Notice2023-18526
Agency Information Collection Activities; Notice of Approval of Information Collection Requirements
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Published
August 28, 2023
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Government Ethics Office
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) is announcing Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval of new information collection requirements contained in a final rule published in the Federal Register on May 25, 2023, "Legal Expense Fund Regulation."
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 165 (Monday, August 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 58581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18526]
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OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS
Agency Information Collection Activities; Notice of Approval of
Information Collection Requirements
AGENCY: Office of Government Ethics (OGE).
ACTION: Notice of approval of information collection requirements.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA),
the U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) is announcing Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) approval of new information collection
requirements contained in a final rule published in the Federal
Register on May 25, 2023, ``Legal Expense Fund Regulation.''
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: McEvan Baum at the U.S. Office of
Government Ethics; telephone: 202-482-9287; TTY: 800-877-8339; Email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0772746860624768606229606871"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c3b6b0aca4a683aca4a6eda4acb5">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), an
agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and the
public is not obligated to respond to a collection of information,
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
On May 25, 2023, OGE published a final rule establishing a
framework to govern an executive branch employee's acceptance of
payments for legal expenses through a Legal Expense Fund (LEF) for
matters arising in connection with the employee's official position,
the employee's prior position on a campaign of a candidate for
President or Vice President, or the employee's prior position on a
Presidential Transition Team. The requirements for establishing and
maintaining a LEF are found in 5 CFR part 2635, subpart J (LEF
regulation).
The LEF regulation requires that employees who wish to establish a
legal expense fund do so through a trust with a single, named employee
beneficiary and a trustee. It also requires an employee beneficiary to
file quarterly reports that include information (1) regarding members
of the public who make financial donations to help pay for the employee
beneficiary's legal expenses (donors) and (2) members of the public who
receive payments from a legal expense fund (payees). The employee
beneficiary must also file a termination report upon the termination of
the trust and/or executive branch employment. The trust documents,
quarterly reports, and termination reports will be posted directly on
OGE's website in accordance with 5 CFR 2635.1007(g). Together, this
information collection (IC) is titled ``OGE Legal Expense Fund
Information Collection.''
OGE submitted a request for approval of this information collection
on May 25, 2023, and OMB approved it on July 21, 2023. It was assigned
OMB Control Number 3209-0012. Therefore, in accordance with the PRA,
OGE hereby announces OMB approval of the information collection
requirements as contained in the final rule, which will be effective
November 21, 2023.
Approved: August 23, 2023.
Shelley K. Finlayson,
Acting Director, U.S. Office of Government Ethics.
[FR Doc. 2023-18526 Filed 8-25-23; 8:45 am]
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