financial disclosure

Department of Veterans Affairs Awards Financial Disclosure Software (aka FDonline) Contract to FedRAMP-authorized SaaS provider Intelliworx

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Decision expands a long relationship with Intelliworx as the VA joins 38 other federal agencies who rely on FDonline to manage annual filings for 90,000 civil servants and political appointees Sterling, VA – December 10, 2024 – Intelliworx, a provider of workflow and process automation software, announced today that the Department of Veteran’s Affairs (VA) has awarded the company a financial disclosure software solution contract. The software, which is better known as FDonline provides a simple and effective means for the VA to meet government ethics and compliance requirements for financial disclosure. “Federal agencies manage significant budgets and history shows the temptation to influence procurement decisions that yield personal gain is always a potential risk,” said Intelliworx CEO Rob Hankey. “While the vast majority of federal employees are patriotic citizens dutifully carrying out the will of their nation, government ethics offices provide taxpayers with vital safeguards against […]

Modernizing financial disclosure through digital transformation strengthens ethical integrity and trust in government

Modernizing financial disclosure through digital transformation strengthens trust in government (Federal News Network)

Government ethics reviewers are drowning in paper when it comes to financial disclosure, and it’s costing taxpayers. Paper and no-frills digital forms make filing disclosures on time difficult for busy officials. For ethics teams, manually reviewing massive volumes of forms leads to missed details and struggles to meet deadlines. Moving ethics financial disclosure to modern, secure, cloud-based, best-in-breed technology is more than a solid organizational and time-saving idea. Embracing these technologies is essential to preventing future ethical breaches and safeguarding public trust. Read the full post here: Financial disclosure is a deserving target for the government’s digital transformation (Federal News Network)

10 government ethics best practices for conflict review and financial disclosure

These tips can help government ethics offices streamline the processes for ensuring financial disclosure filings are complete, accurate, and on time Every government worker who is in a position to make final decisions or take actions that “will have a direct and substantial economic effect on the interests of any non-federal entity” is required to fill out an annual financial disclosure form. The purpose is simple – to eliminate any conflict of interest – or even the appearance of a potential conflict of interest. Yet not every ethics office navigates the financial disclosure season in the same way. We’ve seen it firsthand working with nearly 40 different government agencies, in recent years, to assist with more than a half million financial disclosure forms. Our experience in this area has given us a good view of which processes work well – and which ones need improvement. Below are a handful of […]

7 financial disclosure tools government ethics shops need to streamline conflict review

Agencies review tens of thousands of financial disclosure forms from civil servants every year, here’s how 39 agencies have made things easier for their ethics offices by Intelliworx Every year ethics offices around the government face a time crunch during the financial disclosure period. That’s when lawyers and compliance officials sort through tens of thousands of disclosure forms submitted by civil servants looking for conflicts of interest. While only the most senior government employees are typically required to do this, it still amounts to hundreds of thousands of forms. In the last six years, Intelliworx has helped 39 government ethics offices process more than half a million financial disclosure forms. Why are we involved? We built a software platform that not only digitizes financial disclosure forms (including OGE-450 and OGE-278) but also digitizes the entire process – from data collection to review and approval. That makes it easier for civil […]