§ 706.19 - Statements of financial and property interests and outside employment.

Pursuant to the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-521, referred to hereinafter in this subpart as “the Act”), the following officers and employees of the Commission are required to file annual reports of financial and property interests and outside employment if they have served 61 days or more in their positions during the preceding calendar year:

(a) Officers and employees (including special government employees, as defined in 18 U.S.C. 202) whose positions are classified at GS-16 or above of the General Schedule, or whose basic rate of pay (excluding “step” increases) under other pay schedules is equal to or greater than the rate for GS-16 (step 1);

(b) Employees in the excepted service in positions which are of a confidential or policy-making character, unless their positions have been excluded by the Director of the Office of Government Ethics; and

(c) Each designated agency ethics official.