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1. Chicago Task Force Second Report II — The Roles of the Ethics Board and the IGs

   ... The principal topic of the second report of the Chicago Ethics Reform Task Force is the relationship between the Board of Ethics and the city's dual inspectors general, one for the executive branch ...

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

2. Florida League of Cities' Ethics Reform Proposals II - Gifts, Ethics Advice, and Training

   ... Bill 606 (attached; see below), one of the worst ethics reform bills I have ever read ( click here to read the first post ... penalty on complainants in order to reduce the number of ethics complaints). Gift Reporting vs. Gift Banning The central ...

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

3. Opposing Ethics Reform Without Understanding Government Ethics

   ... County (IL) should be taking a fresh look at the county's ethics program. The call for an ethics committee to review Lake County's ethics ordinances and policies sounds ...

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

4. A Comparison of Two County Ethics Initiatives

   ... Last September, I wrote a blog post about an ethics initiative in Palm Beach County, Florida. A response to numerous scandals, it featured an ethics pledge, primarily for government officials, and a successful attempt to ...

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

5. An Ethics Officer Worth Emulating

   ... a newspaper article that truly appreciates the work a city ethics officer does. So I'm including the entire article below. It's from the Jacksonville Times-Union , and Jacksonville's ethics officer happens to be City Ethics President Carla Miller. Had it been ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2013-01-17 08:58 - 0 comments

6. NY State Bar Association Report on Local Government Ethics Reform

   ... York State Bar Association issued a report on government ethics reform in New York State , which includes a section on local government ethics reform. The report points out the many inadequacies of Article 18 of ...

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

7. City Ethics Essentials

   ... Cities across the United States are creating and expanding Ethics Commissions, Ethics Offices and Inspector Generals in order to fight corruption and ...

   cmiller - 2017-06-21 02:56

8. Chicago Task Force Second Report III — Ethics Program Independence

   ... chicago tf report 2.jpg Body:  Ethics program independence is, as far as I'm concerned, the single most important issue in ethics reform. Nothing gains the public's trust as much as an ethics program ...

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

9. Florida League of Cities' Ethics Reform Proposals III - Placing Shackles on Countywide Ethics Programs

   ... Bill 606 (attached; see below), one of the worst ethics reform bills I have ever read. This post considers just one ... cities, more specifically, counties and cities in countywide ethics programs, experiments in independence and cost-saving that are Florida's ...

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

10. The Need for Ethics Commission Independence, and What Is and Isn't a Government Ethics Violation

    ... below Anyone who doubts the need for truly independent ethics commissions need look no further than what has been happening in ... year"? I've already reported on the fining of the Ethics Board's executive director, Shane Creamer, for sharing with a reporter ...

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

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