UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Farm Service Agency
Washington, DC 20250
For: FSA Employees
2010 Mandatory Annual Ethics Training Requirement
Approved by: Acting Deputy Administrator, Management
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Overview
A Background
All FSA employees who are designated filers of 1 of the following are required to complete
annual ethics training:
OGE Form 450, Executive Branch Confidential Financial Disclosure Report
Alternative FSA-324, Confidential Statement Regarding Financial Interests and Outside
Employment.
Note: Filers of SF-278, Public Financial Disclosure Report, should follow instructions
issued by the Office of Ethics-Headquarters for completing annual ethics training.
B Purpose
This notice advises designated employees that:
the deadline for confidential financial disclosure report filers to complete required ethics
training is June 30, 2010
managers are responsible for ensuring compliance by those under their supervision.
Disposal Date
August 1, 2010
Distribution
All FSA employees; State Offices relay to
County Offices
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Overview (Continued)
C Accommodations
Persons with disabilities who require accommodations to complete this training should
contact Bessy Plaza by either of the following:
e-mail to bessy.plaza@wdc.usda.gov
telephone at 202-401-0365.
Accommodations for the training will be addressed on a case-by-case basis.
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Employee Responsibilities
A Deadline for Completing Training
Designated confidential financial disclosure report filers required to take the annual ethics
training must meet all requirements in this notice by COB June 30, 2010.
Note: The annual ethics training takes approximately 1 hour to complete.
B FSA-324 Filers
All CED’s and COT’s who annually file FSA-324 are required to complete the mandatory
annual ethics training requirement as outlined in this notice.
C Accessing the AgLearn Ethics Tra