(Your Office)	January 26, 1999

MEMORANDUM FOR	ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS

SUBJECT:	Filing by Special Government Employees of OGE Form 450, "Confidential Financial Disclosure Report"

Ethics laws and regulations require Special Government Employees (SGEs) to file a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE Form 450, with this office before assuming their Government duties. SGEs include consultants, experts, and members of advisory committees, who are "retained, designated, appointed, or employed" for a period not to exceed 130 days during a 365-day period. If an appointment is renewed, an SGE must file a new report with this office prior to his or her reappointment. If an original appointment exceeds one year, the SGE must file a new report by the anniversary of his or her appointment. It is your responsibility to ensure that your SGEs are informed of the requirement to file. You must also ensure that all reports are received by the DoD Standards of Conduct Office not later than the times discussed in this paragraph, which occur prior to the performance of any work by the SGEs.

To help you achieve this, we have prepared guidance for the SGEs and their supervisors, which is attached to this memorandum. The guidance titled "Management Instruction: Processing OGE Form 450 for Special Government Employees" (Attachment 1) should help you in developing a workable process. Attachment 2, "Instruction to Special Government Employees for Completing OGE Form 450," should be sent to each SGE with any preliminary paperwork, as it explains his or her responsibility for completing and submitting the form. Attachment 3, "Sample OGE Form 450 for SGEs," should be included with Attachment 2. It will help them in completing their reports. The final attachment, Attachment 4, "Instruction: Supervisory Review of OGE Form 450 for SGEs," should be sent to your supervisors who will review the SGE reports. It will assist them to review the reports and move them through the system in a timely manner.

Please encourage your SGEs to submit their reports as soon as they can. This will give your supervisors time to review the reports, request clarifications and corrections as necessary, and submit them to our office prior to any performance of Government work by the SGEs.

Please review the attachments carefully. If you have any questions, please contact

Attachments

1-Management Instruction: Processing OGE Form 450 for Special Government Employees

2-Instruction to Special Government Employees for Completing OGE Form 450

3-Sample OGE Form 450 for SGEs

4-Instruction: Supervisory Review of OGE Form 450 for SGEs