Target Audience: Grants and program personnel who award or monitor grants or cooperative agreements will benefit from this course. This includes Program Officers, Grants Management Officers, and Procurement Analysts.
Course Description:
Ethics training for Federal agency grants personnel is not only vital to effectively monitoring awards, but is also required by law. The Office of Government Ethics requires Federal agencies to provide annual ethics training for all employees. You will go beyond basic ethics training and learn about standards of conduct, managing and avoiding conflicts of interest, privacy protection requirements, and lobbying restrictions within the context of federal grants. This one day session includes lecture, discussion, practical exercises, and case studies.
Course Objectives:
- Review legislative actions and judicial decisions that affect the standards of ethical conduct for Executive Branch employees.
- Determine whether the actions of Federal personnel comply with the regulations of 5 CFR 2635.
- Discuss restrictions on requirements that agencies can impose on recipients.
- Explore methods for ensuring fairness in the grant review and award process.
- Analyze agency activities to determine whether they violate restrictions on lobbying.
Session will NOT be held in person. It is a virtual event.
Tuition: $90.00
Registration:
Registration for DOI employees
Registration for Non-DOI Employees
To Pay for Seminar: Ethics in the Grants Environment
Please forward the payment credit card link to your credit cardholder as we do not take payments over the phone. Payment is due at registration, and it is the attendee’s responsibility to ensure payment is made. Your office will need to pay our tuition fee with an authorized government purchase card and not through EFT. We accept federally appropriated funds to pay the course tuition. Office of Employee Development (OED) cannot accept non-appropriated funds from the private sector nor personal payments. Our preferred method of payment is an authorized federal government credit card.
Cancellation Policy: Space in Office of Employee Development (OED) courses is limited. If you need to cancel, please provide written notification through email as early as possible. OED must receive the cancellation notification at least 15 business days in advance of the course start date. There are no refunds for cancellation notifications received after the designated time or for no shows, and tuition fees are not transferable to another course.
OED will send a confirmation email with specific class information about one week prior to your class. We reserve the right to cancel or reschedule a class until you receive email confirmation from Tribal Consultation Staff