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  1. Why It Is Important To Ensure That Legislators Show Up to Work

    ... of 63 percent. According to an article in City Hall Daily today , the assemblywoman will not disclose facts about her illness, ... and through one's website. Cook's website has no press releases, and no publications of any kind since January. I could find no ...

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

  2. Atlanta Ethics Report a Model for Other Local Governments

    Body:  Happy Fifth Birthday, Atlanta Ethics Office! The Ethics Office has celebrated its birthday with a 40-page report on its ... elected officials' hands. Also worth a look is a 2007 report on the first year of Atlanta's Integrity Line, a hotline for ...

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

  3. New city ethics regulations face first challenges

    ... . The Florida Times-Union April 12, 2008 By BETH KORMANIK, The Times-Union The city's Ethics Commission believes the rules are clear: Lobbyists must list the ... City Related City of Jacksonville Press for Carla Miller ...

    donmc - 2008-04-16 19:15

  4. Taking State Laws Into Account When Drafting Ethics Provisions

    ... is important to take state laws into account when drafting ethics provisions, especially in local governments that do not have home ... Kane County, IL According to an article in today's Daily Herald , the former state's attorney for Kane County, IL felt that ...

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

  5. Don McClintock

    ... the website www.cityethics.org as the basis for City Ethics Inc. - a non-profit established with the goal of making it easier to ... to the City's Ethics Commission . In November of 2007, when his wife, Carla Miller was formally appointed as Ethics Officer for ...

    donmc - 2018-01-31 19:02

  6. Annual Disclosure

    ... Ethics Commission or its agent after reasonable notice. 6. The Director of Finance must certify to the Ethics Commission, no later than ... Disclosure Statement Annual Disclosure Statement for 2007 ___________________________________________________________ Last ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-17 09:12 - 0 comments

  7. A Few Interesting Conflict Issues Raised in a Western Suburb of Boston

    ... Body:  According to an article in the Metro West Daily News on Friday , the Ashland (MA) board of selectmen sent two reported ... of possible acts of ethical misconduct to the state ethics commission. The request sought not enforcement, but clarification. I ...

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

  8. Compliance and Conflicts in Tallahassee: The Organization Interest vs. The Public Interest

    Body:  Tallahassee takes a compliance approach to ethics. Its ethics code is aspirational, based on core values. Its ethics ... with comparisons to the Ethics Resource Center 's 2007 National Government Ethics Survey local government portion ... that they were aware of misconduct at work, compared to 63% in the national survey. Of course, it could be that there is far less ...

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

  9. Fishing for Conflicts

    ... idea people have of the word "interest." The Crossville ethics code defines "personal interest" as "Any financial, ownership, or ... According to an article in the Chattanooga Times Free Press , even the city attorney felt that "one could argue" that there was a ...

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

  10. Best Practices from the Book "Local Government Ethics Programs"

    ... benefits from or are regulated by the government. 6. Ethics commission jurisdiction only over conflict-related official conduct, ... exchange arrangement, or by a state ethics commission. 12. Recognition that ethical misconduct usually involves teamwork, and that ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2013-06-20 08:35 - 0 comments

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