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ACTION:
[Notice–MA–2018–09; Docket No. 2018–
0002, Sequence No. 22]
After publication of this
second round notice, the Office of
Government Ethics (OGE) plans to
submit a modified OGE Form 450
Executive Branch Confidential Financial
Disclosure Report to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments by the public
and the agencies on this proposed
modification are invited and must be
received by October 31, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on this paperwork notice to the Office
of Management and Budget, Attn: Desk
Officer for OGE, via fax at 202–395–
6974 or email at OIRA_Submission@
omb.eop.gov. (Include reference to
‘‘OGE Form 450 paperwork comment’’
in the subject line of the message.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara
Nekou at the U.S. Office of Government
Ethics; telephone: 202–482–9229; TTY:
800–877–8339; FAX: 202–482–9237;
Email: snekou@oge.gov. An electronic
copy of the OGE Form 450 is available
in the Forms Library section of OGE’s
website at https://www.oge.gov. A paper
copy may also be obtained, without
charge, by contacting Ms. Nekou.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Executive Branch Confidential
Financial Disclosure Report.
Agency Form Number: OGE Form
450.
OMB Control Number: 3209–0006.
Type of Information Collection:
Revision of a currently approved
collection.
Type of Review Request: Regular.
Respondents: Prospective
Government employees, including
special Government employees, whose
positions are designated for confidential
disclosure filing and whose agencies
require that they file new entrant
confidential disclosure reports prior to
assuming Government responsibilities.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 24,640.
Estimated Time per Response: 3
hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
73,920 hours.
Abstract: The OGE Form 450 collects
information from covered department
and agency employees as required
under OGE’s executive branch wide
regulatory provisions in subpart I of 5
CFR part 2634. The basis for the OGE
reporting regulation is section 201(d) of
Executive Order 12674 of April 12, 1989
(as modified by Executive Order 12731
of October 17, 1990) and section 107(a)
Federal Travel Regulation: Calculating
Actual Expense Reimbursement
Office of Government-wide
Policy (OGP), General Services
Administration (GSA).
ACTION: Notice of Federal Travel
Regulation (FTR) Bulletin 18–09,
calculating actual expense
reimbursement.
AGENCY:
The FTR allows agencies to
reimburse employees up to 300 percent
of the applicable maximum per diem
rate under various circumstances
including, but not limited to, when
lodging and/or meals are not available
within the prescribed allowances for a
given temporary duty location. The
General Services Administration is
notifying agencies that the FTR permits
two methods of calculating actual
expense reimbursement. The
information outlined in FTR Bulletin
18–09 demonstrates how agencies may
calculate actual expense reimbursement
under each method while staying within
the bounds of the current 300 percent
actual expense ceiling. This Bulletin
also provides clarity and promotes
consistency across the Government.
This Bulletin is located at www.gsa.gov/
ftr under the ‘‘FTR & Related Files’’ tab.
DATES: Applicable Date: October 1,
2018.
SUMMARY:
For
clarification of content, please contact
Mr. Cy Greenidge, Program Analyst,
Office of Government-wide Policy,
Office of Asset and Transportation
Management, at 202–219–2349, or by
email at travelpolicy@gsa.gov. Please
cite Notice of FTR Bulletin 18–09.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dated: August 24, 2018.
Jessica Salmoiraghi,
Associate Administrator, Office of
Government-wide Policy.
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Confidential Financial Disclosure
Report
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of the Ethics in Government Act, 5
U.S.C. app. sec. 107(a). OGE proposes
several modifications to the form.
On October 5, 2016, OGE published a
proposed rule for amending 5 CFR part
2634. See 81 FR 69204 (October 5,
2016). The final rule was published on
July 18, 2018, and is effective on
January 1, 2019. See 83 FR 33980 (July
18, 2018). The proposed modifications
to the OGE Form 450 revise the
instructions to reflect the changes to the
financial disclosure regulation.
Specifically, OGE proposes to change
the reporting periods for each part
completed by new entrants, change the
income disclosure threshold to $1,000
of received income, eliminate the
disclosure of diversified funds held
within an employee benefit plan, clarify
that the disclosure requirement for
agreements and arrangements includes
those with a current employer,
eliminate the disclosure of continued
participation in a defined contribution
plan to which an employer is no longer
making contributions, and combine gifts
and travel reimbursement into a single
category for purposes of applying the
disclosure thresholds.
OGE is also proposing to update the
Privacy Act statement in accordance
with changes to the applicable system of
records, update the examples provided
on the last page of the form, and make
other minor technical changes.
OGE published a first round notice of
its intent to request paperwork
clearance for a modified OGE Form 450
Executive Branch Confidential Financial
Disclosure Report. See 83 FR 32123
(July 11, 2018). OGE received one
response to that notice from a private
citizen. The private citizen’s response
was unrelated to the notice and did not
address the information collection.
Request for Comments: Agency and
public comment is again invited
specifically on the need for and
practical utility of this information
collection, the accuracy of OGE’s
burden estimate, the enhancement of
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected, and the
minimization of burden (including the
use of information technology).
Comments received in response to this
notice may be included with the OGE
request for approval of the modified
information collection. The comments
will also become a matter of public
record.
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Approved: September 26, 2018.
Diana Veilleux,
Chief, Legal, External Affairs and
Performance Branch, Office of Government
Ethics.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request for a Modified OGE
Form 278e Executive Branch
Personnel Public Financial Disclosure
Report
AGENCY:
Office of Government Ethics
(OGE).
Notice of request for agency and
public comments.
ACTION:
After publication of this
second round notice, the Office of
Government Ethics (OGE) intends to
submit a modified OGE Form 278e
Executive Branch Personnel Public
Financial Disclosure Report to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval under
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments by the public
and the agencies on this proposed
modification are invited and must be
received by October 31, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on this paperwork notice to the Office
of Management and Budget, Attn: Desk
Officer for OGE, via fax at 202–395–
6974 or email at OIRA_Submission@
omb.eop.gov. (Include reference to
‘‘OGE Form 278e paperwork comment’’
in the subject line of the message).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara
Nekou at the U.S. Office of Government
Ethics; telephone: 202–482–9229; TTY:
800–877–8339; FAX: 202–482–9237;
Email: snekou@oge.gov. An electronic
copy of the OGE Form 278e is available
in the Forms Library section of OGE’s
website at https://www.oge.gov. A paper
copy may also be obtained, without
charge, by contacting Ms. Nekou.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Executive Branch Personnel
Public Financial Disclosure Report.
Form Number: OGE Form 278e.
OMB Control Number: 3209–0001.
Type of Information Collection:
Revision of a currently approved
collection.
Type of Review Request: Regular.
Respondents: Private citizen
Presidential nominees to executive
branch positions subject to Senate
confirmation; other private citizens who
are potential (incoming) Federal
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employees whose positions are
designated for public disclosure filing;
those who file termination reports from
such positions after their Government
service ends; and Presidential and VicePresidential candidates.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 4,821.
Estimated Time per Response: 10
hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
48,210 hours.
Abstract: The OGE Form 278 collects
information from certain officers and
high-level employees in the executive
branch for conflicts of interest review
and public disclosure.
The form is also completed by
individuals who are nominated by the
President for high-level executive
branch positions requiring Senate
confirmation and individuals entering
into and departing from other public
reporting positions in the executive
branch. The financial information
collected relates to: Assets and income;
transactions; gifts, reimbursements and
travel expenses; liabilities; agreements
or arrangements; outside positions; and
compensation over $5,000 paid by a
source—all subject to various reporting
thresholds and exclusions. The
information is collected in accordance
with section 102 of the Ethics in
Government Act, 5 U.S.C. app. sec. 102,
as amended by the Stop Trading on
Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012
(Pub. L. 112–105) (STOCK Act) and
OGE’s implementing financial
disclosure regulations at 5 CFR part
2634.
In 2013, OGE sought and received
approval for the OGE Form 278e, an
electronic version of the Form 278,
implemented pursuant to the e-filing
system mandated under section 11(b) of
the STOCK Act. The OGE Form 278e
collects the same information as the
OGE Form 278. In 2014, OGE sought
and received approval to incorporate the
OGE Form 278e into its new Integrity efiling application. Integrity has been in
use since January 1, 2015, and OGE now
requires filers to use a version of the
OGE Form 278e rather than the old OGE
Form 278. The version of the Form 278e
that is produced by Integrity is a
streamlined output report format that
presents only the filer’s inputs in given
categories and does not report other
categories not selected by the filer.
On October 5, 2016, OGE published a
proposed rule for amending 5 CFR part
2634. See 81 FR 69204 (October 5,
2016). The final rule was published on
July 18, 2018, and is effective on
January 1, 2019. See 83 FR 33980 (July
18, 2018). The proposed modifications
to the OGE Form 278e revise the
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OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Proposed Collection; Comment Request for a Modified OGE Form
450 Executive Branch Confidential Financial Disclosure Report
AGENCY: Office of Government Ethics (OGE).
ACTION: Notice of request for agency and public comments.
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SUMMARY: After publication of this second round notice, the Office of
Government Ethics (OGE) plans to submit a modified OGE Form 450
Executive Branch Confidential Financial Disclosure Report to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments by the public and the agencies on this proposed
modification are invited and must be received by October 31, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on this paperwork notice to the
Office of Management and Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for OGE, via fax at
202-395-6974 or email at [email protected]. (Include
reference to ``OGE Form 450 paperwork comment'' in the subject line of
the message.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara Nekou at the U.S. Office of
Government Ethics; telephone: 202-482-9229; TTY: 800-877-8339; FAX:
202-482-9237; Email: [email protected]. An electronic copy of the OGE Form
450 is available in the Forms Library section of OGE's website at
https://www.oge.gov. A paper copy may also be obtained, without charge,
by contacting Ms. Nekou.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Executive Branch Confidential Financial Disclosure Report.
Agency Form Number: OGE Form 450.
OMB Control Number: 3209-0006.
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved
collection.
Type of Review Request: Regular.
Respondents: Prospective Government employees, including special
Government employees, whose positions are designated for confidential
disclosure filing and whose agencies require that they file new entrant
confidential disclosure reports prior to assuming Government
responsibilities.
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 24,640.
Estimated Time per Response: 3 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 73,920 hours.
Abstract: The OGE Form 450 collects information from covered
department and agency employees as required under OGE's executive
branch wide regulatory provisions in subpart I of 5 CFR part 2634. The
basis for the OGE reporting regulation is section 201(d) of Executive
Order 12674 of April 12, 1989 (as modified by Executive Order 12731 of
October 17, 1990) and section 107(a)
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of the Ethics in Government Act, 5 U.S.C. app. sec. 107(a). OGE
proposes several modifications to the form.
On October 5, 2016, OGE published a proposed rule for amending 5
CFR part 2634. See 81 FR 69204 (October 5, 2016). The final rule was
published on July 18, 2018, and is effective on January 1, 2019. See 83
FR 33980 (July 18, 2018). The proposed modifications to the OGE Form
450 revise the instructions to reflect the changes to the financial
disclosure regulation. Specifically, OGE proposes to change the
reporting periods for each part completed by new entrants, change the
income disclosure threshold to $1,000 of received income, eliminate the
disclosure of diversified funds held within an employee benefit plan,
clarify that the disclosure requirement for agreements and arrangements
includes those with a current employer, eliminate the disclosure of
continued participation in a defined contribution plan to which an
employer is no longer making contributions, and combine gifts and
travel reimbursement into a single category for purposes of applying
the disclosure thresholds.
OGE is also proposing to update the Privacy Act statement in
accordance with changes to the applicable system of records, update the
examples provided on the last page of the form, and make other minor
technical changes.
OGE published a first round notice of its intent to request
paperwork clearance for a modified OGE Form 450 Executive Branch
Confidential Financial Disclosure Report. See 83 FR 32123 (July 11,
2018). OGE received one response to that notice from a private citizen.
The private citizen's response was unrelated to the notice and did not
address the information collection.
Request for Comments: Agency and public comment is again invited
specifically on the need for and practical utility of this information
collection, the accuracy of OGE's burden estimate, the enhancement of
quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected, and the
minimization of burden (including the use of information technology).
Comments received in response to this notice may be included with the
OGE request for approval of the modified information collection. The
comments will also become a matter of public record.
Approved: September 26, 2018.
Diana Veilleux,
Chief, Legal, External Affairs and Performance Branch, Office of
Government Ethics.
[FR Doc. 2018-21275 Filed 9-28-18; 8:45 am]
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