2005 Annual Ethics Training

**The following fourteen principles, found in Executive Order 12674,
guide our performance as civil servants. Whatever our duties, we must
always perform our duties in such a way that the public=s trust in
government is never diminished.**

-   Public service is a public trust, requiring employees to place
    loyalty to the Constitution, the laws, and ethical principles above
    private gain.

-   Employees shall not hold financial interests that conflict with the
    conscientious performance of duty.

-   Employees shall not engage in financial transactions using nonpublic
    Government information or allow the improper use of such information
    to further any private interest.

-   An employee shall not, except pursuant to such reasonable exceptions
    as are provided by regulation, solicit or accept any gift or other
    item of monetary value from any person or entity seeking official
    action from, doing business with, or conducting activities regulated
    by the employee\'s agency, or whose interests may be substantially
    affected by the performance or nonperformance of the employee\'s
    duties.

-   Employees shall put forth honest effort in the performance of their
    duties.

-   Employees shall make no unauthorized commitments or promises of any
    kind purporting to bind the Government.

-   Employees shall not use public office for private gain.

-   Employees shall act impartially and not give preferential treatment
    to any private organization or individual.

-   Employees shall protect and conserve Federal property and shall not
    use it for other than authorized activities.

-   Employees shall not engage in outside employment or activities,
    including seeking or negotiating for employment, that conflict with
    official Government duties and responsibilities.

-   Employees shall disclose waste, fraud, abuse, and corruption to
    appropriate authorities.

-   Employees shall satisfy in good faith their obligations as citizens,
    including all just financial obligations, especially those \-- such
    as Federal, State, or local taxes \-- that are imposed by law.

-   Employees shall adhere to all laws and regulations that provide
    equal opportunity for all Americans regardless of race, color,
    religion, sex, national origin, age, or handicap.

-   Employees shall endeavor to avoid any actions creating the
    appearance that they are violating the law or the ethical standards
    promulgated pursuant to this order.

**STATUTORY PROHIBITIONS** - **These laws apply to all federal employees
and each carry criminal penalties for noncompliance. They also serve as
a basis for many of the ethics regulations (known as the Standards of
Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch).**

**18 U.S.C. \' 201 [BRIBERY OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS]{.underline}**

Generally, this statute prohibits a Government employee from receiving
or soliciting anything of value in exchange for being influenced in the
performance or non-performance of any official act, including giving
testimony, or in exchange for committing any fraud.

**18 U.S.C. \' 203 [COMPENSATION FOR REPRESENTATIONAL
ACTIVITIES]{.underline}**

Generally, this statute prohibits a Government employee from receiving
or soliciting compensation, for any representational services rendered
before a court or Government agency in connection with a particular
matter in which the United States is a party or has an interest.

**18 U.S.C. \' 205 [REPRESENTATIONAL ACTIVITIES]{.underline}**

Generally, this statute prohibits a Government employee from
representing anyone else before a court or Government agency in a
particular matter in which the United States is a party or has an
interest. There is an exception for representing other federal employees
in personnel matters. Limited exceptions are allowed only for
representation of oneself or one=s immediate family (defined as spouse,
parents, and children) or of a person or estate for which the employee
acts as a fiduciary, but not where the employee has participated
officially or has official responsibility.

**18 U.S.C. \' 207** **[POST EMPLOYMENT]{.underline}**

This statute **DOES NOT** bar any individual, regardless of rank or
position, from accepting employment with any private or public employer.
It does impose restrictions on communications that employees may make as
a representative of a third party back before the government.

Under 18 U.S.C. \' 207, there are six prohibitions. This training will
focus on three which may apply to most employees:

**207(a)(1). Restrictions that apply to all former employees.** A
lifetime bar which prohibits a former employee from serving as another
person\'s representative to the Government on a case, contractual
matter, or other similar application or proceeding in which he or she
participated personally and substantially while a Government employee.

> -There are two important limitations to this prohibition which
> prohibit former employees from "switching sides.\" First, the former
> employee is not restricted unless the matter in which he previously
> participated (1) was a \"particular matter involving specific
> parties\" and (2) is the matter in which he or she now attempts to
> represent another before the Government.
>
> -This bar requires that the employee had been personally involved in
> the matter in a substantial way.
>
> -The kind of representation that is restricted includes not only
> acting as another\'s attorney or agent, but any other kind of
> representative or communication with intent to influence the United
> States. This includes promotional and contract representation.

**207(a)(2). Two-year bar restrictions that apply to former managers and
supervisors.** A two-year bar which prohibits former employees from
serving as another person\'s representative to the Government on a case,
contractual matter, or other similar application or proceeding which was
under his or her management authority in the last year of his/her
government service.

> -If a former employee is in doubt as to whether a matter was under his
> or her official responsibility, whether it is the same \"particular
> matter\" as that with which he was involved, or whether the United
> States still has an interest in the matter, he or she should consult
> with the appropriate ethics office for guidance.

**207(c). One-year bar restrictions that apply to former \"senior
employees.\"**

> AFormer senior employees@ are those former employees who occupied any
> position paid under the Executive Level (EL) pay scale and all Senior
> Executive Service Employees who had a rate of basic pay that is equal
> to or greater than 86.5 percent of the rate for level II of the
> Executive Schedule (\$136,757 in CY 2004). (**Note:** Prior to January
> 11, 2004, a Asenior@ employee in the SES was determined based on the
> employee=s pay level under the SES pay system. The six-level SES pay
> system was abolished by statute in late 2003.)
>
> For one year after termination of service in a senior position, no
> former senior employee may knowingly make, with the intent to
> influence, any communication to or appearance before an employee of a
> department or agency in which he served in any capacity during the
> one-year period prior to termination from the senior position, if the
> communication or appearance is made on behalf of any other person
> (except the United Stats), in connection with any matter concerning
> which he seeks official action by the employee.
>
> -This one-year \"cooling-off\" ban does not require that the former
> employee have ever been involved in the matter that is the subject of
> the communication or appearance.
>
> -The matters covered need not involve specific parties, so the former
> employee could not, for example, attempt to influence general
> rulemaking, general policy issues or general legislation.
>
> -The provision only prohibits communications to or appearances before
> employees of any department or agency in which he or she formerly
> served in any capacity during the one-year period prior to his or her
> termination from senior service. Telephone calls or mere presence of a
> former senior employee at a meeting where federal employees are
> present may trigger this restriction. In DOI, the location of an
> employee=s service is determined based on whether the employee served
> during his or her last year in a senior position in a designated
> Acomponent@ entity or the Aparent@ organization, as specified in
> Appendix B of 5 C.F.R. Part 2641. See your ethics officials for
> specific advice.

**Exceptions**

**Exception to all post-employment statutes.**

\- An exception is provided to all of the post-employment statutes when
the post-employment activities are performed:

> -in carrying out official duties on behalf of the United States or,
>
> -in carrying out official duties as an elected official of a state or
> local Government.

\- An exception is provided to all the prohibitions of 18 U.S.C. 207 for
former employees employed by a federally recognized Indian tribe when
communicating on behalf of the tribe. This applies to ALL former
employees, not just Bureau of Indian Affairs employees. In order for
this exception to apply, the former employee must provide written
notification to the head of the department, agency, court, or commission
with which he or she is dealing or appearing on behalf of the tribe of
any personal and substantial involvement he or she may have had as an
employee of the United States in connection with the matter involved.
See 25 U.S.C. \' 450i(j).

**Exception for former senior and very senior employees.**

\- An exception is provided to former senior or very senior employees
for the one-year bans of 18 U.S.C. \' 207(c) or (d) when the
communication or appearance is made in carrying out official duties as
an employee of and is made on behalf of:

> -an agency or instrumentality of a State or local Government,
>
> -an accredited degree-granting institution of higher education as
> defined in section 1201(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, or
>
> -a hospital or medical research organization exempted and defined
> under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

**18 U.S.C. \' 208 [CONFLICT OF INTEREST]{.underline}**

Generally, this statute prohibits a Government employee from
participating personally and substantially in his or her official
Government capacity in any \"particular matter\" in which:

! he or she,

! his or her spouse,

! minor child,

! general partner,

> ! organization in which he or she is serving as an officer, trustee,
> partner or employee,
>
> ! any person or organization with whom he or she is negotiating for
> employment has a financial interest.

The statute recognizes limited exceptions to the prohibition for:

-   Written waivers issued by agency after full disclosure of the
    financial interest (such as when serving in official capacity as an
    officer in an outside organization)

-   Financial interests exempted by regulations promulgated by the U.S.
    Office of Government Ethics (OGE)

-   Financial interests arising solely out of certain Native American
    birthrights.

*The assistance of your ethics counselors is necessary in considering
any exemption from 18 U.S.C. \' 208*.

**18 U.S.C. \' 209 [DUAL COMPENSATION]{.underline}**

Generally, this statute prohibits a Government employee from receiving
any salary, or any contribution to or supplementation of salary, as
compensation for services he or she is expected to perform as an officer
in the Executive Branch of the U.S. Government.

**Appearances of a Conflict of Interest**

**Personal and Business Relationships** - 5 C.F.R. \' 2635.502

Basic Principle: Unless specifically authorized by appropriate
officials, an employee should not participate in a particular matter
involving specific parties when:

-   The employee knows the matter is likely to have a direct and
    predictable effect on the financial interests of a member of his/her
    household; or

-   The employee knows that someone with whom the employee has a
    Acovered relationship@ is a party or represents a party in the
    particular matter; and

-   The employee believes that a reasonable person with knowledge of all
    the relevant facts would question his/her impartiality in the
    matter.

With whom does an employee have a Acovered relationship?@

-   Anyone with whom the employee has or seeks a business, contractual
    or other financial relationship other than routine consumer
    transactions (but not prospective future employers);

-   Members of the employee=s household or relatives with close personal
    relationship;

-   Anyone with whom the employee=s spouse, parent or dependent child is
    serving or seeking to serve as officer, director, trustee, general
    partner, agent attorney, consultant, contractor or employee;

-   Anyone for whom the employee has served in above capacity within the
    last year;

-   An organization in which the employee is an active participant

Employees who are concerned about this prohibition may seek assistance
of their supervisor, an ethics official or other authorized official.
Authorization may be granted by an appropriate ethics official upon
written determination that, in light of all relevant circumstances, the
Government=s interest in the employee=s participation in the matter
outweighs the concern that a reasonable person may question the
integrity of the agency. After receiving an authorization, the employee
cannot thereafter disqualify himself from participation in the matter on
the same grounds that were the basis for the authorization.

**POLITICAL ACTIVITY**

**\"HATCH ACT\"**

Hatch Act amendments went into effect on February 4, 1994. These
amendments establish general provisions for all federal employees and
create three separate sets of more specific rules for:

1\. **PAS Employees** - Presidential appointees by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate;

2\. **Non-PAS employees** - all employees not covered in categories 1
and 3. This set includes Schedule C, Non-career SES, full-time,
part-time, temporary, and special government employees.

3\. **Career SES members, Administrative Law Judges and members of the
Board of Contract Appeals.** These employees are covered by the old
Hatch Act rules.

**GENERAL PROVISIONS**

**ALL FEDERAL EMPLOYEES**

**MAY** MAY NOT

  ----------------------------------- -----------------------------------
  Run for Office in nonpartisan       Use Government funds to support
  Elections                           political activity

  Register and vote in any election   Run for public office in partisan
                                      elections

  Express their **personal**          Directly or indirectly solicit
  opinions, privately or in public,   campaign contributions from the
  on political subjects and/or        general public
  candidates                          

  Sign a political petition           Solicit or receive campaign
                                      contributions on federal property
                                      or in federal buildings

  Campaign for or against referendum  Solicit or accept a campaign
  questions, constitutional           contribution or campaign support in
  amendments, municipal ordinances,   exchange for a promise to appoint
  etc.                                someone to a federal job

  Attend a political convention, fund Promise or withhold federal
  raising function, or any other such benefits (jobs, grants, contracts,
  gathering. Active participation in  etc.) based on political support or
  such events is governed by three    nonsupport
  separate sets of specific rules     

  Make a financial contribution to a  Penalize employees or withhold
  political party or organization     employment in order to induce
                                      someone to make a political
                                      contribution or otherwise
                                      participate in political activity

                                      Require subordinate government
                                      employees to work on campaign
                                      activities
  ----------------------------------- -----------------------------------

+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| **PAS EMPLOYEES**                 | **NON-PAS**[^1] **EMPLOYEES**     |
|                                   |                                   |
|  May take an active part in or   |  May take an active part in or   |
| manage a political campaign while | manage a political campaign while |
| on official duty.                 | on non-official (off duty) time.  |
|                                   |                                   |
|  May take an active part in      |  May take an active part in      |
| political activities in premises  | political activities off          |
| occupied in the discharge of      | government premises.              |
| official duties.                  |                                   |
|                                   |  May not wear a uniform or       |
|  May participate in political    | official insignia identifying the |
| activities while wearing a        | individual\'s office or position  |
| uniform or official insignia      | when participating in political   |
| identifying the individual\'s     | activities.                       |
| office or position.               |                                   |
|                                   |  May not engage in political     |
|  May attend and speak at         | activities using a Government     |
| political fundraisers but may not | vehicle.                          |
| solicit contributions, funds, or  |                                   |
| services.                         |  May attend and speak at         |
|                                   | political fundraisers on off duty |
|  May publicly endorse candidates | time, but may not solicit         |
| in their official capacity.       | contributions, funds, or          |
|                                   | services.                         |
|  May travel to campaign and      |                                   |
| political events.                 |  May publicly endorse candidates |
|                                   | in their private capacity.        |
|  May use their Government office |                                   |
| to hold occasional campaign       |  May travel to campaign and      |
| meetings.                         | political events on personal      |
|                                   | time.                             |
|  May not engage in political     |                                   |
| activities using a Government     |  May work for (be employed by)   |
| vehicle. (Secretary is excepted   | or be paid by a campaign or       |
| under certain circumstances.)     | political committee on their own  |
|                                   | time.                             |
|  May not be employed by or be    |                                   |
| paid by a campaign or political   |  Non-career SES and Schedule C   |
| committee.                        | employees may not mix official    |
|                                   | travel and political activity     |
|  May attend political events     | without written justification and |
| while on official time.           | prior authorization.              |
|                                   |                                   |
|  May write political speeches on |  May not use their Government    |
| official time.                    | office to hold any meetings with  |
|                                   | campaign staff and may not attend |
|  May not use non-PAS assistants  | such meetings held by PAS during  |
| or other staff to make calls and  | duty hours.                       |
| set up appointments for a         |                                   |
| political campaign or committee   |  May not attend political events |
| activity during duty hours.       | while on official time.           |
|                                   |                                   |
|  Must split costs and time for   |  May not write or assist others  |
| mixed travel between official and | in writing political speeches on  |
| political. The costs will be      | official time.                    |
| allocated between the Government  |                                   |
| and the political sponsor.        |  May not make calls and set up   |
|                                   | appointments for a political      |
|                                   | campaign or committee activity    |
|                                   | during duty hours, or use         |
|                                   | Government facilities, equipment, |
|                                   | or supplies.                      |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+

**Permitted/Prohibited Activities for Employees Who May Not Participate
in Partisan Political Activity**[^2]

**These federal employees *[may]{.underline}*-**

> register and vote as they choose
>
> assist in voter registration drives
>
> express opinions about candidates and issues
>
> participate in campaigns where none of the candidates represent a
> political party
>
> contribute money to political organizations or attend political fund
> raising functions
>
> attend political rallies and meetings
>
> join political clubs or parties
>
> sign nominating petitions
>
> campaign for or against referendum questions, constitutional
> amendments, municipal ordinances

**These federal employees *[may not]{.underline}*-**

> be candidates for public office in partisan elections
>
> campaign for or against a candidate or slate of candidates in partisan
> elections
>
> make campaign speeches
>
> collect contributions or sell tickets to political fund raising
> functions
>
> distribute campaign material in partisan elections
>
> organize or manage political rallies or meetings
>
> hold office in political clubs or parties
>
> circulate nominating petitions
>
> work to register voters for one party only
>
> wear political buttons at work

**Hatch Act Frequently Asked Questions**

**Question:** Can I make a contribution to the campaign of a partisan
candidate, or to a political party or organization?

**Answer:** Yes. A federal employee may contribute to the campaign of a
partisan candidate, or to a political party or organization.

**Question:** If I have a campaign/political bumper sticker on my
personal car, am I allowed to park the car in a government lot or
garage, or in a private lot/garage if the government subsidizes my
parking fees?

**Answer:** Yes. An employee is allowed to park his or her privately
owned vehicle with

campaign/political bumper stickers in a government lot or garage. An
employee may also park the car with a campaign/political bumper sticker
in a private lot or garage for which the employee receives a subsidy
from his or her agency.

**Question:** Can I help organize a political fundraiser?

**Answer:** An employee is allowed to organize a fundraiser, including
supplying names for the invitation list, as long as he or she does not
personally solicit, accept, or receive contributions.

**Question:** Can my name appear on invitations to a political
fundraiser as a sponsor or point of contact?

**Answer:** No. An employee\'s name may not be shown on an invitation to
such a fundraiser as a sponsor or point of contact.

**Question:** Can I speak at a political fundraiser?

**Answer:** An employee is allowed to give a speech or keynote address
in his or her private capacity at a political fundraiser, as long as he
or she is not on duty, and does not solicit political contributions.

**Question:** If I\'m going to speak at a political fundraiser, what
information about me can be printed on the invitations?

**Answer:** An employee\'s name can be shown as a guest speaker.
However, the reference should not in any way suggest that the employee
solicits or encourages contributions. Invitations to the fundraiser may
not include the employee\'s official title; although an employee who is
ordinarily addressed with a general term of address such as \"The
Honorable\" may use, or permit the use of, that term of address on the
invitation.

**Question**: Can I attend a state or national party convention? If so,
in what capacity?

**Answer:** Yes. A federal employee may serve as a delegate, alternate,
or proxy to a state or national party convention.

**Question:** If I run as a candidate for public office in a nonpartisan
election, does the Hatch Act allow me to ask for and accept political
contributions?

**Answer:** An employee who is a candidate for public office in a
nonpartisan election is not barred by the Hatch Act from soliciting,
accepting, or receiving political contributions for his or her own
campaign.

**Question:** May I distribute brochures for a political party to people
arriving at a polling place on Election Day?

**Answer:** Yes. An employee may stand outside a polling place on
Election Day and hand out brochures on behalf of a partisan political
candidate or political party.

**SEEKING NON-FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT**

**Part 1: Restrictions While *Seeking* Private Employment** *(BEFORE
Leaving Federal Service)*

**[SIMPLIFIED RULE]{.underline}**: Once you have started *seeking
employment* with a prospective employer, you may not take any official
action that could affect the financial interests of that prospective
employer.

**[5 C.F.R. \' 2635.604]{.underline}** An officer or employee may not
*participate personally and substantially* in a *particular matter*
that, to his knowledge, has a *direct and predictable effect* on the
financial interests of a prospective employer with whom the employee is
*seeking* employment.

**DEFINITIONS**

**Particular Matter** - matters that involve deliberation, decision, or
action that is focused on the interests of specific persons or a
discrete and identifiable class of persons. These matters may include a
contract, claim, application, judicial or other proceeding, request for
a ruling or other determination, controversy, investigation, or charge.
A Aparticular matter@ could even include legislation or policy-making
that is narrowly focused on the interests of a discrete and identifiable
group of parties or organizations.

**Personal and substantial** participation - This means that you are
directly participating in the matter or that one or more of your
subordinates, whom you are directing, is participating. Also, the
participation must be of significance to the matter, which may be based
on the amount and importance of your effort. One act, such as approving
a critical step, may be substantial. Likewise, if you have to review and
approve a certain step, and work would stop if you did not approve, then
your participation is substantial, even though it may have seemed like a
paperwork exercise to you. On the other hand, an entire series of
peripheral acts may not be substantial.

If you merely have knowledge of the matter, routine or superficial
involvement, or involvement on a peripheral or administrative issue, you
are not Asubstantially@ involved. If you are not involved in the
substantive merits, you may not be substantially involved, even though
you put a lot of time into the matter. If you are merely responsible for
reviewing the matter for compliance with administrative or budgetary
considerations, you are also not substantially involved.

**Direct and Predictable Effect** - There must be a close, causal link
between any action taken on the matter and any expected effect of the
matter on the financial interest. An effect may be direct even though it
does not occur immediately. A matter that may affect the financial
interest only because of its effects on the general economy is not
direct. There must also be a real, not speculative, possibility that the
matter will affect the financial interest, but the size of the gain or
loss is not relevant.

**Seeking employment** - If the above definitions apply to your
situation, then you may not Aseek@ employment unless you first
disqualify yourself. ASeeking employment@ includes your inquiries
regarding potential future employment, including negotiations; and your
responses, other than an immediate and clear rejection, to an
unsolicited communication regarding possible employment. \"Seeking
employment\" does *not* include requesting a job application, but does
include forwarding a resume. If you send a resume, you are considered to
be Aseeking employment@ for 2 months unless either you or the company
rejects the possibility of employment prior to that time.

**Disqualification** - Disqualification is simple C **Don=t do ANY work
on the task!**

> EXAMPLE: If a company has no relationship or dealings with your
> current work or office, or there is no opportunity for a Aparticular
> matter@ to Adirectly and predictably@ affect its financial interests,
> or even an opportunity for you to participate in such a matter, you
> will not have to disqualify yourself before seeking employment with
> that company. If, however, you work on any project, program, or a
> specific task that can directly and predictably affect a potential
> employer, you must disqualify yourself from any such further work
> before you start to seek employment with that employer. If your office
> works on these types of tasks, even though you aren=t personally
> involved, you should also disqualify yourself so that you don=t
> inadvertently start to work, or that your boss does not assign you a
> task, in that area. If you don=t disqualify yourself, and an
> assignment does land on your desk, you must immediately disqualify
> yourself and not do any work on the task. If you are in charge of an
> office and any of your employees work on such tasks, you must
> disqualify yourself from participating Apersonally and substantially@
> before seeking employment with the organization.

**Withdrawal of Disqualification** - When negotiations have terminated
with a decision not to work for the prospective employer, you may
withdraw your disqualification.

**Supervisory Determination** - When you are Aseeking employment,@ but
have not yet entered into negotiations with the prospective employer,
your supervisor may authorize your participation in a matter if he or
she determines that the Government=s interests outweigh the concern that
the integrity of the agency=s program and operation may be questioned.
The supervisor must consider at least six factors and should consult
with a qualified ethics counselor before making the determination.

**Part 2: Restrictions While *Negotiating* Private Employment**

**[SIMPLIFIED RULE]{.underline}**: Once you have started *negotiating*
with a prospective employer, you may not take any official action that
will affect the financial interests of that prospective employer.

**[18 U.S.C. \' 208]{.underline}** An officer or employee may not
personally and substantially participate as an official in a particular
matter in which, to the employee's knowledge, the employee, his/her
spouse, minor child, partner, organization in which the employee serves
as an officer, director, trustee, partner, or employee, or *organization
with whom he or she is negotiating or has any arrangement concerning
prospective employment* has a financial interest. An arrangement or
negotiation for prospective employment is considered to create a
financial interest of the employee in the company with whom he or she is
seeking employment. It has the same effect as if the employee purchased
stock in the company.

**DEFINITIONS**

**Negotiating** - any discussion with the organization, or an agent,
with the mutual view of reaching an agreement regarding possible
employment. It is not limited to just discussing specific terms and
conditions of employment in a specific position.

See the preceding section for the definitions of Aparticular matter,@
Apersonal and substantial@ participation, and Adirect and predictable
effect.@

**Disqualification -** See the preceding section for an explanation.
Even if your supervisor has authorized your participation in a matter
while seeking employment, you must disqualify yourself the moment you
start Anegotiating.@

**Waiver -** The Designated Agency Ethics Official (DAEO) is the only
Interior official who can grant a waiver of this disqualification. The
DAEO must find that your financial interest is not so substantial as to
be deemed likely to affect the integrity of your services. You may not
participate in the matter until you receive a signed waiver.

**INTERVIEW EXPENSES**: You may accept travel expenses (meals, lodging,
transportation) from a prospective employer if they are customarily
provided in connection with *bona fide* employment discussions. If the
performance of your official duties could affect a prospective employer,
you must first be disqualified from acting on those matters. If these
expenses exceed \$285, and you file a financial disclosure report (OGE
450 or SF 278), you must include them on the schedule for reporting
gifts and travel reimbursements of your report - Part V on the OGE 450;
Schedule B part II on the SF278.

**CONTACT INFORMATION**

Shayla Simmons, Designated Agency Ethics Official and

Director, Departmental Ethics Office

1849 AC@ Street NW, MS 4356

Washington, DC 20240

**[WWW.DOI.GOV/ETHICS]{.underline}**

**(202) 208-7960**

Shayla_Simmons@ios.doi.gov

Hale_Hawbecker@ios.doi.gov

Shareece_Gantt@ios.doi.gov

<Matthew_J_Costello@ios.doi.gov>

Pamela_Miller@ios.doi.gov

The Certificate on the following page should be filled out and dated by
the employee and faxed to the Departmental Ethics Office at (202)
208-5515.

Employees should also keep a copy of this certificate.

Certificate of Completion

**Annual Ethics Training**

awarded to:

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

[^1]: ^?^ Non-PAS means all employees except PAS, Career SES,
    Administrative Law Judges, and members of the Interior Board of
    Contract Appeals.

[^2]: ^?^DOI employees under this category include Administrative Law
    Judges, the Interior Board of Contract Appeals and members of the
    Senior Executive Service.