NTIA Dir. Nancy Victory submitted updated financial disclosure fo...

NTIA Dir. Nancy Victory submitted updated financial disclosure form for 2001 Fri. to Office of Govt. Ethics, Commerce Dept. spokeswoman said. Victory had said earlier in week, through spokeswoman, that she would report as gift contributions that industry lobbyists made to Oct. 2001 party for her. Move was response to new advice provided by OGE on how to calculate what hosts paid for party as gift, which changed outcome for what she reported as gift (CD Jan 23 p6). News reports last week focused on Oct. 2001 party at her Great Falls, Va., home by 6 lobbyists that Victory said she counted as personal friends. Commerce Dept.’s ethics officials originally ruled contributions to party by co-hosts were gifts that didn’t qualify as reportable. OGE asked Commerce Dept. by midweek to re-interpret calculation it used to arrive at that conclusion, leading to decision by Victory to report contributions in amended financial disclosure statement.