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Confidential Financial Disclosure: An Introduction to the System, the Form and the Review Process

In preparation for the Confidential Financial Disclosure filing season, the Institute for Ethics in Government's Instructors, Cheryl Kane-Piasecki and Patrick Shephard, has a 3-part introduction to the Confidential Financial Disclosure system, the OGE Form 450, and the review and certification process.  

Here is the updated Confidential Financial Disclosure Guide (2023) (PDF) 

Part 1    An overview of the disclosure system: its purpose, who is required to file, types of reports and deadlines, agency procedures

Part 2    Reporting requirements: an introduction to the OGE Form 450

Part 3    Guidance for conducting reviews: certification requirements, how to review, review timeframes, tools of review, annotations and reviewer’s notes

 

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Course Information

12/06/2019

Confidential Financial Disclosure/450

5 CFR 2634 - Executive Branch Financial Disclosure Qualified Trusts, and Certificates of Divestiture

Yes

60 + Minutes

No

Course of Study