United States

Office of Government Ethics

1201 New York Avenue, NW., Suite 500

Washington, DC 20005-3917





               



                                                 August 14, 2001

                                                 DO-01-023







MEMORANDUM



TO:             Designated Agency Ethics Officials

                  and Alternate Designated Agency Ethics Officials



FROM:        Ferne L. Mosley, Esq.

                  Special Assistant to the Director



SUBJECT:  Ethics Training Regulations 





     The Director's one-day conference with a number of senior

agency ethics officials in June 2001 featured a discussion of

proposed revisions to the ethics training regulations found at

5 C.F.R. Part 2638.  As promised, the Office of Government Ethics

will continue to seek input from agency ethics officials.  I will

serve as the point of contact for the proposed revisions to the

training regulations.  I joined the Office of the Director recently

after six and one-half years as an Attorney-Advisor in the Ethics

Division at the Department of Commerce.



     A series of focus group meetings with several DAEOs and ethics

officials will be arranged in the near future in order to share

ideas about how the regulations should be tailored to produce the

most effective training programs.  Your suggestions will play a key

role in the revisions to the regulations and I encourage you to

participate as your schedule permits.



     I will notify various agency ethics officials individually to

schedule the focus group meetings.  I look forward to working with

you on this project and others.  Please feel free to contact me at

202-208-8000, ext. 1177, or by email at flmosley@oge.gov.