October 18, 1993
                                         DO-93-028


MEMORANDUM

TO:       Designated Agency Ethics Officials

FROM:     Stephen D. Potts
          Director

SUBJECT:  Annual Agency Ethics Report


     Please complete and return the attached questionnaire to the
Office of Government Ethics (OGE) by February 1, 1994.

     Your response to this questionnaire will constitute your
annual report for 1993.  Section 402(e)(1) of the Ethics in
Government Act of 1978, as amended, requires that each executive
agency submit to OGE an annual report containing information about
the agency's ethics program.

     As you will note, the content of the 1993 questionnaire is
similar to the 1992 questionnaire.  The changes specified in the
October 15, 1992 memorandum, that transmitted the 1992
questionnaire, have been made.  Moreover, we have included
questions in the EDUCATION AND TRAINING, PUBLIC FINANCIAL
DISCLOSURE, CONFIDENTIAL FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE, and SPECIAL
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES sections that concern reporting the reason(s)
why:  (1) the number of employees who were required to attend
ethics training was not the same as the number of employees who
actually attended ethics training, and (2) the number of financial
disclosure reports (i.e., public and confidential) that were
required to have been filed was not the same as the number of
reports actually filed.  If you should have any questions about the
questionnaire, please contact either Audrey Duchesne or Lisa Deener
in the Office of Education at (202) 523-5757, extension 1136 or
1223, respectively.  Please note that your submission must include
a distribution of confidential filers by grade and/or rank as
indicated on page 19 of the questionnaire.  The completed
questionnaires should be sent directly to Lisa Deener.

     In addition to providing the 1993 questionnaire, this
memorandum serves as an advance notice of changes for the 1994
questionnaire.  We expect to include the following question in the
ENFORCEMENT OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL STATUTES section:

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Designated Agency Ethics Officials
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         Please provide the number of referrals
          reported to DOJ/U.S. Attorney that were
          concurrently reported to OGE (5 C.F.R.
          § 2638.603(b)).

     We plan to revise the following question in the PUBLIC
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE, CONFIDENTIAL FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE, and
SPECIAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES sections to read:

         If the number of required financial disclosure
          reports is not the same as the number of
          reports actually filed, please provide the
          appropriate number(s) for the reason(s) given.

                                             Number
          Extension granted................  ______
          In process of collecting forms...  ______
          Employee failed to file..........  ______
          Voluntary filing.................  ______
          Administrative problems..........  ______
          Employee on extended sick leave
               or TDY......................  ______
          Employee deceased................  ______
          Other (specify)..................  ______

     Agencies should take note of these upcoming changes and, if
necessary, modify their data collection methods for calendar year
1994.

     In closing, the 1993 questionnaire is due on or before
February 1, 1994.  The data must cover January 1, 1993 through
December 31, 1993.  Failure to timely file the questionnaire may be
cause for OGE to invoke its corrective action authority (5 C.F.R.
§ 2638.602(b)).  Please note that the information contained in the
questionnaire is subject to the Freedom of Information Act (i.e.,
requests for public access).  All completed questionnaires should
be submitted directly to Lisa Deener.

(TEBBS note: Ref MISCELLANOUS\FILES for attachment)