Executive-branch trades Form 278-T is the periodic transaction report that senior executive-branch officials file with the Office of Government Ethics. They must report each trade over $1,000 within 30 days of being notified of it, and no later than 45 days after the trade. Amounts are ranges, not exact figures.

What it is

Senior officials of the executive branch must report stock and bond trades over $1,000 on OGE Form 278-T. This page lists those trades: the official, the asset as printed, the type of transaction, the date, the amount range and the date the report was filed.

Who files it

Each official, on a periodic transaction report. The reports are published by the Office of Government Ethics (Cabinet members and other Senate-confirmed officials) and by the White House (the President and White House staff).

How current

Officials must report within 30 days of being notified of a trade and no later than 45 days after it, so a trade can appear weeks after it happened. We check both sites every day.

Terms

Form 278-TForm 278-T is the periodic transaction report that senior executive-branch officials file with the Office of Government Ethics. They must report each trade over $1,000 within 30 days of being notified of it, and no later than 45 days after the trade. Amounts are ranges, not exact figures.Amount rangeThe form asks for a range, such as $1,001 - $15,000, not an exact amount. A line can be left blank when the filer's note says the amount was not more than $1,000.Asset as printedThe form has no ticker column. The asset is shown as the filer wrote it. We add a ticker link only when we could match the asset to a listed company.Spouse and childrenTrades by a spouse or a dependent child are reported without saying which, so a row is not always the official's own decision.

Worth knowing

Amounts are ranges. The asset is shown as printed, and many are bonds, funds or private holdings with no ticker. We match assets to listed companies automatically, so check the report before relying on a single row. Mutual funds, Treasury securities and the Thrift Savings Plan are not reported on this form. Reports OGE gives out only on request are not included. Some of the President's reports are scans read by a model: those rows are marked and can contain errors. Information, not investment advice.

All of this comes from reports that the Office of Government Ethics and the White House publish.