The following individuals serve in positions covered by the public financial disclosure requirements (“covered positions”):

• the President and the Vice President;
• officers and employees (including special Government employees, as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 202) in positions that (1) are paid under a system other than the General Schedule (e.g., Senior Executive Service) and (2) have a rate of basic pay equal to or greater than 120% of the minimum rate of basic pay for GS-15 of the General Schedule; members of the uniformed services whose pay grade is O-7 or above; and officers or employees in any other positions determined by the Director of the Office of Government Ethics to be of equal classification;
• administrative law judges;
• employees in positions which are excepted from the competitive service because of their confidential or policy-making character, unless the position has been excluded from the public financial disclosure requirements by the Director of the Office of Government Ethics;
• the Postmaster General, the Deputy Postmaster General, each Governor of the Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service, and officers or employees of the U.S. Postal Service or Postal Regulatory Commission in positions for which the rate of basic pay is equal to or greater than 120% of the minimum rate of basic pay for GS-15 of the General Schedule;
• the Director of the Office of Government Ethics and each designated agency ethics official; and
• civilian employees in the Executive Office of the President (other than special Government employees) who hold commissions of appointment from the President.

Note:  For purposes of calculating the reporting threshold, the “minimum rate of basic pay” for GS-15 is the base pay, excluding locality pay, for GS-15, step 1.