April 28, 1994
                                   DT-94-022


MEMORANDUM

TO:       Designated Agency Ethics Officials, General Counsels 
          and Inspectors General
     
FROM:     Barbara A. Mullen-Roth
          Associate Director for Education

SUBJECT:  Ethics Information Center


     The Office of Government Ethics is pleased to announce the
opening of the Ethics Information Center on May 2, 1994.  The
Center is designed as a centralized repository for ethics training
materials.  These materials will be available to ethics
professionals for use in developing ethics training programs.

     The Center is located at 1201 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 500,
and will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. 
The facilities include equipment for reproducing printed materials,
videocassette tapes, audiocassette tapes and computer diskettes.
We encourage your participation in the Center and invite you to
come in and view our facilities.

     A policy statement outlining the procedures for submitting and
duplicating materials is enclosed.  For more information please
contact Tonda King or Jennifer Russell at 202-523-5757, Exts. 1229
and 1111, respectively.

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                   ETHICS INFORMATION CENTER 

      POLICY REGARDING SUBMISSION/REPRODUCTION OF MATERIALS


Submission of Materials

    Any Federal department or agency may submit ethics materials
     to the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) Ethics Information
     Center (Center).  Due to space considerations, OGE retains the
     right to determine which materials will be accepted and made
     available through the Center.

    OGE will make all materials accepted into the Center available
     to other parties, primarily executive branch departments and
     agencies, for use in developing ethics training. 
     Departments/agencies should not submit materials that are not
     reproducible.  OGE will consider department/agency submission
     of materials to imply consent for reproduction.

    Each agency must provide the following information with
     materials submitted to the Center:  title, department/agency
     responsible for production, date produced, brief description
     of the materials and the content and a department/agency point
     of contact.  Clearly identify materials that revise or
     supersede previously submitted materials.


Duplication of Materials

    OGE will provide all necessary equipment for copying printed
     materials, videocassette tapes, audiocassette tapes and
     computer diskettes.  OGE will also provide paper for copying
     single sets of printed materials only.  However, parties
     desiring to duplicate other materials must provide their own
     blank videocassette tapes, audiocassette tapes and computer
     diskettes.  In extenuating circumstances OGE may provide these
     supplies to parties receiving approval from the Associate
     Director for Education.