New Entrant Report I t¡.S. Ofice of Government Ethics; 5 C.F.R. part 2634 Form Approvedl: OMB No. (32094001) March 2074) Executive Branch Personnel Public Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 278e) Filer's lnformation SIMMONS, DANIEL Assistant to the secretary, Department of Energy Date of Appointmeint:. 01 l2O/2O'17 Other Federal Government Pos¡tions Held During the Preceding 12 Months: None Electronic Signature - I certifo that the statements I have made in this form are true, complete and correct to the best of my knowledge. /s/ SIMMONS, DANIEL lelectronically signed on 01118117 by SIMMONS, DANIEL in lntegrity.gov] below). lsl Beard, Susan F, Certiffing Official [electronically signed on O2117117 by Beard. Susan F in lntegrity.gov] Other review conducted by /s/ Beard, Susan U.S. Offìce of F, Ethics Official [electronicallysigned on 02117117 by Beard, Susan F ¡n lntegrity.gov] Government Ethics Cert¡ficat¡on Data Revised 02/17 /2017 Data Rev¡sed O2/1 6/2017 Data Revised 02/'l 4/2017 Data Revised 02/ 07 /201 7 Comments of Reviewing Officials (public annotations): PART # N/A N/A N/A N/A REFERENCE COMMENT General (02116/17, Beard, Susan F): New entrant advice General (0211611-1, Beard, Susan F): 502 and EO on lnst¡tute for Energy Research 1. Filer's Positions Held Outside United States Government # ORGANIZAI'IONTYPE POSMON HETD ORGANIZATION NAME CÍTY, STATE lnl¡tute for Wash¡ngton, Distr¡ct Non-Prof¡t of Columbia EnergT Research Vice President Policy for FROM TO 5/2008 1t2017 2. Filer's Employment Assets & lncome and Retirement Accounts # EF DESCRIPnON lnstitute for 2 U.S. VALUE Energy Research (lER) N/A bank/brokerage cash account N/A $1,001 - $1s,000 INCOMETYPE INCOMEAMOUNT Salary/Bonus $275,500 None (or less than $201 ) k: 3 rER 401 3.1 MFS Mass lnvestors Growth 3.2 3.3 '37- JPMorgan U.S. Equity Fund (A) - -- Columbia Mid Cap lndex Fund (Ð ¿;lrrnoiu s.ulic-"pJn¿"" C rr;J (Ð ' 4 Compet¡tive Enterprise lnstitue Retirement: 4.'l EQ Equity 500 lndex- Yes $15.001 - $s0,000 $1,001 - $2,s00 Yes $1,001 -$15,000 $201 - $1,000 Yes $50,001 - $100,000 $s,001 -$1s,000 Yes $s0,001 - $100,000 $5,001 - $1s,000 Yes $1,001 -$15,000 None (or less than $201 ) 4.2 EQ Common Stock 5 American Legislative Exchange Council 401 k: 5.1 Fed Gov Ultrashort 6 Virginia 529 College Savings PIans- Aggressive Growth lndex SA1 4 Yes $1,001 -$15,000 None (or less than $2o1) Yes $1,001 -$15,000 None (or less than $201) Yes $1,001 -$15,000 None (or less than $201 ) 3. Filer's Employment Agreements and Arrangements # lnst¡tute for ÍATUSAND CÍTY, STAIE EMPLOYERORPARTY Energy Research Columbia 2 Competit¡ve Enterpr¡se nst¡tute Washington, of 3 American Legislative Exchaneg Council Arlington, I DATE TERMS former Washington, District There will be no additional contributions by me or my employer in this defined contr¡bution plan after my separation. of District Columbia Virginia 512008 No additional contributions are being made by me or my former employer to the defined contribut¡on retirement Plan 3t1999 No additional contributions are being made by me or my former employer to th¡s defined contribution retirement Plan. 4t2005 4. Filer's Sources of Compensation Exceeding $5,000 in a Year BRIEF DESCRPT ON OF DUNES SOURCE NAME CTY, STATE ¡nst¡tute for Energy Research Washington, D¡str¡ct VP for Poliqy --poligr work of Columbia 5. Spouse's EmploymentAssets & lncome and RetirementAccounts # DESCRPnON 1.1 USBESX Cornerstone Moderate Fund: EF VALUE Yes $1,001 -$1s,000 INCOMETYPE INCOMEAMOUNT IRA: None (or less than $201 ) 2 Yes TIAA None (or less than $100,001 - $250,000 $201) 2.1 Vanguard Growth lndex Admiral Shares Yes $15,001 -$50,000 2.2 Delaware Value Fund lnstitutional Class Shares Yes $15,001 -$50,000 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 PIMCO lncome Fund lnstitutional Class Shyares Yes $1 PIMCO GNMA Gund Insititutional Class Yes $1s,001 - $s0,000 Frontier Phocas Small Cap Value Yes $1s,001 - $s0,000 Vanguard Small Cap Growth lndex Fund lnstitutional Yes $15,00'1 - $50.000 DFA lnternational Core Equity Portfolio lnst¡tutional Yes $1,001 -$15,000 Federated lnstitutional High Yield Bond Fund Yes $1,001 -$15,000 EIF VALUE N/A $15,001 - $50,000 N/A $15,001 - $50,000 5,001 - $50,000 6. Other Assets and lncome # DESCRPTlON US bank account 2 #1 cash U.S. bank account #2 -cash INCOMETYPE INCOMEAMOUNT None (or less than $201) None (or less than $201) 7. Transactions (N/A) - Not required for this type of report 8. Liabilities # CREDÍTOR NAME TYPE AMOUNT Access Group lnc Student Loan $10,001 9. G¡fts and Travel Reimbursements (N/A) - Not required for this type of report Endnotes PART # ENDNOTE -$15,000 YEARINCURRED RATE TERM 2002 3.75 25 years Summary of Contents 1. FiLer's Positions HeId Outside United States Government receive compensation. company. 2. Filer's Employment Assets & Income and Retirement Accounts Part 2 discloses the follow¡ng: and intellectual propefty, such as book deals and patents) ¡nvestment fund (ElÐ. 3. Filer's Employment Agreements and Arrangements . . . . Future employment Leave ofabsence Continu¡ngpaymentsfromanemployer,includingseveranceandpaymentsnotyetreceivedforpreviouswork(excludingordinarysalaryfromacurrentemployer) Continuing participation in an employee welfare, retirement, or other benefit plan, such as pensions or a deferred compensation plan 4. Filer's Sources of Compensation Exceeding $5,000 in a Year Part 4 discloses soùrces (except the United States Government) that pa¡d more than $5,000 in a calendar year for the filer's services during any year of the reporting period. employerand notto thefìler.Thefilerdoes notdisclose a client's paymenttothefiler's employer if the filerdid not provide the services forwhich the client is paying. 5. Spouse's Employment Assets & Income and Retirement Accounts Part 5 discloses the following: . >ourcesolnonoraíaTorrrìeTilerSSpousegreareffnarì+zuuourrrìgrnereporungpenoo deferred compensation, and intellectual property, such as book deals and patents) excepted ¡nvestment fund (ElÐ. Amounts of income are not required for a spouse's earned income (excluding honoraria). 6. Other Assets and Income period. For purposes ofthe value and income thresholds, the filer aggregates the filer's interests w¡th those ofthe filer's spouse and dependent children. investment fund (ÊlF). 7. Transactions money market mutual funds; (3) Treasury bills, bonds, and notes; and (4) holdings within a federal Thrift Savings Plan account. Additional exceptions apply. B. Liabilities Part 8 discloses liab¡lities over $10,000 th¿t the filer, the filer's spouse or dependent child owed at any time during the reporting period. exceed $1 0,000 at the end ofthe reporting period. Additional exceptions apply. 9. Gifts and Travel Reimbursements This section discloses: . . Gifts totaling more than $375 that the filer, the filer's spouse, and dependent children received from any one source during the reporting per¡od. Travel reimbursementstotal¡ngmorethan$3T5thatthefiler,thefiler'sspouse,anddependentchildrenreceivedfromanyonesourceduringthereportingperiod. Privacy Act Statement executive branch-wide Privary Act system of records. Public Burden Information Ethics (OGE), Su¡te 500, 1 201 New York Avenue, NW., Wash¡ngton, DC 20005-3917. valid OMB control number (that number,3209-0001, is displayed here and atthe top of the f¡rst page of this OGE Form 278e).