April 9, 1997
                                   DO-97-019

MEMORANDUM


TO:       Designated Agency Ethics Officials, General Counsels,
          Inspectors General, and Agency and Department Printing
          Officers

FROM:     Stephen D. Potts
          Director

SUBJECT:  Publication of Materials Updating The Informal Advisory
          Letters and Memoranda and Formal Opinions of the United
          States Office of Government Ethics


     The Office of Government Ethics (OGE) has provided the
Government Printing Office (GPO) with materials to update The
Informal Advisory Letters and Memoranda and Formal  Opinions of
the United States Office of Government Ethics.  These new
materials include letters and memoranda ("guidance") issued by
OGE in 1995 and a new index covering guidance issued from 1990
through 1995.  The actual cost of the materials will not be
determined until after the rider closes.  We anticipate that it
will not exceed $15.00. 

     If you wish to ride OGE's order, an SF-1, Printing and
Binding Requisition Form, should be sent to GPO no later than May
9, 1997.  Please include with your order the GPO jacket number,
425-278, and the full title -- 1995 Update of the Informal
Advisory Letters and Memoranda and Formal Opinions of the United
States Office of Government Ethics.  GPO's address and fax number
are:

          United States Government Printing Office
          Room C830
          North Capitol and H Streets, NW.
          Washington, DC  20401
          Fax Number: (202) 512-1260

     An instruction sheet will be included in the package of new
materials to assist with their placement in the binders.

     If you do not order the new materials by May 9, 1997, you
will not be precluded from purchasing them.  We anticipate that
they will be available for purchase -- albeit at a higher price --
from the GPO bookstore and through the Superintendent of
Documents.  

     If you have any questions, please contact Elaine Newton at
202-208-8000, ext. 1137.