5704.1 Any 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.

5704.2 On 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.

5704.3 Upon 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 Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners shall file a Confidential report containing a full and complete statement of the information required by Section 5701 before May 15th of each year, with the Board.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 2852 (March 8, 2013).