Ethics in Government Program Guidelines

The ethics in government program shall be provided by the Guam Ethics Commission or other providers approved by the Guam Ethics Commission. The Public Auditor shall develop standards for the ethics program until the Guam Ethics Commission is appointed and functioning, at which time the Commission shall assume authority to develop the standards. Should the Guam Ethics Commission not be impaneled for at least six

(6)consecutive months, the Public Auditor will still have the authority to develop standards for the ethics program until the Guam Ethics Commission is impaneled. The providers shall repeat the course as necessary to accommodate those who are required to attend. The course shall not exceed four

(4)hours and shall be available in a single day and its scheduling shall accommodate the different work schedules of the persons affected by this Act.

(a)The program topics shall include, but not be limited to:

(1)Guam statutes concerning ethics;

(2)Guam statutes concerning lobbying; CH. 15 STANDARD OF CONDUCT

(3)Group participation in discussing, analyzing, and solving general ethics-related dilemmas;

(4)Guam procurement laws and regulations;

(5)Guam contracting laws and regulations;

(6)Parliamentary procedure;

(7)Fiduciary responsibility;

(8)Personnel policy;

(9)Government finance; and

(10)Open Government Law and Sunshine Reform Act of 1999.

(b)The cost of tuition, books and training materials for the ethics in government program of the officials or employees specified in § 15409(b) or § 15409(c) of this Chapter, shall be paid by the agency that employs the official or employee.

(c)The Guam Ethics Commission shall develop rules and regulations for the enforcement of the Ethics in Government Program Guidelines.

(d)No later than thirty

(30)days after the end of each fiscal year, every director, administrator, president or head of a government of Guam agency, including line agencies, autonomous and semi-autonomous agencies, public corporations, the Mayors Council of Guam, the Courts of the Judiciary of Guam, and I Liheslaturan Guåhan shall electronically submit to the Guam Ethics Commission, in an electronic portable document format, an “Ethics Training Compliance Report.” Said report shall at minimum list the employees by name, job title, and each ethics program completed, and the date of completion.