To support the ethics community during this confidential financial disclosure filing season, OGE's Institute for Ethics in Government (IEG) will host several live "How-To Sessions for Analyzing Entries in Annual Confidential Financial Disclosure Reports (OGE Form 450s)."

To help federal employees across the executive branch, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), in partnership with the Department of the Interior (DOI), has created a novel gamification training module.

Throughout 2026, OGE’s Institute for Ethics in Government (IEG) will provide opportunities for ethics officials, at all levels, to enhance the knowledge and skills they need to administer their agencies’ programs. Please check out the IEG’s Save the Year to learn more and mark your calendars for professional development opportunities that may be especially helpful to you and your team in the year ahead.

If eligible, apply for your 2025 annual PEP certificate before January 31, 2026.

Join a live “How-To Session” on Wednesday, January 28 from 1 to 2pm EST on how to conduct 18 U.S. Code (U.S.C.) 208(a) analyses using the new 18 U.S.C. 208(a) Job Aid.  

Join Institute for Ethics in Government (IEG) instructors for a live demonstration of navigating OGE's website and locating its confidential financial disclosure resources.

Join Institute for Ethics in Government (IEG) instructors for a short live broadcast to hear about the IEG’s plans for ethics education in calendar year 2026. 

The IEG sent out a compilation of resources to assist ethics officials during the confidential financial disclosure filing season.

The IEG has released a new course for supervisors and others who help ethics officials review confidential financial disclosure reports (OGE Form 450s).

Join instructors from the Institute for Ethics in Government (IEG) as they demonstrate how to use the gifts analysis process to work through sample ethics questions involving gifts from outside sources.

The IEG sent out a compilation of resources to help with questions related to gifts from outside sources, gifts between employees, and fundraising.

The IEG has published a new video course introducing advice and counsel to new ethics officials.

The IEG has published a new video course introducing the gifts from outside sources rule to new ethics officials.

If you are a newer ethics official who would like to gain more experience with issue spotting, please consider registering to attend the Institute for Ethics in Government’s Issue Spotting Workshop on Thursday, December 4 from 2 to 4pm EST.

If you are a newer ethics official who would like to gain more experience with issue spotting, please consider registering to attend the Institute for Ethics in Government’s Issue Spotting Workshop on Tuesday, September 30 from 1 to 3pm EDT.

OGE’s Institute for Ethics in Government has published a course on avoiding conflict of interest and appearance concerns arising from spousal employment.

Are you ready to deliver Annual Ethics Training? If you do not have a plan for delivering Annual Ethics Training this year, or you want to refresh your plan, please join the Institute for Ethics in Government’s upcoming live session, Using OGE Resources to Prepare for Annual Ethics Training, on Thursday, September 4 from 2 to 3pm EDT.

The IEG has published a new video course introducing the ethics program to new ethics officials.

The IEG has published a new video course introducing the ethics laws and regulations to new ethics officials.

The IEG has published a new video course introducing the confidential financial disclosure program to new ethics officials.

The IEG has published a new video course introducing the public financial disclosure program to new ethics officials.