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Exempting Certain Career Federal Employees From Ethics Reporting Requirements
The Government Ethics Office published this final rule in the Federal Register on July 23, 2026. It took effect on July 23, 2026. Comments closed on August 24, 2026.
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What the agency says
The Office of Government Ethics (OGE) is amending the ethics reporting requirements to preserve the filing status of each position transferred to Schedule Policy/Career as it existed prior to being rescheduled. The effect of this rule will be to continue the exclusion of all Schedule Policy/Career employees who are not otherwise required to file public financial disclosure reports from the requirement to file, which should not adversely affect the integrity of the Government or the public's confidence in the integrity of the Government. Moreover, requiring these employees to file public financial disclosure reports would be unnecessarily burdensome to both agency ethics staff and the employees.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-14872
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Interim final rule; request for comments
- Agency
- Government Ethics Office
- Published
- July 23, 2026
- Takes effect
- July 23, 2026
- Comments due
- August 24, 2026
- Dates
- This interim final rule is effective July 23, 2026. Comments must be received on or before August 24, 2026.
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 3209-AA76
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 5 CFR 2634
- Topics
- Government employees; Penalties; Privacy; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Trusts and trustees
- Pages
- 5
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