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Operating Status: OGE is affected by the lapse in appropriations.

To learn more read our lapse plan here. Please note, OGE continues to review financial disclosure reports of Presidential nominees to positions requiring Senate confirmation.

Related Guidance for Federal Employees:
LA-18-16: Ethics Laws and Regulations Continue to Apply to Federal Government Employees during Furlough Periods
LA-19-01 : Ethics Guidance for Employees in Non-Pay Status During a Lapse in Appropriations
This FAQ provides guidance for those employees who participated in the Deferred Resignation Program or who are in other extended leave status.

OGE Publishes a Summary of Ethics Prosecutions in 2013

November 7, 2014

The U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) has issued the 2013 Conflict of Interest Prosecution Survey. The survey contains summaries of eight cases prosecuted by the Department of Justice in 2013 involving the criminal conflict of interest statutes (18 U.S.C. §§ 202-209 and related statutes).

As OGE's Director Walter Shaub has written about the importance of the annual prosecution survey:

You might ask why OGE would focus on alleged ethical failures, given that OGE's primary mission to prevent conflicts of interest. The reason is that the survey illustrates the high standards to which federal employees are held and the potential consequences for the few found to have violated the public's trust.