Section 3-5704. CONFIDENTIAL FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE FILINGS BY EMPLOYEES  


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    5704.1Any employee, other than a public official, who advises, makes decisions or participates substantially in areas of contracting, procurement, administration of grants or subsidies, developing policies, land use planning, inspecting, licensing, policy-making, regulating, or auditing, or acts in areas of responsibility that may create a conflict of interest or appearance of a conflict of interests, as determined by the appropriate agency head, shall file, before May 15th of each year, with the agency head a report containing a full and complete statement of the information required by Section 5701.

     

    5704.2On or before April 15th of each year, each agency head shall designate the persons in the agency required to submit a confidential report by name, position, and grade level, and shall supply this list to the Ethics Board and the D.C. Ethics Counselor on or before May 1st of each year.  Notice to and designation of required FDS filing employees shall be done in a manner consistent with 6 DCMR § 1800.

     

    5704.3Upon review of the confidential report, an agency head shall immediately forward to the Ethics Board any violation of the Code of Conduct whenever there is reason to believe that such a violation has occurred.

     

    5704.4[REPEALED].

     

    5704.5In addition to any sanctions that may be available for a violation of the Code of Conduct, the Director of Government Ethics may also impose a late fee at the rate of ten dollars ($10.00) per day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays), up to a maximum of three hundred dollars ($300.00), on any filer who fails to timely file a true, accurate and fully completed report. 

     

     

authority

Section 209 of the Board of Ethics and Government Accountability Establishment and Comprehensive Ethics Reform Amendment Act of 2011, effective April 27, 2012 (D.C. Law 19-124; D.C. Official Code § 1-1162.09 (2014 Repl.)).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 2852 (March 8, 2013); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 6200 (June 20, 2014); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 22866 (August 28, 2015); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 64 DCR 5842 (June 23, 2017).