The U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) is pleased to announce the 2010 Education and Communication Award recipients. The award recipients demonstrated a strong commitment to ethics education and communication; created a stronger ethical culture as a result of these efforts; and utilized model practices to encourage understanding and awareness of ethical behaviors. Moreover, they produced education and communication products that were innovative, creative, transferable, and successful.
The awards reflect the importance OGE places on education and communication as major factors in ensuring an ethical workforce. OGE recognizes the outstanding achievements of the following agencies (in alphabetical order):
Army Corps Engineers
OGE’S EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION AWARDS -2010 WINNER’S CIRCLE FACT SHEET Army Corps of Engineers, Alaska District DESCRIPTION The Alaska District of the Army Corps of Engineers uses a multi-pronged approach to make ethics an organizational priority. The ethics training topics are chosen after consultation with senior
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OGE’S EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION AWARDS -2010 WINNER’S CIRCLE FACT SHEET U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) DESCRIPTION USDA developed several training products for new and career employees. Incoming political appointees attended a four-course ethics curriculum. The curriculum consists of one in-person, instructor-
Learn More ›Department of the Army HQ, USA Communications – Electronics Life Cycle Management Command (CECOM LCMC)
OGE’S EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION AWARDS -2010 WINNER’S CIRCLE FACT SHEET Department of the Army HQ, USA Communications – Electronics Life Cycle Management Command (CECOM LCMC) DESCRIPTION CECOM designed training scenario handouts for personnel who are engaged in significant decision-making and policy-setting initiativ
Learn More ›The Defense Finance and Accounting Service
OGE’S EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION AWARDS -2010 WINNER’S CIRCLE FACT SHEET Defense Finance and Accounting Service DESCRIPTION The Defense Finance and Accounting Service used remote voting devices for its initial ethics orientation. Employees use the devices to answer multiple choice questions anonymously, and the respon
Learn More ›Bonneville Power Administration
OGE’S EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION AWARDS -2010 WINNER’S CIRCLE FACT SHEET Department of Energy Bonneville Power Administration DESCRIPTION The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) developed a web-based training course, “Local News-A Federal Ethics Investigation.” The course, which features an investigative reporter wh
Learn More ›Department of Health and Human Services
OGE’S EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION AWARDS -2010 WINNER’S CIRCLE FACT SHEET Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) DESCRIPTION HHS uses a variety of training strategies to train its ethics counselors: (1) new ethics counselors and ethics coordinators receive live 1-on-1 training and a manual; (2) Deputy Ethics Cou
Learn More ›Department of Housing and Urban Development
OGE’S EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION AWARDS -2010 WINNER’S CIRCLE FACT SHEET Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) DESCRIPTION For its annual training, HUD created The Changing Face of Ethics: Accountability & Transparency in Government Service, a knowledge contest on the application of ethics rules. Employees
Learn More ›Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
OGE’S EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION AWARDS -2010 WINNER’S CIRCLE FACT SHEET Department of Justice Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) DESCRIPTION ATF developed an on-line course, “Professionalism and Ethics,” to familiarize both new and current employees with Government ethics laws, regulations, and
Learn More ›Department of Justice Executive Office for United States Attorneys (EOUSA)
OGE’S EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION AWARDS -2010 WINNER’S CIRCLE FACT SHEET Department of Justice Executive Office for United States Attorneys (EOUSA) DESCRIPTION EOUSA developed three training videos for new employees and attorneys based on popular television shows. The first is a 1-hour and 17 minute video based on the
Learn More ›Department of the Treasury Financial Management Service (FMS)
OGE’S EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION AWARDS -2010 WINNER’S CIRCLE FACT SHEET Department of the Treasury Financial Management Service (FMS) DESCRIPTION FMS targeted each of the different audiences that make up its workforce with an assortment of training products: For new employees, FMS created a 10-minute video that conta
Learn More ›U.S. Mint
OGE’S EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION AWARDS -2010 WINNER’S CIRCLE FACT SHEET Department of the Treasury U.S. Mint DESCRIPTION The U.S. Mint delivered in-person, instructor-led annual ethics training to all of its 1,900+ employees of its diverse workforce-–from plant floor employees to senior leadership-–stationed at six d
Learn More ›U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
OGE’S EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION AWARDS -2010 WINNER’S CIRCLE FACT SHEET Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) DESCRIPTION VA created an educational video, “Inside Ethics,” using a news-show format in which a reporter investigates realistic ethical dilemmas faced by fictional VA employees and then a panel of ethics expe
Learn More ›Environmental Protection Agency
OGE’S EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION AWARDS -2010 WINNER’S CIRCLE FACT SHEET Environmental Protection Agency DESCRIPTION EPA developed training for their Deputy Ethics officials. One of the training courses is an on-line course that can be used for new or experienced ethics officials. This course provides basic training o
Learn More ›Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
OGE’S EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION AWARDS -2010 WINNER’S CIRCLE FACT SHEET Federal Energy Regulatory Commission DESCRIPTION FERC embarked on a campaign to raise employee awareness of the ethics office and to emphasize the importance of ethics. The innovative “Meet Your Ethics Team” campaign enticed employees with a free
Learn More ›Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
OGE’S EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION AWARDS -2010 WINNER’S CIRCLE FACT SHEET Federal Trade Commission (FTC) DESCRIPTION FTC purchased game software to create “Ethics Wheel of Fortune,” complete with a spinning wheel. However, instead of solving a word puzzle, employees (organized into 2 teams) respond to multiple choice q
Learn More ›Nuclear Regulatory Commission
OGE’S EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION AWARDS -2010 WINNER’S CIRCLE FACT SHEET Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) DESCRIPTION NRC developed a variety of ethics training products: “Relationships" is a light-hearted introduction to make employees think more broadly about whether a relationship with a contractor might create
Learn More ›Social Security Administration
OGE’S EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION AWARDS -2010 WINNER’S CIRCLE FACT SHEET Social Security Administration (SSA) DESCRIPTION SSA provided in-person, instructor-led initial ethics orientations to 9,000 new employees. At headquarters alone, 52 training sessions were held and over 5,000 new employees were trained. In additi
Learn More ›USAID
OGE’S EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION AWARDS -2010 WINNER’S CIRCLE FACT SHEET U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) DESCRIPTION “Ethipedia” is an online ethics guide posted on the USAID intranet for its employees who are in over 90 countries around the world. The presentation of the Standards of Conduct and the
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