COMDTINST 5370.9B
once it is determined that each required item has been completed and that on the basis of the
information contained in the report the filer is in compliance with applicable laws and
regulations.
h. PFDR Storage and Public Availability. All finally-reviewed PFDRs must be kept on file for six
(6) years. During that six-year period, all PFDRs must be made available for public review in
accordance with 5 C.F.R. 2634.603. Members of the public asking to review a PFDR must
submit a request using OGE Form 201. At the end of the six-year storage period, the PFDR
must be destroyed.
8. CONFIDENTIAL FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE REPORTS (CFDR).
a. Personnel Required to File. By 1 September each year, Commandant (G-LGL) shall publish an
updated listing of Coast Guard CFDR Filing Positions based upon the guidance in 5 C.F.R. Part
2634, Subpart 1, and CFDR filing position information provided by CFDR Reviewing Officials
identified in paragraph 8.c. This listing is disseminated via memo to the field legal offices and
by memo to Assistant Commandants for Directorates and is also made available on the
Commandant (G-L) intranet site. However, alternate methods of dissemination may be used. In
the absence of a new issuance, the previous year's listing governs. The following classes of
uniformed and civilian personnel occupy CFDR filing positions:
(1) Personnel in positions involving duties requiring personal and substantial participation
through the making of decisions or the exercise of significant judgment in one or more of the
following Government actions:
(a) Contracting or procurement;
(b) Administering or monitoring grants, subsidies, licenses or other benefits;
(c) Regulating or auditing any non-Federal entity;
(d) Performing other activities having a direct and substantial economic effect on the
interests of any non-Federal entity; or,
(2) Personnel who hold a position in which they are required to file a CFDR in order to avoid
involvement in a real or apparent conflict of interest, and to carry out the purpose of any
statute, executive order, rule or regulation applicable to, or administered by, that employee.
(3) Personnel who were "acting" in positions described in paragraphs 8.a.(1) and 8.a.(2) for 60 or
more days during the CFDR reporting period (the 12-month period that ends on 30
September of each year).
(4) Special Government Employees:
(a) Public members of Federal Advisory Committees (the term "advisory committee" refers
to any committee, board, commission, council, conference, panel, task force, or other
similar group which is established by statute or reorganization plan, established or
utilized by the President, or established by one or more agencies in the interest of
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