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PURPOSE. This Instruction establishes the procedures for filing, reviewing, evaluating, and storing public and confidential financial disclosure reports. These procedures are intended to define the overall process governing the financial disclosure system for the U.S. Coast Guard consistent with statutory and regulatory requirements, and do not reiterate the detailed requirements established by the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) in 5 C.F.R. Part 2634, or the instructions for filers that are contained in the Public Financial Disclosure Report (PFDR), SF-278, the Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (CFDR), OGE 450, and the Certificate of No New Interest, OGE 450-A.

APPLICABILITY. This Instruction applies to all Coast Guard personnel who are required to file or review a PFDR or CFDR.