3.2: Outreach
Increase outreach to the private sector and civil society. Other Information:
Making information about Government accountability and transparency easily and readily accessible is important to maintaining
the public’s trust in Government. Enhancing OGE’s communications with the public and civil society, as well as developing
cooperative and informative programs with persons who do business with the Government, will help promote the overall goal
of good governance as well as a better understanding of the role of the ethics program. Strategies for Objective 3.2: Enhance
our communications with the public and civil society. OGE will expand its efforts to communicate with the general public,
non-government organizations and other interested parties. The OGE website will serve as an important vehicle for this effort.
OGE will add information about internal and external USG good governance initiatives in which it participates. OGE will also
seek opportunities to participate in seminars or conferences where there is an opportunity to disseminate information to the
public and civil society about the role the ethics program plays in establishing integrity, accountability and transparency
in Government.Increase cooperation and information-sharing with persons who do business with the Government. One way to help
employees avoid situations that can raise ethical concerns is to eliminate those situations in the first place. This can
be done, in part, by educating persons and entities that do business with the Government about the ethical requirements that
apply to Government employees. This issue has become even more important because of the increased use of Government contractors
in the Federal workplace. OGE will collaborate with relevant agencies to identify the most effective ways that Government
contractors, grantees and others who interact with Federal officials can be made aware of how to avoid interactions that might
result in misconduct by a Federal official. At a minimum, OGE intends to seek opportunities to speak with organizations that
represent contractors and others, and to prepare appropriate explanatory materials that agencies can distribute to their customers
and stakeholders.
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