Financial Disclosure

Many EPA employees are required to file a financial disclosure report to the Government.

Do you have to file a financial disclosure report if you are on detail from a non-Federal organization? According to the U.S. Office of Government ethics, detailees from non-Federal organizations are subject to the same requirements for financial disclosure as any other Government employee. (and here's a link to a PDF copy of the OGE DAEOgram DO-02-029 for more information).

Therefore, whether you file depends upon your position with the EPA and your supervisor.

If you are in a position:

• Classified above GS-15 under the General Schedule; or
• In a position outside the General Schedule, for which the rate of basic pay is equal to or greater than 120% of the minimum rate of basic pay payable for GS-15; or
• In any other position determined by the Director of OGE to be of equal classification

Then you must file an SF-278 public financial disclosure form.

If you're not in any of the above positions and your EPA Deputy Ethics Official (DEO) decides that you must file a financial disclosure form, you must file an OGE Form 450 (confidential financial disclosure form).

Both of these forms are available on OGE's site (here's a link).,