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Commission on Ethics expands outreach: gaming board partnership, increased training and social media engagement
Summary
The commission’s outreach and education officer reported a rise in training activity, new partnership with the Nevada Gaming Control Board to enroll hundreds of staff in Nevada Ethics Online, and social-media strategies to boost engagement. Commissioners directed the outreach officer to continue those efforts.
Sam Harvey, the Commission on Ethics’ outreach and education officer, briefed the commission on a growth in trainings, a new partnership with the Nevada Gaming Control Board and a push to broaden online engagement.
Why it matters: stronger outreach and mandatory training partnerships increase the number of public servants who receive ethics instruction and create more consistent understanding of state ethics rules across agencies.
Main points from the presentation - Nevada Gaming Control Board partnership: Harvey said the board "has joined in a training partnership with us to mandate all of their personnel complete ethics training through our ethics platform." Harvey reported the board enrolled about 391 users and that roughly 14% of that staff cohort had completed training as of Aug. 12.
- Training volume and platform use: Harvey said the agency has trained approximately 42 people in live trainings since his last report, and that Nevada Ethics Online shows an average completion time of about 90 minutes for the basic ethics course. As of the update, the platform had approximately 197 active users and 63 course completions (across different self-study modules and the basic course).
- Publications and social media: The commission’s new manual has been posted and social posts about the manual averaged roughly 268 interactions per post on LinkedIn; about 18 people per post clicked through to open the manual on average. Harvey described using short slideshow videos and topical posts (for example, Olympic-related content) to increase engagement.
- Short-format training for academies: Commissioners discussed opportunities to provide shorter, 30-minute ethics overviews for police and fire academies and other onboarding programs to reach larger groups. Commissioner Olson suggested scaling the content to a 30-minute overview to reach hundreds of trainees per year: "Is there a way to scale that down to maybe a 30 minute overview to get into those academies, tell them about ethics," Olson asked.
Commission action: A motion directing Outreach and Education Officer Sam Harvey to proceed with outreach and education activities as proposed was made and seconded; the commission approved the motion unanimously.
Notable quotes - Harvey: "Any help to continue to follow and engage with the posts, both on LinkedIn and on Twitter or X ... is immensely appreciated." - Commissioner Moran praised the outreach approach as moving the commission from a reactive posture to a more proactive education posture.
Follow-up and context: Harvey said he is negotiating similar mandatory-training arrangements with at least one health district and is developing resource-hub strategies that will place manuals, one-pagers and flowcharts in accessible locations on the commission website and the Nevada Ethics Online platform. Commissioners encouraged efforts to adapt content length and delivery mode to partner needs (e.g., 30-minute overviews for academies), and to continue partnerships with associations (Sheriffs and Chiefs Association, Nevada Gaming Control Board) to scale outreach.
