U.S. Office of Government Ethics
1201 New York Ave., Nw
Suite 500
Washington, DC  20005


					March 18, 2008                                                                                              
                                    	DT-08-009
 
 
MEMORANDUM
 
TO:       Designated Agency Ethics Officials
 
FROM:     Matthew S. Cross
          Associate Director for Education
 
SUBJECT:  Grand Slam Employee Crossword Puzzle
 
	In 2007, the U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) released a series 
of five ethics crossword puzzles to enhance your ethics training for executive 
branch employees.  The series of crossword puzzles covered topics on misuse of 
position, outside activities, gifts, general things you should know about 
ethics, seeking and post-employment.  OGE has developed a Grand Slam crossword 
puzzle which is a compilation of the employee crossword puzzles OGE issued in 
2007.   The series of puzzles may be used for a variety of purposes.  For 
example, you may distribute the puzzles:

· During in-person annual ethics training
· As part of written annual ethics training during the two years in which you 
  do not provide verbal training  
· As part of a leadership initiative aimed at your agency’s supervisors, 
  encouraging them to discuss the answers with their employees at a staff meeting
· During presentations to employees 
· As part of your ethics or agency newsletter
 
	The Grand Slam crossword puzzle is available in three formats: a fillable 
online version, a 508 compliant version, and a printed version.  All versions 
are available on our web site at 
 http://www.usoge.gov/training/crossword_puzzles.aspx.
 
	Please note that the fillable version requires JAVA.  Therefore, please 
check with your agency’s Information Resources staff to inquire if your internet 
browser has JAVA enabled.  The Section 508 compliant version requires employees 
to download and install the Talking Word Puzzle software.  Again, please check 
with your agency’s Information Resources staff.  
 
For questions about the puzzles, please contact me at 202-482-9250.