MEMORANDUM
TO: Designated
Agency Ethics Officials
FROM: Carolyn W. Chapman
Associate
Director for Education
SUBJECT: Employee Crossword Puzzles
The
U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) has developed a series of ethics
crossword puzzles to enhance your ethics training for executive branch
employees. OGE will release a total of
five employee crossword puzzles on a variety of ethics topics. The first puzzle, on misuse of position, is
now available.
The puzzles may be
used for a variety of purposes. For
example, you may distribute the puzzles:
·
During
in-person annual ethics training
·
As part
of written annual ethics training during the two years in which you do not
provide verbal training
·
As part
of a leadership initiative aimed at your agency’s supervisors, encouraging them
to discuss the answers with their employees at a staff meeting
·
During presentations
to employees
·
As part
of your ethics or agency newsletter.
The misuse of
position puzzle is available in three formats: a fillable
online version, a 508 compliant version, and a printed version. All versions are available on our web site
at: http://www.usoge.gov/pages/comp_web_trng/comp_web_trng.html.
Please note that
the fillable version requires JAVA. Therefore, please check with your agency’s
Information Resources staff to see if your agency has JAVA enabled in your
Internet browser. The Section 508
compliant version requires employees to download and install Talking Word
Puzzle on their computers. Again, please
check with your agency’s Information Resources staff.
For questions
about the puzzles, please contact Gwen Cannon-Jenkins at gcannon@oge.gov or 202-482-9219.