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


					March 11, 2005
					DT-05-005

MEMORANDUM

TO: 		  Designated Agency Ethics Officials

FROM: 		  Carolyn W. Chapman
		  Associate Director for Education

SUBJECT: 	  San Diego Three-Day Regional Ethics Symposium


	The U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) is offering a
three-day ethics symposium in San Diego, CA, May 3-5, 2005.  This
symposium is being offered to ethics officials in and around the San
Diego area.  The symposium consists of plenary and training courses.
Attached are the symposium agenda and descriptions of the various
programs offered.

	The symposium takes place at the following location:

	Red Lion Hanalei Hotel
	2270 Hotel Circle North
	San Diego, CA  92108
	TEL:  619-297-1101 (local)  or  1-800-882-0858

	Please note that the Red Lion Hanalei Hotel will accept the
local Government per diem rate of $129, if reservations are made
before Wednesday, March 31, 2005.  There is no guarantee of room
availability or Government rate after the deadline.

	If you are interested in attending the three-day San Diego
symposium, please send your registration request, via e-mail, to Gwen
Cannon-Jenkins at gcannon@oge.gov.   You will receive a return
response confirming your registration or notifying you that the
symposium is full.  Please provide Gwen with the following
information:

	*   name
	*   agency name
	*   e-mail address
	*   phone number
	*   fax number

	For any additional information about the symposium, please
contact Sheila Powers, Training Coordinator  at  sapowers@oge.gov.
The OGE staff looks forward to seeing you in San Diego!


Attachments


San Diego Regional Symposium - May 3-5, 2005
Red Lion Hanalei Hotel
2270 Hotel Circle North
San Diego, CA  92108
TEL:  619-297-1101



Tuesday, May 3, 2005  - Day 1

8:00 -   8:15	Welcome

Session A
 8:15 -  11:30	Conflicting Financial Interests
11:30 -  12:30	Lunch (on your own)
12:30 -   2:30	Conflicting Financial Interests (continued)

Session B
 8:15 -  11:30	Gifts
11:30 -  12:30	Lunch (on your own)
12:30 -   2:30	Gifts (continued)

** 2:30 - 2:45	Break
** 2:45 - 4:00	Impartiality - In Whose Eyes?


Wednesday, May 4, 2005 - Day 2

Session A
 8:00 - 10:00	450 Review
10:00 - 10:15	Break
10:15 - 11:30	450 Review (continued)
11:30 - 12:30	Lunch (on your own)
12:30 -  2:45	450 Review (continued)

Session B
 8:00 - 10:00	Gifts
10:00 - 10:15	Break
10:15 - 11:30	Gifts (continued)
11:30 - 12:30	Lunch (on your own)
12:30 -  2:45	Gifts (continued)

** 2:45 -  3:00	Break
** 3:00 -  4:00	Managing an Ethics Program


Thursday, May 5, 2005 - Day 3

 8:00 - 9:30	Travel
 9:30 - 9:45	Break

Session A
 9:45 - 12:15	Seeking Employment
12:15 -  1:15	Lunch (on your own)
 1:15 -  4:00	Post Employment

Session B
 9:45 -  12:15	Training Tips
12:15 -   1:15	Lunch (on your own)
 1:15 -   4:00	Misuse of Position


SAN DIEGO ETHICS  SYMPOSIUM
May 3-5, 2005


SYMPOSIUM  DESCRIPTIONS:

450 Review
In this session you learn how to review financial disclosure reports
filed by non-public filers.  You complete technical reviews and
conflicts of interest analyses of the assets and liabilities schedules
of the form.  You also recommend solutions for any identified
conflicts.  You also complete technical reviews and conflicts of
interest analyses of the remaining schedules and identify missing or
inconsistent information and solutions for possible conflicts.


Conflicting Financial Interests
This session explains how to identify disqualifying financial
interests as identified in 18 U.S.C. &#167; 208.  The course uses examples
to illustrate concepts and real-world exercises to increase skills.
The session also explains how to handle disqualifying financial
interests by suggesting remedies to resolve conflicts, referring cases
to the Inspector General and/or the Department of Justice, and
notifying OGE of referrals.


Gifts
This session explores the inherent pitfalls when Federal employees
receive gifts from outside sources and identifies what constitutes
prohibited gifts from outside sources.  Session format includes
lecture, practical exercises, brainstorming, discussion, and case
studies. In addition, this session helps participants determine who
employees may give gifts to and receive gifts from, and identify the
general standards for gifts between employees.  Participants
differentiate the categories of gift exceptions, and discover the
circumstances under which employees may solicit and/or make
contributions for a gift.  Session format includes lecture, practical
exercises and case studies.


Impartiality - In Whose Eyes?
It isn't enough that employees avoid conflicts of interest under 18
U.S.C. &#167; 208.  They also must avoid even the appearance of a conflict
of interest.  This session examines the various factors that ethics
officials should consider when determining whether a reasonable person
would question an employee's impartiality.  Participants learn why it
is important that they determine whether the employee's participation
in a particular matter is defensible.  They also examine the
circumstances under which they can authorize an employee's
participation despite an appearance problem.


Managing an Ethics Program
Sometimes, the hardest thing to do is getting it right the first time.
What makes an ethics program effective?  What duties must the ethics
official perform?  How do you know that your advice is correct?  How
do you get them to listen to you?  What are some traps to avoid?
Learn the answers to these questions and more as you manage a first
class ethics program.


Misuse of Position
This session provides a broad overview of Subpart G.  Attendees
identify violations related to the four misuse of position standards:
Public Office for Private Gain, Nonpublic Information, Government
Property, and Official Time.  Participants also complete activities to
determine if misuse occurred, and recommend corrective action.  Course
format includes lecture and practical exercise.


Post Employment
This session provides an overview of the post-employment statute, 18
U.S.C. &#167;207, as well as a step-by-step methodology for analyzing post-
employment situations.  Session format includes lecture and practical
exercises.


Seeking Employment
This session enables participants to determine whether employees are
participating personally and substantially in a particular matter that
would have a direct and predictable effect on the financial interests
of a prospective employer. They also learn how to determine whether
the employees activities constitute seeking employment and identify
appropriate remedies for possible conflicts.  Course format includes
lecture, brainstorming, practical exercises, independent reading, and
case scenarios.


Training Tips
Training Tips includes discussions about characteristics of effective
and ineffective training programs.  Participants learn how to help
their employees retain and apply what they learn in class on the job,
how to vary the instruction to keep employees interested and avoid
boring them, and how to match various strategies and methods to the
course objectives.


Travel
The discussion focuses on the latest developments on the use of
frequent traveler benefits by Federal employees on official travel,
the use of premium class accommodations, denied boarding compensation,
latest changes to the regulations relating to acceptance of travel
payments from non-Federal sources, the use of the travel charge card,
routing of travel, issues relating to conferences and providing
refreshments, and the GSA airline city pairs contract.  There is also
an open discussion relating to any questions and issues that
participants wish to raise involving travel and related ethics topics.