§ 1506.307 - Custody of completed 278 forms.

(a) Any completed 278 form filed with the ethics officer or transmitted to the Director, Office of Government Ethics, pursuant to this subpart, shall be retained by the OFI or the Office of Government Ethics, or both, as the case may be. Such completed forms shall be made available to the public for a period of six years after receipt of the report. After this six-year period, the form shall be destroyed, unless needed in an ongoing investigation. In the case of an individual who filed a 278 form as a nominee to a position requiring Senate confirmation and who was not subsequently confirmed by the Senate, his or her form shall be destroyed one year after he or she is no longer under consideration by the Senate, unless it is needed in an ongoing investigation.

(b) Copies of all qualified trust agreements, the list of assets initially placed in such trusts, and all other publicly available documents relating to such trusts shall be retained until the periods for retention of all other forms have lapsed.