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

   ... Body:  There's a new twist to the ethics mess in Stamford, which I described in a blog post last week . It ... 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

2. Full Text of Model Ethics Code

   ... determination (see 216 ). If the Ethics Commission files a determination in the matter after the 109 suit has been filed, the ... some states (and at least one city) make settlement the default or preferred approach. Arkansas’ code requires a written Offer of ...

   donmc - 2015-08-18 14:41 - 0 comments

3. Very Problematic Fort Worth Ethics Reform Proposals

   ... Weekly , Peter Gorman looked at the state of government ethics in Fort Worth and, most important, some proposed changes to its ethics ... get a zoning permit. The city attorney says he can. Someone files a complaint, and the official has the defense that he followed the city ...

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

4. The Political Use of Ethics Complaints, and the Manipulation of the Press

   ... columnist Jason Embry this week on the political use of ethics complaints. The instances of abuse of the ethics process is what has led ... campaign thinks it has the goods on its opponent, so an ally files an ethics complaint. Then the campaign publicizes said complaint, and it ...

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

5. New web site Content Management System for CityEthics !

   ... can subscribe to and then discuss content from other sites. Collaboration. Used for managing the construction of Drupal, the ...

   admin - 2005-06-03 09:27 - 0 comments

6. Yet Another Problem with the Criminal Enforcement of Government Ethics

   ... problems involved in the criminal enforcement of government ethics : The Executive Order under which the Commission operated directed ... U.S. Attorney Bharara is in possession of the Commission's files, he is unlikely to pursue non-criminal investigations, which comprised ...

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

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

   ... portrayed in the article center on a basic government ethics problem:  the confusion between person and office. What makes this ... 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

8. Advice on Advisory Opinions

   ... officials say that there is no need for an improved ethics program in their town because no one is filing complaints. If there were ... 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 ...

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

9. "Frivolity" in Kenosha, WI

   ... is a word that, I believe, has no place in a government ethics program. A look at an attempt to add it to Kenosha's ethics ... the Kenosha council would make it so that a person who files an ethics complaint that "is dismissed in total" by the city’s ethics ...

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

10. Fire, Smoke, and Snowballs

    Body:  It's valuable to put government ethics in the larger context of the use of public office for private purposes ... Rosenfeld spent thirty years getting hold of FBI files on its surveillance of the University of California at Berkeley, ... it is so important to have a good, independent government ethics program, not just to enforce the laws, but to stop the snowball from ...

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

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