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The updates were necessary to clarify the deadlines for timely compliance, include an additional certification option related to divestitures that do not require the filing of a periodic transaction report, revise one of the recusals for spousal interests, and include a minor change to the Privacy Act Statement to address the recodification of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, as amended (EIGA).</p></div></div> <div class="news-wrapper"><div class="tag-news">News</div><div class="tag-date"> | 11/14/2024</div><br><div class="feed-title nobold" ><a href="/web/oge.nsf/News+Releases/B0EA111060E5042985258BD50069BBDE?opendocument">Senate Votes to Confirm Mr. David Huitema, as Director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics</div></a><div class="feed-desc"><p></p></div></div> <div class="news-wrapper"><div class="tag-la">Legal Advisory</div><div class="tag-date"> | 11/08/2024</div><br><div class="feed-title nobold" ><a href="/web/oge.nsf/News+Releases/BC042C0B8CE3B19B85258BCF005758D4/$FILE/LA-24-15 Answers to Frequently Asked Questions About Widely Attended Gatherings.pdf">LA-24-15: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions About Widely Attended Gatherings</div></a><div class="feed-desc"><p>This Legal Advisory provides answers to frequently asked questions about the gift exception for widely attended gatherings (WAGs) found at 5 C.F.R. § 2635.204(g).</p></div></div> <div class="news-wrapper"><div class="tag-ln">Leadership Note</div><div class="tag-date"> | 11/05/2024</div><br><div class="feed-title nobold" ><a href="/web/oge.nsf/News+Releases/9141C7716459B01E85258BCC005181BE?opendocument">Ethics Officials Play an Invaluable Role in the Presidential Transition Process</div></a><div class="feed-desc"><p>Depending on your perspective, the conclusion of the Presidential election can feel like an ending or a beginning. </p></div></div> <div class="news-wrapper"><div class="tag-news">News</div><div class="tag-date"> | 10/31/2024</div><br><div class="feed-title nobold" ><a href="/web/oge.nsf/News+Releases/AE77594E319D1C8185258BC70070584E?opendocument">2024 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey Results</div></a><div class="feed-desc"><p></p></div></div> <div class="news-wrapper"><div class="tag-la">Legal Advisory</div><div class="tag-date"> | 10/30/2024</div><br><div class="feed-title nobold" ><a href="/web/oge.nsf/News+Releases/F24F83CD5FDBFA6D85258BC6004B8C21/$FILE/LA-24-14 - SGE Day Counting.pdf">LA-24-14: Counting Days of Service for Special Government Employees: Travel Days, Past Government Service, and Application of Ethics Laws</div></a><div class="feed-desc"><p>This Legal Advisory discusses SGE day counting for the purposes of travel days and when the SGE has past regular Government service.</p></div></div> <button class="feature-button learn-more" id="" ><span><a href="/web/oge.nsf/OGE%20News%20feed" style=>View All</a> </span></button> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="desktop:grid-col-6 "> <div class="portlet-container-home margin-right-2" id="news-feed"> <div class="content-wrapper margin-3 padding-y-105 padding-bottom-5"> <h2 class="font-heading-md" style="padding-left:1rem;">Featured Resources</h2> <div id="content-wrapper" style="padding-top:1px;"> <div class="pop-resources-wrapper" > <div class="top-align-hp"> <a href="/web/oge.nsf/2024 Presidential Election Readiness">2024 Presidential Election Readiness</a> <p>This webpage features current resources, as well as an archive of past resources, for Presidential campaigns, Presidential Transition Teams, prospective nominees to Presidentially appointed, Senate-confirmed (PAS) positions, the public, and the media to support successful pre and post-election activities.</p> </div> </div> <div class="pop-resources-wrapper" > <div class="top-align-hp"> <a href="/web/oge.nsf/0/C050C462DD7AF5DC85258B89004DDCF6/$FILE/The%20Nominee%20Guide%20(2024).pdf">Guide for Nominees (2024) (PDF)</a> <p>This Guide is for prospective nominees to Senate-confirmed Presidential appointment (PAS) positions and those confirmed to PAS positions. 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Ethics in Government offers training opportunities for ethics officials and maintains a vast library of on-demand learning tools available to anyone interested in the ethics program.</p> </div> </div> </div> <hr class="section-divide"> <h2 class="font-heading-md" style="padding-left:1rem;">Quicklinks</h2> <div class="quicklinks-wrapper" style="margin-left:.9rem;"> <div class="quick-link" > <div class="quick-link-left"> </div> <a href="/web/oge.nsf/about_ethics-contact-list" class="quick-link-right"> <span>Agency Ethics Program Contact List</span> </a> </div> <div class="quick-link" > <div class="quick-link-left"> </div> <a href="/web/oge.nsf/news_press" class="quick-link-right"> <span>Press Contacts</span> </a> </div> <div class="quick-link" > <div class="quick-link-left"> </div> <a href="/web/oge.nsf/OGE%20forms" class="quick-link-right"> <span>Forms Library</span> </a> </div> <div class="quick-link" > <div class="quick-link-left"> </div> <a 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