April 16, 1993 DT-93-014 MEMORANDUM TO: Designated Agency Ethics Officials, General Counsels and Inspectors General FROM: Stuart C. Gilman, Ph.D. Associate Director for Education SUBJECT: Regional Ethics Courses - New York and London The U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) will conduct two identical one-day courses on "Introduction to Ethics" in New York, NY on July 15 and 16, 1993; and two identical one-day courses on "Introduction to Ethics" in London, England on July 20 and 21, 1993. These courses will provide an overview of Government ethics. It will focus on standards of conduct and conflict of interest topics, with lecture, discussion, and case studies. They are designed for ethics practitioners with basic subject matter familiarity, who are relatively new to the ethics area or who have not previously attended OGE training. This would include those who advise an agency or staff regarding Government ethics and standards of conduct, those who review financial disclosure reports, and those who investigate possible violations. These courses will emphasize the recently published new standards of conduct regulations. As usual, there is no charge for attendance. However, advance registration is required. You are our primary means of advertising these courses. We ask you to please circulate the attached notice and registration form among your ethics officials in the New York and London areas as soon as possible. Each person planning to attend should register either by mailing or transmitting by facsimile a completed registration form to arrive at OGE not later than July 2, 1993. No telephone registrations will be accepted. The mailing address is: Sheila A. Powers Conference and Education Coordinator U.S. Office of Government Ethics 1201 New York Avenue, NW. - Suite 500 Washington, DC 20005-3917 FAX Numbers: 202/523-1251 or 202/523-6325 _____________________________________________________________________________ Designated Agency Ethics Officials, General Counsels and Inspectors General Page 2 A copy of a completed registration form indicating that the registrant's planned attendance has been confirmed by OGE will be sent by facsimile to each registrant prior to the date of the training course. The copy of the registration form must be presented by the registrant in order to attend the session. Please note this training is open ONLY to agency officials who have (or will have) Government ethics responsibilities; it is NOT to be used by agencies in fulfilling their training requirements for employees. To facilitate your ethics training plans for practitioners, we intend to conduct training sessions in the field in the following cities during the remainder of FY 1993: Dallas and New Orleans (planned for June), and Minneapolis and Kansas City (planned for August). As soon as dates are in place, you will be sent announcements. Sheila Powers, of my staff, will be available on (202) 523- 5757 ext. 1104 to answer any questions concerning the training. Attachment _____________________________________________________________________________ UNITED STATES OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS NEW YORK REGIONAL ETHICS TRAINING DATE: Thursday, July 15 and Friday, July 16, 1993 PLACE: General Services Administration Jacobs K. Javits Federal Building 26 Federal Plaza - Room 305A New York, NY 10278 212/264-9290 TIMES: Session 1: July 15, 1993 -- 9:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. or Session 2: July 16, 1993 -- 9:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. SUBJECT: The conflict of interest statutes and the standards of conduct regulation, with reference to financial disclosure systems. WHO: Designed for ethics practitioners with basic subject matter familiarity -- advisors, financial disclosure reviewers, and investigators -- who are relatively new to the ethics area or who have not previously attended OGE training. FORMAT: Lecture, discussion, and case studies on standards of conduct/ethics problems. REGIS- This course is free, but advance registration is required. Please TRATION: complete and either mail or transmit by facsimile the registration form on the following page, to arrive at OGE not later than July 2, 1993. Mail to: U.S. Office of Government Ethics ATTN: Sheila Powers 1201 New York Avenue, NW. Suite 500 Washington, DC 20005-3917 FAX to: (202) 523-6325 or (202) 523-1251 CONFIR- A copy of a completed registration form indicating that the MATION: registrant's planned attendance has been confirmed by OGE will be transmitted by facsimile, to be received by each registrant prior to the date of the training session. _____________________________________________________________________________ UNITED STATES OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS REGISTRATION REQUEST FOR NEW YORK TRAINING Thursday, July 15, 1993 and Friday, July 16, 1993 Name: ____________________________________________ Grade/Title: ____________________________________________ Agency: ____________________________________________ Address: ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ Phone: (___/FTS)____________________________________________ FAX: (___/FTS)____________________________________________ Session Choice:( ) July 15, 9:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. or ( ) July 16, 9:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. NOTE: This registration form must be received by OGE no later than July 2. If you are unable to attend a session after having confirmed, please contact Sheila Powers at (202/FTS) 523-5757 ext. 1104. THANK YOU. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ FOR OGE USE ONLY CONFIRMATION OF REGISTRATION: This will be returned to you and is valid only if signed and dated by an OGE official. Confirmed: ___ Yes ___ No Name: ______________________________________ Date: ______________________________________ NOTE: This training is open only to agency officials who have (or will have) government ethics responsibilities; it is not to be used by agencies in fulfilling their training requirements for employees. _____________________________________________________________________________ UNITED STATES OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS LONDON REGIONAL ETHICS TRAINING DATE: Tuesday, July 20 and Wednesday, July 21, 1993 PLACE: U.S. Embassy Auditorium Grosvenor Square London, England TIMES: Session 1: July 20, 1993 -- 9:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. or Session 2: July 21, 1993 -- 9:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. SUBJECT: The conflict of interest statutes and the standards of conduct regulation, with reference to financial disclosure systems. WHO: Designed for ethics practitioners with basic subject matter familiarity -- advisors, financial disclosure reviewers, and investigators -- who are relatively new to the ethics area or who have not previously attended OGE training. FORMAT: Lecture, discussion, and case studies on standards of conduct/ethics problems. REGIS- This course is free, but advance registration is required. Please TRATION: complete and either mail or transmit by facsimile the registration form on the following page, to arrive at OGE not later than July 2, 1993. Mail to: U.S. Office of Government Ethics ATTN: Sheila Powers 1201 New York Avenue, NW. Suite 500 Washington, DC 20005-3917 FAX to: (202) 523-6325 or (202) 523-1251 CONFIR- A copy of a completed registration form indicating that the MATION: registrant's planned attendance has been confirmed by OGE will be transmitted by facsimile, to be received by each registrant prior to the date of the training session. _____________________________________________________________________________ UNITED STATES OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS REGISTRATION REQUEST FOR LONDON TRAINING Tuesday, July 20 and Wednesday, July 21, 1993 Name: ____________________________________________ Grade/Title: ____________________________________________ Agency: ____________________________________________ Address: ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ Phone: (___/FTS)____________________________________________ FAX: (___/FTS)____________________________________________ Session Choice:( ) July 20, 9:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. or ( ) July 21, 9:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. NOTE: This registration form must be received by OGE no later than July 2. If you are unable to attend a session after having confirmed, please contact Sheila Powers at (202/FTS) 523-5757 ext. 1104. THANK YOU. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ FOR OGE USE ONLY CONFIRMATION OF REGISTRATION: This will be returned to you and is valid only if signed and dated by an OGE official. Confirmed: ___ Yes ___ No Name: ___________________________________________ Date: ___________________________________________ NOTE: This training is open only to agency officials who have (or will have) government ethics responsibilities; it is not to be used by agencies in fulfilling their training requirements for employees.