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1. Stamford Official's Attempt to Prevent Government Employees from Filing Ethics Complaints Is Nipped in the Bud

   ... Body:  There's a new twist to the ethics mess in Stamford, which I described in a blog post last week . ... According to this argument, a government employee who files an ethics complaint has a conflict of interest, because he is presumably ...

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

2. Whistle-Blower Protection

   This is the place to discuss the protection from mistreatment by superiors of municipal employees ... effectiveness of such protection, and the language necessary to make it effective as well as to prevent officials and employees from hiding ... his or her behalf, (a) reports, verbally or in writing, or files a complaint with the Ethics Commission regarding an alleged violation of ...

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

3. "Frivolity" in Kenosha, WI

   ... place in a government ethics program. A look at an attempt to add it to Kenosha's ethics program shows how, well, frivolous the word is. ... the Kenosha council would make it so that a person who files an ethics complaint that "is dismissed in total" by the city’s ethics ...

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

4. Yet Another Problem with the Criminal Enforcement of Government Ethics

   ... Daily Kos last Friday, Janos Marton — special counsel to New York state's recent Moreland Commission on state-level corruption — ... U.S. Attorney Bharara is in possession of the Commission's files, he is unlikely to pursue non-criminal investigations, which comprised ...

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

5. Advice on Advisory Opinions

   ... better government ethics program. The reason is that no one files a complaint when they do not expect a fair hearing of the complaint (most ... neutral). In any event, complaints are not central to an ethics program. What is central to an ethics program are advisory ...

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

6. Draft Upload

   Body:  Just a place to upload the files from... Attachment Size draft-lobbying-chapter- Robert-Wechsler.pdf 0 bytes draft-lobbying-chapter- ...

   admin - 2015-02-15 10:20

7. Retired Citizens of Florida Speak out on Ethics

   ... in Florida that involves numerous groups joining forces to fight for the passage of effective laws in Florida to close loopholes in ... have to sit on their hands and do nothing unless a citizen files a complaint. Also, the resolution calls for the creation of independent ...

   cmiller - 2012-06-20 07:14 - 0 comments

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

   ... of the ethics process is what has led many jurisdictions to prohibit any mention of filing an ethics complaint and to prohibit the ... campaign thinks it has the goods on its opponent, so an ally files an ethics complaint. Then the campaign publicizes said complaint, and it ...

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

9. Nevada Senator Given Legislative Immunity from Ethics Commission Jurisdiction

   ... a prelimary injunction (it's broken into two searchable PDF files, 1 and 2 ), the senator's petition for judicial review , and the ethics commission's opposition to the motion for a preliminary injunction. The ethics ...

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

10. Fire, Smoke, and Snowballs

    Body:  It's valuable to put government ethics in the larger context of the use of public office for ... Rosenfeld spent thirty years getting hold of FBI files on its surveillance of the University of California at Berkeley, ... but rather in petty, personal attempts to seek revenge. For example, thirty agents were assigned to find out who had ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 2 comments

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