U.S. Office of Government Ethics
1201 New York Avenue, NW.
Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005-3917


					April 25, 2007	
					DO-07-011


MEMORANDUM


TO:		Designated Agency Ethics Officials

FROM:		Joseph Gangloff
               	Deputy Director 

SUBJECT:	Due Dates for Public Financial Disclosure Reports of Executive Branch Officials 
		Required to File with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE)
        
        The primary tool OGE uses for identifying and resolving potential conflicts of interest is 
financial disclosure.  Through this process OGE and agencies can assure the President and Congress 
that appointees to the highest level of Government positions will be free from conflicts of interest.
        
        Annual public financial disclosure reports (Standard Form 278) are to be filed with the 
appropriate department or agency no later than May 15 (Title I of the Ethics in Government Act of 
1978).  Each Designated Agency Ethics Official (DAEO) is to ensure that each report filed is 
reviewed within sixty days.  The Standard Form 278 of Presidential appointees confirmed by the 
Senate (PAS) and DAEOs must be submitted to this Office for final review and certification. 
        
        In recognition of the granting of filing extensions, OGE is reissuing the filing schedule from 
last year’s filing cycle.  All annual Standard Form 278s for PAS officials and DAEOs filed by May 
15, 2007, are to be certified and submitted to OGE as soon as approved by your agency or 
department, but no later than August 1, 2007.  For those PAS officials for whom you have granted 
filing extensions, please see the table below for the appropriate certification and transmittal dates.  
Reports are to be certified and submitted for each of your PAS officials and the DAEO by the 
transmittal deadline.  
        
        Timely filing of public financial disclosure reports bolsters public confidence in government 
processes, enhances employee respect for the ethics program and prevents embarrassment of filers.  
Therefore, if you are unable to certify a report within the given time frame, please make your OGE 
desk officer aware of the reason for the delay.  We are happy to assist in any way we can to help you 
obtain the information needed to certify the report.  These reports are for the top executive branch 
officials, and it is vital that their reports be reviewed and certified by both of our offices as soon as 
possible.
         
        The deadlines for the 2007 filing period are below.   If you have any questions, please contact 
Trish Zemple, Associate Director, Program Services Division at pczemple@oge.gov or at 202-482-9286.
         


Filing Deadline			Certification Deadline	Transmittal Deadline

May 15 (no extension)		July 16			August 1
June 29 (45-day extension)	August 28		September 13
August 13 (90-day extension)	October 12		October 31