FR 47095
Final Rule Amendment to Clarify 
OGE Intent on Sole & Exclusive 
Agency Authority Conferred Under 
Reg.                            12/00/03
Final Rule Removal of Obsolete 
In Lieu/Honoraria Provisions    05/00/04
Final Action                    11/00/04

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Elizabeth A. Horton, Attorney Advisor, Office of 
Government Ethics, Suite 500, 1201 New York Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20005
Phone: 202 482--9300
TDD Phone: 202 482--9293
Fax: 202 482--9237

RIN: 3209-AA13
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3700. EXECUTIVE AGENCY ETHICS TRAINING PROGRAMS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 5 USC app, Ethics in Government Act of 1978; EO 12674; 
EO 12731

CFR Citation: 5 CFR 2638.701 to 2638.704

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Regulation specifying the responsibilities of executive 
branch agencies and their designated agency ethics officials to develop 
and implement orientation and annual ethics training courses and to 
distribute appropriate guidance materials to their employees under 
section 301(b) and (c) of Executive Order 12674, as modified by 
Executive Order 12731.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            09/18/90                    55 FR 38335
NPRM Comment Period End         11/17/90
Final Rule on Executive Agency 
Ethics Training Programs        04/07/92                    57 FR 11886
Correction                      04/27/92                    57 FR 15219
Amendment                       12/10/92                    57 FR 58399
Correction                      12/28/92                    57 FR 61612
Interim Amendments to Liberalize 
Certain Training Requirements   03/16/94                    59 FR 12145
Interim Final Rule Comment 
Period End                      05/16/94
Interim Amendments to Refine 
Certain Training Requirements   03/12/97                    62 FR 11307
Correction to Interim Training 
Reg. Amendments                 03/19/97                    62 FR 13213
Correction to Interim Training 
Reg. Amendments                 03/27/97                    62 FR 14737
Interim Amendments to Refine 
Certain Training Requirements 
Comment Period End              04/11/97                    62 FR 11307
Most Interim Amendments to 
Refine Certain Training 
Requirements Effective          06/10/97                    62 FR 13213
Interim Amendment to Restructure 
Regulation Provisions           02/14/00                     65 FR 7275
Final Rule Amendment to Clarify 
OGE Intent on Sole & Exclusive 
Agency Authority Conferred Under 
Reg.                            12/00/03

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Carolyn W. Chapman, Associate Director, Education 
Division, Office of Government Ethics, Suite 500, 1201 New York Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202 482--9300
TDD Phone: 202 482--9293
Fax: 202 482--9239

RIN: 3209-AA07
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3701. INTERPRETATION, EXEMPTIONS, AND WAIVER GUIDANCE CONCERNING 18 
U.S.C. 208 (ACTS AFFECTING A PERSONAL FINANCIAL INTEREST)

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 5 USC app, Ethics in Government Act of 1978; EO 12674; 
EO 12731; 18 USC 208

CFR Citation: 5 CFR 2640

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This regulation interprets section 208(a) of title 18, 
U.S.C., which prohibits officers and employees of the executive branch 
from officially participating personally and substantially in a 
particular matter in which there is a personal financial interest or a 
financial interest of a related person or organization (absent a waiver 
or exemption under 18 U.S.C. 208(b)). It also lists and describes 
interests considered too remote or too inconsequential to affect the 
integrity of the services of executive branch officers or employees, in 
accordance with 18 U.S.C. 208(b)(2). Such interests are exempt from the 
restrictions of 18 U.S.C. 208(a), generally requiring disqualification. 
The regulation also provides guidance to executive branch agencies as 
to the kinds of interests that are not so substantial as to be deemed 
likely to affect the integrity of the services the Government may 
expect from an employee and which, therefore, may be waived from the 
general rule of disqualification under 18 U.S.C. 208(a), pursuant to 18 
U.S.C. 208(b)(1). In addition, guidance is provided concerning the 
issuance of waivers to special Government employee advisory committee 
members, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 208(b)(3). A separate interim final 
rule, published in 1995 exempting certain financial interests arising 
from Federal Government executive branch employment as well as from 
Social Security or veterans' benefits from the general prohibition in 
section 208(a), was incorporated in the overall final rule. Additional 
exemptions are

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considered for development from time to time as appropriate.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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Govt. Interests and Social 
Security and Veterans' Benefits 
Exemptions Interim Final Rule   08/28/95                    60 FR 44706
Overall NPRM                    09/11/95                    60 FR 47208
Overall NPRM Comment Period End 11/13/95
Overall Final Rule              12/18/96                    61 FR 66830
Correction                      01/09/97                     62 FR 1361
Overall Final Rule Effective    01/17/97
Correction                      04/29/97                    62 FR 23127
Interim Census Exemption 
Amendment                       03/29/00                    65 FR 16511
Final Census Exemption Amendment08/04/00                    65 FR 47830
Proposed Additional Exemption 
Amendments                      09/06/00                    65 FR 53942
Proposed Amendments Comment 
Period End                      12/05/00
Final Additional Exemption 
Amendments                      03/19/02                    67 FR 12443
Final Rule Amendment to Clarify 
OGE Intent on Sole & Exclusive 
Agency Authority Conferred Under 
Reg.                            12/00/03
Proposed Rule Amendment Re: 
Excepted Investment Funds       10/00/04

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Richard M. Thomas, Associate General Counsel, Office of 
Government Ethics, Suite 500, 1201 New York Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20005
Phone: 202 482--9300
TDD Phone: 202 482--9293
Fax: 202 482--9237

RIN: 3209-AA09
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3702. POST--EMPLOYMENT CONFLICT OF INTEREST RESTRICTIONS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 5 USC app, Ethics in Government Act of 1978; EO 12674; 
EO 12731; 18 USC 207

CFR Citation: 5 CFR 2641; 5 CFR 2637 (Continuation)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This interpretive regulation will give guidance for the 
executive branch on the various substantive restrictions of the current 
version of the post--Government employment conflict of interest statute 
18 U.S.C. 207, which became effective January 1, 1991, pursuant to 
title I of the Ethics Reform Act of 1989 (Pub. L. 101--194), as 
amended. Parts of the regulation, dealing with procedures for waivers 
by the Office of Government Ethics of certain senior official 
constraints (based on executive agency hardship), designated senior 
employees, and separate agency designations, have already been 
published in the Federal Register; such designations are periodically 
updated by the Office of Government Ethics. The Office of Government 
Ethics also has continued to publish in the CFR the interpretive 
regulation, 5 CFR part 2637 (but now without the no--longer--effective 
former Senior Employee and old agency component designation listings), 
under the lifetime bar of the prior version of the post--employment law 
which still applies to executive branch employees who left the 
Government before January 1, 1991. Once a complete current post--
employment law final regulation is published, the old part 2637 
regulation will be removed from the CFR.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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Interim Final Rule for One--Year 
Restriction of Section 207(c)   02/01/91                     56 FR 3951
Designation of Senior Employees 
and Separate Agency Components  01/28/92                     57 FR 3115
Designation of Additional 
Separate Agency Component       04/07/92                    57 FR 11673
Amendment to Prior Post--
Employment Regulation (Part 
2637)                           12/31/92                    57 FR 62467
Amendment to Interim Final Rule 
(Part 2641)                     06/21/93                    58 FR 33755
Technical Amendment to Authority 
Citation of 5 CFR Part 2637     12/30/93                    58 FR 69176
Technical Amendments to Interim 
Final Rule                      07/07/94                    59 FR 34755
Exempted Senior Employee and 
Agency Separate Component 
Designation Update              05/16/97                    62 FR 26915
Correction: Post--Employment 
Reg. Update                     06/11/97                    62 FR 31865
Agency Separate Component 
Designation Update              02/05/99                     64 FR 5709
Agency Separate Component 
Designation Update Final Rule   01/30/03                     68 FR 4681
Overall NPRM                    02/18/03                     68 FR 7843
Correction to Overall NPRM      03/31/03                    68 FR 15385
Overall NPRM Comment Period End 05/19/03
Final Rule Amendment to Clarify 
OGE Intent on Sole & Exclusive 
Agency Authority Conferred Under 
Reg.                            12/00/03
Overall Final Rule              01/00/04

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Richard M. Thomas, Associate General Counsel, Office of 
Government Ethics, Suite 500, 1201 New York Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20005
Phone: 202 482--9300
TDD Phone: 202 482--9293
Fax: 202 482--9237

RIN: 3209-AA14

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3703. EXECUTIVE AGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL STANDARDS OF ETHICAL CONDUCT 
REGULATIONS ISSUED JOINTLY WITH THE CONCURRENCE OF THE OFFICE OF 
GOVERNMENT ETHICS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 5 USC 7301; 5 USC app, Ethics in Government Act of 
1978; EO 12674; EO 12731; 5 CFR 2635.105

CFR Citation: 5 CFR 2635; 5 CFR ch XXI et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The supplemental executive agency standards of ethical 
conduct regulations, once issued jointly with the concurrence of the 
Office of Government Ethics (OGE) at agency expense in new chapters at 
the end of 5 CFR, after OGE approval, supplement for each individual 
agency concerned the OGE executive branch standards of ethical conduct, 
as codified at 5 CFR part 2635. The supplemental regulations, as they 
are issued in accordance with sections 201(a) and 301(a) of Executive 
Order 12674, as modified by Executive Order 12731, set forth those 
agency--specific provisions under applicable law and regulation, such 
as regulatory restrictions on holding certain financial interests, 
designation of subunits and prior approval for outside employment, 
which are needed for certain agencies to round out the executive 
branchwide ethical standards for their employees.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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FTC Employees (5 CFR Ch. XLVII) 
Interim Final Rule              05/27/93                    58 FR 30695
OPIC Employees (5 CFR Ch. 
XXXIII) Interim Final Rule      06/17/93                    58 FR 33319
Treasury Employees (5 CFR Ch. 
XXI) NPRM                       08/03/93                    58 FR 41193
ICC Employees (5 CFR Ch. XL) 
Final Rule                      08/06/93                    58 FR 41989
PRC Employees (5 CFR Ch. XLVI) 
Final Rule                      08/12/93                    58 FR 42839
DOD Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXVI) 
Interim Final Rule              09/10/93                    58 FR 47619
CFTC Employees (5 CFR Ch. XLI) 
Final Rule                      10/12/93                    58 FR 52637
IAF Employees (5 CFR Ch. LXIII) 
Final Rule                      01/27/94                     59 FR 3771
5 CFR 2635.403(a) and 2635.803 
Grace Period Extension (by OGE) 02/02/94                     59 FR 4779
NRC Employees (5 CFR Ch. XLVIII) 
Final Rule                      04/13/94                    59 FR 17457
FDIC Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXII) 
NPRM                            07/12/94                    59 FR 35480
NASA Employees (5 CFR Ch. LIX)  09/28/94                    59 FR 49335
FRTIB Employees (5 CFR Ch. 
LXXIV)                          10/06/94                    59 FR 50816
Education Employees (5 CFR Ch. 
LIII)                           01/30/95                     60 FR 5816
Additional 5 CFR 2635.403(a) and 
2635.803 Grace Period Extension 
(by OGE)                        02/02/95                     60 FR 6390
OMB Employees (5 CFR Ch. LXXVII) 
Final Rule                      03/07/95                    60 FR 12396
USPS Employees (5 CFR Ch. LX)   03/27/95                    60 FR 15700
Eximbank Employees (5 CFR Ch. 
LII)                            04/07/95                    60 FR 17625
FDIC Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXII) 04/25/95                    60 FR 20171
Treasury Employees (5 CFR Ch. 
XXI) Final Rule                 05/05/95                    60 FR 22249
FCA Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXXI)  06/12/95                    60 FR 30778
FCSIC Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXX) 06/12/95                    60 FR 30773
HUD Employees (5 CFR Ch. LXV)   06/30/95                    60 FR 34420
OPIC Employees (5 CFR Ch. 
XXXIII) Final Rule              07/21/95                    60 FR 37555
USPS Employees (5 CFR Ch. LX) 
Final Rule                      09/11/95                    60 FR 47240
FCA Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXXI) 
Final Rule                      09/13/95                    60 FR 47453
OGE Concurrence in FCA Employees 
(5 CFR Ch. XXXI) Final Rule     12/06/95                    60 FR 62319
BGFRS Employees (5 CFR Ch. 
LVIII)                          12/19/95                    60 FR 65249
Further 5 CFR 2635.403(a) and 
2635.803 Grace Period Extension 
(by OGE)                        12/27/95                    60 FR 66857
FCSIC Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXX) 
Final Rule                      02/06/96                     61 FR 4349
EEOC Employees (5 CFR Ch. LXII) 02/26/96                     61 FR 7065
TVA Employees (5 CFR Ch. LXIX)  05/06/96                    61 FR 20117
DOE Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXIII) 07/05/96                    61 FR 35085
FDIC Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXII) 
Amendment                       07/09/96                    61 FR 35915
HUD Employees (5 CFR Ch. LXV)   07/09/96                    61 FR 36246
OPM Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXXV)  07/16/96                    61 FR 36993
HHS Employees (5 CFR Ch. XLV)   07/30/96                    61 FR 39756
DOT Employees (5 CFR Ch. L)     07/31/96                    61 FR 39901
FMSHRC Employees (5 CFR Ch. 
LXXIV)                          07/31/96                    61 FR 39869
EPA Employees (5 CFR Ch. LIV)   08/02/96                    61 FR 40500
NARA Employees (5 CFR Ch. LXVI) 08/05/96                    61 FR 40505
Further Additional 5 CFR 
2635.403(a) and 2635.803 Grace 
Period Extension (by OGE)       08/07/96                    61 FR 40950
FERC Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXIV) 08/23/96                    61 FR 43411
BGFRS Employees (5 CFR Ch. 
LVIII) Final Rule               10/16/96                    61 FR 53827
FCC Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXIX)  10/31/96                    61 FR 56109
GSA Employees (5 CFR Ch. LVII)  11/01/96                    61 FR 56399
DOL Employees (5 CFR Ch. XLII)  11/06/96                    61 FR 57281
DOJ Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXVIII)11/25/96                    61 FR 59811
NSF Employees (5 CFR Ch. XLIII) 11/25/96                    61 FR 59815
CPSC Employees (5 CFR Ch. LXXI) 12/13/96                    61 FR 65457
FDIC Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXII) 
Amendment                       01/27/97                     62 FR 3771
NLRB Employees (5 CFR Ch. LXI)  02/12/97                     62 FR 6445
DOJ Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXVIII) 
Final Rule                      05/02/97                    62 FR 23941
DOJ Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXVIII) 
Final Rule Correction           06/11/97                    62 FR 31865
OPM Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXXV) 
Interim Rule Correction         06/17/97                    62 FR 32859
EEOC Employees (5 CFR Ch. LXII) 
Final Rule                      07/08/97                    62 FR 36447
OPM Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXXV) 
Final Rule                      08/11/97                    62 FR 42897
DOI Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXV)   10/16/97                    62 FR 53713

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DOI Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXV) 
Interim Final Rule Correction   04/15/98                    63 FR 18501
DOI Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXV) 
Interim Final Rule Correction   04/24/98                    63 FR 20447
DOI Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXV) 
Final Rule                      06/24/98                    63 FR 34258
FTC Employees (5 CFR Ch. XLVII) 
Final Rule Amendments           08/12/98                    63 FR 43069
BGFRS Employees (5 CFR Ch. 
LVIII) Final Rule Amendments    12/08/99                    64 FR 68615
DOL Employees (5 CFR Ch. XLII) 
Final Rule                      12/30/99                    64 FR 73852
USDA Employees (5 CFR Ch. 
LXXIII) Interim Final Rule      03/24/00                    65 FR 15825
USDA Employees (5 CFR Ch. 
LXXIII) Interim Final Rule 
Correction                      04/20/00                    65 FR 21239
USDA Employees (5 CFR Ch. 
LXXIII) Final Rule              10/02/00                    65 FR 58635
Treasury Employees (5 CFR Ch. 
XXI) Final Rule Amendments      02/01/01                     66 FR 8505
NASA Employees (5 CFR Ch. LIX) 
Final Rule Amendments           11/27/01                    66 FR 59135
DOT (FAA) Employees (5 CFR Ch. 
L) Final Rule Amendments        12/03/01                    66 FR 60139
Treasury (OCC) Employees (5 CFR 
Ch.XXI) Final Rule Amendments   07/17/02                    67 FR 46840
USDA (FSA) Employees (5 CFR Ch. 
LXXIII) Final Rule Amendments   09/16/02                    67 FR 58319
USDA (FSA) Employees (5 CFR Ch. 
LXXIII) Final Rule Amendments 
Correction                      11/04/02                    67 FR 67089
FDIC Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXII) 
Final Rule Amendments           11/29/02                    67 FR 71069
IMLS Employees (5 CFR Ch. LXVII) 
Interim Final Rule              04/14/03                    68 FR 17877
EEOC Employees (5 CFR Ch. LXII) 
Final Rule Amendments           09/04/03                    68 FR 52485
NEA Employees (5 CFR Ch. LV) 
Interim Final Rule              09/05/03                    68 FR 52681
NEH Employees (5 CFR Ch. LVI) 
Interim Final Rule              09/05/03                    68 FR 52682
DOD Employees (5 CFR Ch. XXVI) 
Final Rule Amendments           11/18/03                    68 FR 64979
Final Action                    12/00/04

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: William E. Gressman, Senior Associate General Counsel, 
Office of Government Ethics, Suite 500, 1201 New York Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202 482--9300
TDD Phone: 202 482--9293
Fax: 202 482--9237

RIN: 3209-AA15
_______________________________________________________________________


Office of Government Ethics (OGE)                     Completed Actions






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3704. OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS GIFT ACCEPTANCE AUTHORITY AND 
ORGANIZATIONAL UPDATE

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 5 USC app, Ethics in Government Act of 1978

CFR Citation: 5 CFR 2600

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This proposed regulation would implement the agency gift 
acceptance authority of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) as set 
forth in the 1996 OGE Authorization Act. This regulation is being 
written in ``plain language.'' In addition, various provisions of OGE's 
part 2600 organization and functions regulation were updated to reflect 
changes in OGE's organizational structure.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM (OGE Gift Acceptance 
Authority)                      05/05/03                    68 FR 23875
Final Rule (OGE Organization & 
Functions)                      07/15/03                    68 FR 41681
Final Rule (OGE Gift Acceptance 
Authority)                      10/22/03                    68 FR 60593
Final Rule Clarifying Amendment 
(OGE Organization & Functions)  11/03/03                    68 FR 62213

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Allison C. George, Associate General Counsel, Office of 
Government Ethics, Suite 500, 1201 New York Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20005
Phone: 202 482--9300
TDD Phone: 202 482--9293
Fax: 202 482--9237

RIN: 3209-AA21
_______________________________________________________________________




3705. PRIVACY ACT RULES OF THE OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 5 USC 552a; 5 USC app, Ethics in Government Act of 
1978

CFR Citation: 5 CFR 2606 (New)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The final rule established for the Office of Government 
Ethics (OGE) regulatory procedures to implement the Privacy Act of 
1974, including requests for access and amendment and appeals, and 
referenced certain OGE systems of records (including two Governmentwide 
executive branch systems, which were also updated and revised, with the 
addition of five internal systems, see 68 FR 3097 (01/22/03), as 
corrected at 68 FR 24744 (05/08/03)).

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            01/22/03                     68 FR 2923

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NPRM Comment Period End         03/24/03
Final Rule                      05/22/03                    68 FR 27891

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Elaine Newton, Attorney Advisor, Office of Government 
Ethics, Suite 500, 1201 New York Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202 482--9300
TDD Phone: 202 482--9293
Fax: 202 482--9237

RIN: 3209-AA18
[FR Doc. 03-27069 Filed 12-19-03; 8:45 am]
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