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Identify the offerings you completed in calendar year 2026:
Live offerings are listed first, chronologically, with the date they took place. Please note that this list is updated at the beginning of every month. If you do not see a recent live offering listed below to select, return to the form at a later date. On-demand offerings follow the live offerings and are listed in alphabetical order. If you attended a live offering that was also recorded for on-demand viewing or vice versa, please only select one option for that offering from the list.

Navigating to OGE’s 450 Resources (January 22)
18 U.S.C. 208(a) Elements: Introductory Training to the 18 U.S.C. 208(a) Job Aid and How-To Session (January 28)
Quarterly DAEO Meeting (January 28)
How-To Session 1 for Analyzing Entries in Annual OGE Form 450s (February 10)
Flash Networking Event (February 26)
How-To Session 2 for Analyzing Entries in Annual OGE Form 450s (February 26)
How-To Session 3 for Analyzing Entries in Annual OGE Form 450s (March 10)
Issue Spotting Workshop (March 12)
Flash Networking Event (March 24)
Quarterly DAEO Meeting (April 28)
18 U.S.C. 203 and 205: Restrictions on Compensation for Representational Services and the Personal Fiduciary Exception
18 U.S.C. 203: Receipt of Compensation for Representational Services
18 U.S.C. 205(a)(2): From Doctrine to Implementation
18 U.S.C. 208 and Public Financial Disclosure: Distinguishing EIFs and Exemptions for Mutual Funds
18 U.S.C. 208(a) Elements: Introductory Training to the 18 U.S.C. 208(a) Job Aid and How-To Session
18 U.S.C. 208: An Introduction
18 U.S.C. 208: Applying Commonly Used Exemptions
18 U.S.C. 208: Conflicts of Interest Basics
18 U.S.C. 208: Making Sense of Particular Matters
A Privacy Primer for Agency Ethics Officials
Advising Employees Who Would Like to Write a Book and Get Paid for It
Amendments to The Standards of Conduct
An OGE Perspective on Legal Advisories
Analyzing Outside Activities
Are You Ready? An Interview with Dr. Martha Joynt Kumar, Director of the White House Transition Project
Are You Ready? Preparing for the Presidential Election
Avoiding Conflict of Interest and Appearance Concerns Arising from Spousal Employment
Communicating with Incoming Leadership
Confidential Financial Disclosure Review Exercise
Confidential Financial Disclosure Season Kick-Off
Confidential Financial Disclosure Updates
Confidential Financial Disclosure: An Introduction to the System, the Form, and the Review Process
Digital Asset Conflicts of Interest - Putting OGE LA-22-04 into Context
Employee Ethics Training: Orientation and Annual Training Materials
Employee Ethics Training: Prepare for Success, Instructor Approaches for Better Ethics Training
Employee Ethics Training: Ten Scenarios for a General Audience
Employee Ethics Training: Tools for Career SES
Ethics Authorities Specific to Noncareer Employees
Ethics Considerations for Crowdsourced Fundraising
Ethics Education: New Employee Orientation - An “Agency Culture” Bootcamp
Ethics Education: Providing Annual Ethics Training During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Ethics Education: Using the Regulation to Maximize Effectiveness
Ethics Laws Applicable to Special Government Employees
Ethics Program Records
Ethics Records: The Release of Ethics Documents under the FOIA, the Privacy Act, and the EIGA
Fireside Chat with Michael Horowitz about the Intersection of Interests Between IGs and the Ethics Community
Gifts Between Employees in Times of Crisis
Gifts Between Employees: An Overview of Subpart C
Gifts from Outside Sources: A Seasonal Look
Gifts from Outside Sources: Amendments to 5 CFR 2635 Subpart B
Gifts from Outside Sources: Understanding Gifts Exceptions
Gifts from Outside Sources: Widely Attended Gatherings
How to Request a Certificate of Divestiture
How to Research Financial Instruments for Public Financial Disclosure Reviewers
How-To Session 1 for Analyzing Entries in Annual OGE Form 450s
How-To Session 2 for Analyzing Entries in Annual OGE Form 450s
How-To Session 3 for Analyzing Entries in Annual OGE Form 450s
How-To: Gifts from Outside Sources
Impartiality: Appearances and Discretion - Clarifying 5 CFR 2635.502(a)(2) and (c)
Impartiality: Introduction to Impartiality in Performing Official Duties
Incoming Leadership: Communication Strategies for Building a Culture of Ethics
Integrating Ethics into Agency Initiatives and Building Ethical Culture
Interactive Training: 5 CFR 2635.601 Subpart F - Seeking and Negotiating Employment
Interactive Training: Letters of Recommendation
Interactive Training: Receipt of Payments Prior to and During Government Service - 5 CFR 2635.503 and 18 U.S.C. 209
Interactive Training: Use of Public Office for Private Gain
Introduction to Standards of Conduct Issues Arising from Social Media Use
LA-23-03: The Standards of Conduct and 18 U.S.C. 208 as Applied to Official Social Media Use
LA-23-10: Guidance on Detailees Between Agencies
Legal Expense Fund Regulation Overview
Legal Research Search Collection Tutorials
Making Ethics Education Relevant . . . and Therefore Interesting
Misuse of Position: An Overview of Subpart G
Navigating Non-Federal Source Travel: Understanding 31 U.S.C. 1353 and the Federal Travel Regulation
Navigating to OGE's 278 Resources
Navigating to OGE's 450 Resources
Nominee Financial Disclosure Review Course of Study
Outside Activities Analysis
Outside Activities: Promoting Personal Interests in the Workplace
Outside Activities: Teaching, Speaking, or Writing “Related to” Official Duties
Post-Employment and State Bar Rules: A Guide for Federal Attorneys
Post-Employment Course of Study
Preparing for the Presidential Election
Preparing Your Agency’s Ethics Program for a Presidential Election Year
Program Management: Amendments to 5 CFR 2638
Program Management: Enterprise Risk Management - An Introduction
Program Management: Essentials of Ethics Enforcement
Program Management: Ethics Program Highlights from OMB Circular No. A-123 on Enterprise Risk Management
Program Management: Managing Special Government Employee Service
Program Management: Resource Planning Strategies
Program Management: Using Data to Strengthen Ethics Programs
Public Financial Disclosure Review Course of Study
Public Financial Disclosure Review: Advanced Financial Instruments (ADRs, Managed Accounts, Margin Accounts, Phantom Shares)
Public Financial Disclosure Review: Complex Financial Instruments
Public Financial Disclosure Review: Reconciling Ethics Agreements with Annual Reporting
Public Financial Disclosure Review: Recurring Issues
Public Financial Disclosure Updates
Public Financial Disclosure: Recurring Reporting Issues for Less Common Holdings (REITs, Call and Put Options, Confidential Clients)
Recurring Book Deal Issues for Incoming and Outgoing Government Employees
Seeking and Negotiating for Employment: Amendments to the Seeking Other Employment Rules
Seeking and Negotiating for Employment: Orientation to Seeking and Negotiating for Employment
Seeking and Negotiating for Employment: Subpart F, 18 U.S.C. 208, and STOCK Act Overview
Speaking of Ethics Podcast: Communicating for an Ethical Culture
The Review of an OGE Form 450
Training Series on 18 U.S.C. 208(b)(1) Waivers
Trusts: Financial Disclosure and Conflicts Analysis
Using OGE Resources to Prepare for Annual Ethics Training

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