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			<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Mandatory - Code of Conduct</title>
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				<description>Mandatory Senate Code of Official Conduct class. This mandatory training session will provide a comprehensive overview of the Senate Code of Official Conduct, incorporating the recent changes to the Code of Official Conduct due to the passage of the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act on September 14, 2007. Topics to be discussed include, but are not limited to, the Gifts Rule, third party sponsored Member and staff travel, campaign activity, conflicts of interest, use of the mailing frank, constituent service issues and the prohibition on unofficial office accounts. Attendance at this training session will satisfy the new mandatory ethics training requirement. The 'Individual Certification of Completion of Ethics Training Requirement' form must be completed by Senate personnel and turned in to his or her office Ethics Certification Officer once they receive the mandatory ethics training. The Ethics Committee's financial disclosure lectures are offered apart from this mandatory training session. Those desiring to attend a financial disclosure lecture should contact the Ethics Committee directly at 4-2981. &lt;a href="http://webster.senate.gov/training/"&gt;Register&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2012 10:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>Mandatory - Code of Conduct</title>
				<link>http://www.ethics.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/events?ContentRecord_id=f0ab1959-23ce-476d-a48b-dff8eda1b6f9</link>
				<description>Mandatory Senate Code of Official Conduct class. This mandatory training session will provide a comprehensive overview of the Senate Code of Official Conduct, incorporating the recent changes to the Code of Official Conduct due to the passage of the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act on September 14, 2007. Topics to be discussed include, but are not limited to, the Gifts Rule, third party sponsored Member and staff travel, campaign activity, conflicts of interest, use of the mailing frank, constituent service issues and the prohibition on unofficial office accounts. Attendance at this training session will satisfy the new mandatory ethics training requirement. The 'Individual Certification of Completion of Ethics Training Requirement' form must be completed by Senate personnel and turned in to his or her office Ethics Certification Officer once they receive the mandatory ethics training. The Ethics Committee's financial disclosure lectures are offered apart from this mandatory training session. Those desiring to attend a financial disclosure lecture should contact the Ethics Committee directly at 4-2981. &lt;a href="http://webster.senate.gov/training/"&gt;Register&lt;/a&gt;</description>
				<category>Events</category>
				<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 12:00:01 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>Mandatory - Code of Conduct</title>
				<link>http://www.ethics.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/events?ContentRecord_id=8260f1ea-d436-4eb2-8980-ae137dc3c4fe</link>
				<description>Mandatory Senate Code of Official Conduct class. This mandatory training session will provide a comprehensive overview of the Senate Code of Official Conduct, incorporating the recent changes to the Code of Official Conduct due to the passage of the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act on September 14, 2007. Topics to be discussed include, but are not limited to, the Gifts Rule, third party sponsored Member and staff travel, campaign activity, conflicts of interest, use of the mailing frank, constituent service issues and the prohibition on unofficial office accounts. Attendance at this training session will satisfy the new mandatory ethics training requirement. The 'Individual Certification of Completion of Ethics Training Requirement' form must be completed by Senate personnel and turned in to his or her office Ethics Certification Officer once they receive the mandatory ethics training. The Ethics Committee's financial disclosure lectures are offered apart from this mandatory training session. Those desiring to attend a financial disclosure lecture should contact the Ethics Committee directly at 4-2981. &lt;a href="http://webster.senate.gov/training/"&gt;Register&lt;/a&gt;</description>
				<category>Events</category>
				<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 10:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>CY 2011 -  Annual Financial Disclosure Reports Due - 5/15/2012</title>
				<link>http://www.ethics.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/deadlines-and-notices?ContentRecord_id=12b80462-d5c3-4b81-b741-4de1b504ed7d</link>
				<description>Reports are due to the Office of Public Records by close of business on May 15, 2012.</description>
				<category>Deadlines and Notices</category>
				<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>Dear Colleague: New Requirements Under the STOCK Act</title>
				<link>http://www.ethics.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/dearcolleagueletters?ContentRecord_id=f048b9c2-d6d4-4d5e-b24d-461ab43e4538</link>
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				<category>Dear Colleague Letters</category>
				<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:00:01 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>Senator David Vitter – Letter Dismissing Complaint</title>
				<link>http://www.ethics.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/letterstomembers?ContentRecord_id=379cfa02-552a-4226-ac2a-57cd18645eaa</link>
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				<category>Letters to Members</category>
				<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:00:01 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>Dear Colleague: Placing Holds on Legislation to Restore a Cabinet Secretary’s Salary</title>
				<link>http://www.ethics.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/dearcolleagueletters?ContentRecord_id=96b24432-f691-4e57-af7d-1662c9c99a23</link>
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				<category>Dear Colleague Letters</category>
				<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:00:01 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>Attendance at Events Held During the National Party Conventions</title>
				<link>http://www.ethics.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/guidance?ContentRecord_id=0d65675b-326d-47d8-bc55-7d6153ac8182</link>
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				<category>Guidance</category>
				<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:00:01 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>Memorandum - Certification of Ethics Training for New Senate Personnel (July 1- December 31, 2011)</title>
				<link>http://www.ethics.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/training?ContentRecord_id=edde2517-bb3b-4c0e-a65e-ba150aceede6</link>
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				<category>Training Notices</category>
				<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:00:01 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>Annual Report for 2011</title>
				<link>http://www.ethics.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/annualreports?ContentRecord_id=7b8410a0-a126-4e35-bb5e-8ec0c93dc972</link>
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				<category>Annual Reports</category>
				<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:00:01 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act Reporting Requirements </title>
				<link>http://www.ethics.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/dearcolleagueletters?ContentRecord_id=3249f706-7277-41f5-810a-5dcc309fe823</link>
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				<category>Dear Colleague Letters</category>
				<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:00:01 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>Travel Forms have been updated.</title>
				<link>http://www.ethics.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/guidance?ContentRecord_id=07c7f7f7-41cb-4b61-b9a5-a73cb23b1874</link>
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				<category>Guidance</category>
				<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:00:01 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>Foreign Travel Per Diem</title>
				<link>http://www.ethics.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/dearcolleagueletters?ContentRecord_id=57c826a1-6288-4f3c-a338-fc264bf8a15b</link>
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				<category>Dear Colleague Letters</category>
				<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>Preliminary Inquiry concerning Senator John E. Ensign</title>
				<link>http://www.ethics.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ContentRecord_id=451c2d6e-643f-4026-b7c4-3f6587fcc2dc</link>
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				<category>Press Releases</category>
				<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>Statement of Ethics Committee Chairman and Vice Chairman on the Resignation of Senator Ensign</title>
				<link>http://www.ethics.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ContentRecord_id=08cccb62-968f-4949-89b0-10abe64977bd</link>
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				<category>Press Releases</category>
				<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:00:01 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>Public Financial Disclosure</title>
				<link>http://www.ethics.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/training-videos?ContentRecord_id=ddb8469e-6ad6-452d-946b-3286e5437ac0</link>
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				<category>Training Videos</category>
				<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>Campaign Activity</title>
				<link>http://www.ethics.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/training-videos?ContentRecord_id=33ac5da4-c30f-46e0-a527-addc9fe5cd75</link>
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				<category>Training Videos</category>
				<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>Select Committee on Ethics Appoints Special Counsel</title>
				<link>http://www.ethics.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ContentRecord_id=83e57585-3072-407f-a88e-6ae2c1d7328a</link>
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				<category>Press Releases</category>
				<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 12:00:01 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>Annual Report for 2010</title>
				<link>http://www.ethics.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/annualreports?ContentRecord_id=af86f27b-90ce-44d8-8b5c-89aeac74d232</link>
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				<category>Annual Reports</category>
				<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>The Senate Code of Official Conduct TEST</title>
				<link>http://www.ethics.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/training-videos-test?ContentRecord_id=f73949e5-4317-4758-aab6-8ac06d32d0b9</link>
				<description>&lt;div&gt;After viewing the Code of Conduct video, please complete the&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Individual Certification Form&lt;/em&gt;(provided by your office ECO), then submit the form back to your ECO.&lt;/div&gt;</description>
				<category>Training Videos TEST</category>
				<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2011 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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