January 19, 2006

                                  DO-06-001

MEMORANDUM

TO:       Designated Agency Ethics Officials, General Counsels,
          and Inspectors General

FROM:     Joseph E. Gangloff

          Deputy Director for Agency Programs

SUBJECT:  Program Plan of Agency Reviews for the First Four
          Months of Calendar Year 2006

     Enclosed is the schedule for agency ethics program reviews planned by the Office of Government Ethics for the first four months of 2006. 

     A Program Review Division team leader will contact the Designated Agency Ethics Official or designee of each scheduled agency by telephone approximately one month in advance of the visit; a letter of confirmation will follow.  Additional information concerning the review will be contained in the confirmation letter.   If there is any reason why you cannot receive us as scheduled, please call Ed Pratt, Associate Director for Program Reviews, at 202-482-9270 as soon as possible.

Enclosure

OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS

PROGRAM PLAN OF AGENCY ETHICS PROGRAM REVIEWS

FOR THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF CALENDAR YEAR 2006

(JANUARY - APRIL)

1. Securities and Exchange Commission

2. U.S. Army Materiel Command

3. Office of Science and Technology Policy (EOP)

4. Department of Homeland Security

     --Office of the Secretary

--Bureau of Customs and Border Protection

--Immigration and Customs Enforcement

--Transportation Security Administration

     --Science and Technology Directorate

     --Federal Emergency Management Agency

5.   Armed Forces Retirement Home

6.   Department of Labor

     --Office of the Secretary

     --Mine Safety and Health Administration

     --Occupational Health and Safety Administration

     --Employment and Training Administration

     --Employment Standards Administration

7.   Department of Veterans Affairs

8.   Railroad Retirement Board

9.   Defense Information Systems Agency

10.  Department of Agriculture

     --Office of the Secretary

     --Rural Housing Service

     --Rural Utilities Service

     --Agricultural Research Service

     --Food Safety and Inspection Service

11.  National Security Council (EOP)

12.  Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

13.  United States Agency for International Development

14.  Federal Bureau of Investigation (Justice)