Rules and proposed rules

Exempting Certain Career Federal Employees From Ethics Reporting Requirements

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.

Comments close Aug 24, 2026

2025 Civil Monetary Penalties Inflation Adjustments for Ethics in Government Act Violations

In accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, the U.S. Office of Government Ethics is issuing this final rule to make the 2025 annual adjustments to the Ethics in Government Act civil monetary penalties.