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Board of Ethics and Government Accountability

Financial Disclosure Forms

District employees and public officials who are required to file Financial Disclosure Statements should use the following forms provided by BEGA.

Partial Waiver Request Form Partial Waiver Request Form 

Public officials required to make their PFDS reports publicly available should use this form to submit a request to BEGA to consider whether there is good cause to exempt the public official from some or all of the public filing requirement. This does not exempt a filer from the requirement to complete the financial disclosure statement. If granted, it only exempts the filer from making certain responses publicly available on the BEGA website. If granted, the filer would file their responses to certain question with BEGA only and the rest of the filer's responses would be made publicly available on the BEGA website.

E-filing Waiver Request Form E-filing Waiver Request Form 

FDS filers may use this form to request a waiver of the requirement to file their FDS forms electronically. This does not exempt a filer from the requirement to complete the financial disclosure statement. If granted, the filer would file their financial disclosure statement in hard copy.

Policy Deadline Extension Request Form 

FDS filers seeking an extension of up to thirty (30) days to submit their FDS forms must submit this form to the Director of Government Ethics before the FDS filing deadline

Designation Appeal Form Designation Appeal Form 

Form for use by employees who do not believe they should be required to file a financial disclosure statement and are seeking to challenge their designation as a Financial Disclosure Statement Filer. Public officials listed in D.C. Official Code § 1-1161.01(47)(A)-(H) or 3 DCMR § 5710.1 are not eligible to file a designation appeal.

Fine Waiver Request Form Fine Waiver Request Form 

Public and Confidential FDS filers should use this form to submit a request to BEGA to consider whether there is good cause to waive all or a portion of any assessed late or non-filer fees.