HOW TO SEARCH FOR DOCUMENTS ON THE OGE WEB SITE VIA GPO ACCESS
To search for documents on the OGE web site via GPO Access, you can look for a single word or use the tips below to refine your search to find more specific results. The search is not case-sensitive. Only use quotes as specified below.
Look for a specific word or phrase.
Example: Type standards of conduct to find documents that contain the exact phrase standards of conduct. Since the search is not case-sensitive, this is equivalent to Standards of Conduct.
Look for two or more words at once by using the AND operator.
Example: Type financial disclosure AND waivers to find documents that have both the phrase financial disclosure and the word waivers anywhere.
Look for words that are close to each other by using the NEAR operator instead of the AND operator. When you use NEAR, the closer together the words are, the higher the rank of the page, so the higher it appears in the list of search results.
Example: Type conflict of interest NEAR impartiality to find documents where the phrase conflict of interest is within 50 words of the word impartiality.
Look for synonyms or similar words by using the OR operator. Note that if you don't use the OR operator and search using multiple words, the words are treated as a phrase.
Example: Type gifts OR gratuities to find documents containing the word gifts or the word gratuities, but not necessarily both.
Limit your search by using the AND NOT operator to exclude words.
Example: Type financial disclosure AND NOT employee to find documents containing all instances of financial disclosure, as long as financial disclosure is not followed by the word employee.
Use double quotes if you want to use AND, OR, NOT, or NEAR literally. Note without the double quotes, this query would use the OR operator instead of the phrase.
Example: Type "government employee OR special government employee" to find documents with the phrase government employee OR special government employee.
Use a single asterisk (*) to look for words that begin with the same letters.
Example: Type emp* to find employ, employing, employee, employer and employment.
Use a double asterisk (**) to look for all forms of a word.
Example: Type swear** to match swear, swore and sworn.
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