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  1. DeKalb County (GA) Grand Jury Report on Procurement-Related Misconduct

    ... create, sham firms who meet LSBE eligibility criteria on paper but who perform no actual work - or, in the words of LSBE regulations, ...

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

  2. Miami Beach Procurement Misconduct: Access, Discretion, Bid Alternatives, and Debarment

    ... miscondcut in Miami Beach, the debarment rules have not been working. The city attorney has drafted language that would make the ...

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

  3. Is the Principal Cause of Ethical Misconduct Within Us?

    ... It is safer to formalize informal practices that are working. Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics ...

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

  4. Why Hilary Krieger Is Wrong About City Machines

    ... and usually secretly, but they deter most "good people" from working for the government, far more than ethics rules do. If those who ...

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

  5. The Educational Opportunities of a Local Ethics Case in Massachusetts

    ... comes out, the appointing authority waves the sheet of paper, and all the reasonable people in the public will say that the government ...

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

  6. Summer Reading: Corruption and American Politics - Michael Johnston's Essay

    ... excesses of politics, even when we feel they aren't really working. Special Access Is Anti-Competitive Johnston sees the ...

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

  7. Summer Reading: Richard Painter on Ethics Reform I

    ... suspicion. In other words, as with ethics advice, those working on an ethics agreement should acknowledge that ethics provisions are ...

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

  8. Ethics Awards

    ... the idea of a government ethics award is a good one on paper, I think it would be very hard to make it work. The odds are that the ...

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

  9. Waivers and Exclusions

    ... relative who would be in the line of supervision was already working in the agency before the officer, official, or employee came into the ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-17 09:11 - 0 comments

  10. Problems with the Disqualification Argument

    ... is one of these states. Charter Township Act §42.7(6) requires charter township board members to vote, except on a vote to ... is tied directly to their sense that the Legislature is working both individually and collectively on behalf of the state.” He ...

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

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