The Ethics in Government Act of 1978 is used as the organizational foundation for the discussion of the laws; and the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, which amended the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, is examined where it changes or adds to the 1978 act. Titles I, II, and III of the 1978 act established financial disclosure requirements for specified members of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches. The Reform Act, however, repealed Titles II and III and amended Title I to include all three branches. This combination is intended to ensure that Federal ethics laws are "equitable all across the three branches of the Federal Government." Title IV of the 1978 act established the Office of Government Ethics within the Office of Personnel Management. Title V of the 1978 act promulgated rules that pertain to post-employment conflicts of interest, but the Reform Act created two new titles that deal with conflicts of interest. Other sections of this article explain the judicial interpretation of the honorarium ban and of Title V of the 1978 act, which pertains to conflict of interest, as well as Title VI of the Independent Counsel Act. 249 footnotes