February 21, 1995
DT-95-009
MEMORANDUM
TO: Designated Agency Ethics Officials
FROM: Dan Ross, Attorney-Advisor
Chairman, Universal Training Task Force
SUBJECT: Ethics Trainers' Partnership 1995 Plans
Following a February 8, 1995, meeting with Mr. Stephen D.
Potts and many of you and/or your designees, members of the
Universal Training Task Force (Task Force) have begun modifying the
format of the annual training session they originally planned to
broadcast via satellite for calendar year 1995 training. It was
clear from the input received at this meeting that the departments
and agencies represented were most interested in supporting a
commercially produced studio quality videotape. Additionally, many
of the representatives indicated that they would be interested in
supporting a satellite broadcast but only if it was interactive.
In response to this input, the members of the Task Force
revisited their original plans for non-interactive broadcast and
agreed that the format should be changed. However, because of the
time and funding required to produce a studio quality videotape,
the Task Force concluded that it would be impossible to produce
such a videotape for this training year and will direct its efforts
toward a training videotape for calendar year 1996 training.
The Task Force will continue with its project to produce a
satellite broadcast to meet the current training year's
requirement, but is proposing an interactive program where a small
panel of experienced ethics officials will engage in a Socratic-
type discussion covering the most popular ethics issues identified
in the needs assessment survey conducted last year. To minimize
the cost to agencies interested in participating in this training
session, this program will be broadcast once. Coordinates of the
transmission will be provided to the participating agencies.
The success of this training effort is dependent on the
agencies' ability to provide minimal financial or personnel
support. If you are interested in participating in this project,
please plan to attend the next project meeting on March 8, 1995 at
the Office of Government Ethics, 1201 New York Avenue, NW., Suite
500, at 9:30 a.m. Please confirm your attendance with Jo Lee
Hazelwood, Partnership Coordinator, 202-523-5757, extension 1233,
by February 28, 1995.