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  1. Clean Water and Clean Hands

    Body:  What do clean water laws have to do with government ethics laws? According to an article in today's ... the minimum standards of the Clean Water Act by arguing that amounts of a substance don't violate the law. For example, a woman whose ... other factors involved, so people tend to assume they're not as bad as some people say. Human nature and H2O are the same ...

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

  2. Whistle-Blower Protection

    ... or indirectly, official or personal action, including but not limited to discharge, discipline, personal attack, harassment, ... other person (or against any member of their family) because that person, or a person acting on his or her behalf, (a) reports, verbally or ...

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

  3. Ethical Governance Day in Miami-Dade County

    ... of a government ethics program. It is also a great thing to have something like this available when bad things happen, such as the arrest ... the parade of corrupt officials on display in the recent and not-so-recent history of this county. We could condemn them, perhaps even feel ...

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

  4. Power Deviant Behaviors

    ... several years of conducting investigations, it almost seemed that regardless of the allegation or complaint, we’d find pornography or ... of the email system mostly involving porn.” This does not, of course, mean that if you were to look at all officials' computers, ...

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

  5. Great editorial in Jacksonville.com

    ... Good move by the City Council in recently approving some ethics upgrades that could lead to more public confidence. The changes are a framework for future improvements, an important step toward a much improved ...

    donmc - 2010-12-03 14:37 - 0 comments

  6. Carla Miller, Founder - CityEthics.org

    ... of the most innovative in the country. She has served in a volunteer capacity as the city''s Ethics Officer since 1999 and has developed ... Since 2003, Carla has been an officer of COGEL, the Council on Governmental Ethics Laws '' the leading body for government ethics ...

    donmc - 2005-11-24 11:04

  7. Lobbying Oversight Programs Are Hot in Canada

    ... on the Vancouver, BC Metro News website , the city council voted unanimously to look into establishing a lobbying registry and ... wish the news were as good in the U.S. Here the best news is that the chapter of my book Local Government Ethics Programs on ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2014-12-17 14:27 - 0 comments

  8. Jacksonville's Charter Review Commission

    Body:  The Jacksonville City Council's Sub-Committee on the Charter Review Commission's (which only meets ... recommendations regarding inclusion of the Ethics Commission in the city's charter. donmc's blog Story Topics:  ...

    donmc - 2010-09-09 22:09 - 0 comments

  9. New Year's Resolutions in Jacksonville

    ... learning about how the city administration functions, so that the commission can both better understanding inquiries and complaints, and ... Right now, she is answerable to the mayor's office, the council, and the ethics commission. It is a serious problem reporting to three ...

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

  10. National Panel on Ethics Training

    ... COGEL.JPG Body:  At the annual Council on Governmental Ethics conference in Washington D.C. From left: ... Office of Governmental Ethics Each presented as a part of an ethics training seminar in Washington DC, Dec. 2010 ...

    donmc - 2012-05-04 12:03 - 0 comments

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