SAF/GCA Ethics

On behalf of the Designated Agency Ethics Official (DAEO), the Air Force Ethics Office directs the daily activities of the Department of the Air Force's (DAF) (to include Space Force) ethics program. We have the primary responsibility for interpretation and implementation of the Department of Defense (DoD) ethics policy for the Air and Space Forces. The Air Force Ethics Office is your primary source for ethics guidance, policy, and developments.

The filing season for both public and confidential disclosure filers begins on 1 January 2025. Public financial disclosure report filers file and submit their OGE Form 278e reports in the online system, Integrity. Confidential financial disclosure report filers file and submit their OGE Form 450 in the Financial Disclosure Management system, available here.

Annual Ethics Training (AET) for financial disclosure filer is due by 30 November of each calendar year.

Computer-based AET for OGE Form 450 Filers is available here.

OGE Form 278e filers must take live training unless an exemption applies. Please contact us for more information.

Legal advice regarding the following areas is provided for by our office:

· Conflict of Interest Issues
· Confidential Financial Disclosure Reporting (OGE 450)
· Endorsements
· Fundraising
· Gifts
· Interpretations of the Joint Ethics Regulations (JER)
· Misuse of Position
· Official Invitations
· Political Activities
· Political Nominations
· Post-Government Service Restrictions
· Public Financial Disclosure Reporting (OGE 278e)
· Off-Duty Employment
· Post-Government Employment
· Post-Government Employment -- SES (memorandum)
· Relations with Non-Federal Entities
· Travel
· Air National Guard Issues

Please contact your local SJA office with any questions. For Department Air Force personnel assigned to the Secretariat, Air Staff, or Space Staff, please contact the Air Force Ethics Office (SAF/GCA) Using the "Contact Us" form on this website or (703) 697-7430.