Fill Form 2220 Individuals 2022-2023

Hello and welcome to another of several presentations about ethics I'm your host Danielle barrett and this series is brought to you by the USDA office of ethics where we're happy to answer all of your questions at the end of this presentation today will showcase eight tips for how to fill out your OGE form for 50 but first let's take a moment to learn about why this form is important to the work we do at USDA the OTV form for 50 confidential financial disclosure report is a tool that allows us to take a prospective look at certain ploys financial interests we need to have our federal work be free of conflicts with our personal interests the moral principle is one should not use federal work for self enrichment further there's a criminal statute against a conflict of interest here the 450 form is a tool that allows us to screen employees for conflicts of interests in a prospective fashion it allows ethics officials to analyze employees holdings on an annual basis and ensure that USDA employees are not violating federal law namely 18 USC 208 so quickly what is a conflict of interest a conflicts of interest occurs when there's a link between something you're working on in your official capacity and your personal financial interest if you are to work on that matter there would be a potential that you could be enriching yourself so that's the why of financial disclosure if you're wondering who has to file there are guidelines to help managers determine who needs to file each year typically though not always filers will be more senior level individuals for those who work on contracts procurement inspections and so on and now eight quick tips to help you file your report first...