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1. Retired Citizens of Florida Speak out on Ethics

   ... Florida Alliance for Retired Americans (Richard Polangin) on a Resolution that passed at the annual conference of the Alliance last week. ... have to sit on their hands and do nothing unless a citizen files a complaint. Also, the resolution calls for the creation of independent ...

   cmiller - 2012-06-20 07:14 - 0 comments

2. Stamford Official's Attempt to Prevent Government Employees from Filing Ethics Complaints Is Nipped in the Bud

   ... According to this argument, a government employee who files an ethics complaint has a conflict of interest, because he is presumably ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

3. Whistle-Blower Protection

   ... of their family) because that person, or a person acting on his or her behalf, (a) reports, verbally or in writing, or files a complaint with the Ethics Commission regarding an alleged violation of ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-17 09:40 - 0 comments

4. Draft Upload

   Body:  Just a place to upload the files from... Attachment Size draft-lobbying-chapter- Robert-Wechsler.pdf 0 bytes draft-lobbying-chapter- ...

   admin - 2015-02-15 10:20

5. Penalizing Ethics Proceeding Transparency

   ... rights also need to be taken into account. When someone files a complaint, there has to be a serious reason to limit his right to speak ... circuits. Therefore, there are First Amendment limitations on penalizing a complainant for bringing transparency to an ethics proceeding ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

6. Fire, Smoke, and Snowballs

   ... Rosenfeld spent thirty years getting hold of FBI files on its surveillance of the University of California at Berkeley, especially in ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 2 comments

7. Advice on Advisory Opinions

   ... better government ethics program. The reason is that no one files a complaint when they do not expect a fair hearing of the complaint (most ... the approval of the commission). Here is some advice on advisory opinions from those who have a great deal of experience giving ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

8. Broward County IG Report on Countywide Ethics Program

   ... the county's voters in late 2010. The 21-page report focuses on a two-part reform recommendation:  (1) an ethics officer who would ... the program's structure "to ensure consistent and impartial guidance, training, and enforcement." Second, "periodic, independent, ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

9. First Round of Chicago Ethics Reforms

   Body:  ( Note: This post has been revised, based on a response from Steve Berlin, executive director of Chicago's ... the list be constantly updated. The language doesn't provide guidance on updating. For example, it does not require agencies to update ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

10. Why Local Party Leaders Should Be Part of a Local Ethics Program

    ... the patterns of misconduct portrayed in the article center on a basic government ethics problem:  the confusion between person ... develop affordable housing in Brooklyn, Lopez secured vacant sites for the RBSCC, making it almost impossible for anyone else to ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

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