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Summer Reading: Richard Painter on Ethics Reform I
... is the first of three blog posts about this book, focusing on Painter's recommendations for ethics reform and how they could be applied to ... private sector." Revolving door laws often provide adequate guidance for those leaving government for the private sector, but too rarely do ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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In NJ, Large Campaign Contributors Have a Conflicted Relationship
... any matter involving the contributor (see my blog post on what I call the Westminster Approach). It has been pointed out to me ... or her agency ethics liaison officer or the Commission for guidance in such cases. This is the kind of rule that does not generally ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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When a Department Engages In Ethics Advice and Enforcement
... who, following her supervisor's instructions, set tax values on a group of properties in her neighborhood, including her own. A complaint ... this ethics code are: ... (b) To provide clear, consistent guidance with respect to such standards by clarifying which acts are allowed ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A Miscellany
... really amenable in situations that can be so different based on individual circumstances and different traditions. In matters of extreme ... that transparency is a government ethics issue, and that guidance is its principal goal? Another Name for an EC According to ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Logical Fallacies I: The Ad Hominem Attack
... a municipal ethics code when faced with an ad hominem attack on someone, one can appeal to the American Society for Public Administration ... : it is not only an excellent aspirational code, providing guidance to officials and employees, but it can also be useful to citizens: ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 2 comments
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A Minneapolis Study of Conflicts on Development-Related Boards
Body: An article on the MinnPost site this week brought to my attention a report done by the ... (EPB) on conflicts of interest involving development-related boards (planning, zoning, preservation) in Minneapolis and in other cities (a ... group of rules is perfect, these rules should provide guidance for local governments looking for good and fair conflict rules. ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A New, But Very Weak Regional Ethics Program in Connecticut
... [Note: I have made changes throughout this blog post, based on a February 25 e-mail message from the COG executive director] It should ... with conflicting ethics provisions, which undermines their guidance. The most serious weakness of the regional EC plan is its failure ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Why Hilary Krieger Is Wrong About City Machines
... been reproduced in others. Unusually, her argument focuses on local government, on the current D.C. mayor in fact (see my recent blog ... be stated in the form of public rules, in order to provide guidance and to allow enforcement. When officials do not fulfill these ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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When a Job Is Given to an EC Member
... Prohibiting officials and employees from sitting on an EC is not, however, universally the case. In fact, some ethics ... so many officials prefer, but which provides little or no guidance in difficult situations. Ethics board involvement is a more ... resign from the ethics board, but this request would only be advisory. And doing this would put the members in an uncomfortable position. It ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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An Advisory Opinion Concerning Constituent Services
Body: On August 29, the D.C. Board of Ethics and Government Accountability issued an advisory opinion on the important and far too overlooked topic of constituent ... The opinion's practical approach here provides useful guidance. The "general considerations" are listed below, in a mix of the ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
