U.S. Office of Government Ethics
1201 News York Ave., NW
Suite 500
Washington, DC  20005-3917


						May 23, 2006 
						DT-06-016
						

MEMORANDUM

TO: 	  Designated Agency Ethics Officials

FROM:	  Carolyn W. Chapman Associate Director for Education

SUBJECT:  Pilot Test of New Ethics Course



On June 13-14, 2006 in Washington, DC, the U.S. Office of
Government Ethics will pilot test a two-day course for new
ethics officials.  The new course, Analyzing Conflicts of
Interest: Fundamentals for New Ethics Officials serves as an
orientation program for employees who recently assumed
responsibility for their agencies’ ethics program.  Please
disseminate the attached training announcement to your ethics
officials as soon as possible.

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U. S. Office of Government Ethics FY 06 Ethics Training

Course Overview

The U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) requests your assistance as
we prepare to unveil a new 2-day course, Analyzing Conflicts of
Interest:  Fundamentals for New Ethics Officials.  This pilot test
allows new ethics officials to assist OGE shape the direction of the
course before it is offered to all agencies.  Due to logistics, OGE
can only accept 25 participants.  We are specifically looking for
registrants who have a year or less of ethics experience.  Registrants
will be accepted on a first come basis. The course length includes
time for participants’ feedback about the strengths and weaknesses of
the training session.

Course Description

One of the worst things that can happen to your ethics program is to
have your agency become headline news for ethics violations.  As an
ethics official, your job is to protect your agency’s reputation and
credibility with the American people.  This requires recognizing when
employees have conflicts of interest or even the appearance of
conflicts.  Conflicts take a variety of forms from violations of the
conflict of interest laws to violations of the impartiality and
seeking employment rules in the standards of conduct.

As new ethics officials, it is important that you be well grounded in
how to analyze conflicts.  This course welcomes you to the ethics
community and shows you how to analyze conflicts of interest and
appearances.  Class format includes lecture, discussion, hands-on
exercises and a video.


Intended Audience

New ethics officials (1 year or less of ethics experience)


You Will Learn How To

Determine whether a § 208 conflict exists o Assess any impartiality
issues o Analyze job-hunting conflicts o Suggest one or more remedies


Course Date

June 13-14, 2006	9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.


Course Location

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


Registration Information

To register for this pilot course, please visit the Training Workshops
and Seminars section of OGE’s website at www.usoge.gov and complete
the online Registration Form (https://www.formrouter.net/education2@USOGE/fundamentals_pilot_508_0606.pdf).

The registration deadline is five (5) days before the course date or
until the course is full, whichever occurs first.  E-mail
confirmations are sent to registrants prior to the course date.

For information regarding the registration process, please contact:

Gwen Cannon-Jenkins Education Assistant 
E-mail: gcannon@oge.gov 
Phone:202-482-9219

General OGE Course Information

For information about the OGE training courses, please contact:

Kaneisha Cunningham Education Training Specialist 
E-mail:ktcunnin@oge.gov 
Phone: 202-482-9228