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Office of Government Ethics

Federal agency that oversees the executive branch ethics program, including financial disclosure requirements for senior officials.

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Regulatory capture is when an agency advances the interests of the industry it oversees (Stigler 1971; Carpenter & Moss 2013). The counts below are records in this tracker that connect outside parties to this agency. They are context for that question, not evidence that capture occurred.

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Type	Connected To	Details	Source
Issued rule	2025 Civil Monetary Penalties Inflation Adjustments for Ethics in Government Act Violations	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Post-Employment Conflict of Interest Restrictions; Revision of Departmental Component Designations	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Post-Employment Conflict of Interest Restrictions; Revision of Departmental Component Designations	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Modernization Updates to Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch	Issued the rule.	Source
Opposed	Congressional stock trading	OGE oversees executive branch financial disclosures but has no enforcement authority over Congress.	Editorial
Enabled	OGE Ethics Waivers for Political Appointees	OGE granted ethics waivers allowing appointees to regulate former employers	Editorial
Issued rule	Modernization Updates to Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Executive Branch Financial Disclosure and Standards of Ethical Conduct Regulations	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Legal Expense Fund Regulation	Issued the rule.	Source
Employs	Greer Sununu	Acting Director of the Office of Government Ethics	Source