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1. A Miscellany

   ... bidding process? Government Ethics Meets Social Media and Blogs in Seattle According to an article in the Seattle ... is considering a draft policy for use of social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) by council members. It is currently being ...

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

2. CA Appellate Court Protects EC Legal Advice on the Basis of Privilege

   ... and this matter involves a public records request for documents relating to the commission’s regulations governing ethics ... Size St. Croix v Superior Court 0714.pdf 0 bytes Robert Wechsler's blog ...

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

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

   ... said complaint, and it filters out through the news media. The commission may or may not act on it before the election." Usually an ... release, which would presumably get equal time in the news media and blogosphere. The result would be that a party and candidate would ...

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

4. Florida League of Cities' Ethics Reform Proposals I - Preventing the Filing of Complaints

   ... isn't really what this is about. According to the Digital Media Law Project , "in only a handful of cases over the last decades have ... The League of Cities' Irresponsible Conduct I'm sure that the local government ethics experts at the League of Cities were as ...

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

5. Outside Auditors and Local Government Ethics

   ... in one of the four Connecticut cities asked for all working documents relating to the relevant audits of its city. The auditing firm said that working documents are not the property of the client, but of the firm. Local ...

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

6. Volunteering Professional Services: An In-Kind Contribution or Not?

   ... strategist says that, while his firm is getting paid for "media monitoring," he is giving the campaign “a hand with rapid response.” ... however, appears to have occurred on social media. York University professor Robert MacDermid says that the Municipal ...

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

7. The Many Problems with Ethics Proceeding Confidentiality Rules

   ... confidential, at least for some time, because the news media is much more likely to cover an official filing of allegations than it is ... a local government educates its officials, employees, news media, and public effectively in advance, people will recognize that an ...

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

8. SC Bill on Local Government Budget Transparency

   ... the budget information is limited; the only backup documents are from two years ago. The South Carolina bill covers a lot ... once a month." Searchability is very important. Scans of documents make the public do all the work. It should be public servants who do ...

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

9. The Spitzer Report and the Need for Clearer Boundaries Between Public and Private Work

   ... to do this, knowing that it would be given to the news media and that the work went against police procedures. The superintendent is ... recommended that in their first response to a request for documents, Mr. Spitzer’s counsel include “a key adjective.” He suggested ...

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

10. A Miscellany

    ... of interest, has made an open records request for all documents related to the ethics proceeding against the mayor, according to ... I would think that if a proceeding is confidential, documents produced in the proceeding would also be confidential. But it is not ...

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

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