13 CFR § 105.403 - Designated Agency Ethics Officials.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t13/s105.403"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "13 CFR § 105.403 - Designated Agency Ethics Officials."
title_number: 13
title_name: "Business Credit and Assistance"
section_number: "105.403"
section_name: "Designated Agency Ethics Officials."
chapter_name: "SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION"
part_number: "105"
part_name: "STANDARDS OF CONDUCT AND EMPLOYEE RESTRICTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 7301; 15 U.S.C. 634, 637(a)(18) and (a)(19), 642, and 645(a)."
regulatory_source: "61 FR 2399, Jan. 26, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "105"
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# 105.403 Designated Agency Ethics Officials.
The Designated Agency Ethics Official and Alternates administer the program for Financial Disclosure Statements under 5 CFR 2634.201, receive and evaluate these statements, and provide advice and counsel regarding matters relating to the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 and its implementing regulations. The duties and responsibilities of the Designated Agency Ethics Official and Alternates are set forth in more detail in 5 CFR 2638.203, which is promulgated and amended by the Office of Government Ethics.
[62 FR 2399, Jan. 26, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 48477, Sept. 16, 1997]