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Ethics code controversial in Providence, RI
Creating ethics code takes time, expert says Carla Miller, an ethics officer for Jacksonville, Fla., and a former federal prosecutor, tells ... the City Council of dragging its feet on adopting a proposed ethics code, but last night, a national expert validated the council's ...
donmc - 2008-04-16 19:22 - 0 comments
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Penalizing Ethics Proceeding Transparency
... is one of the most controversial aspects of government ethics. It's so controversial that it is rarely discussed in terms of ... statement in any discussion of transparency in government ethics should be that transparency is one of the three areas of government ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Local vs. State Ethics Programs -- An Excellent Column on the Topic
Body: State or local ethics laws, state or local ethics training, state or local disclosure forms, state or local ethics enforcement? This is probably the biggest issue in local government ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Four Varying Approaches to Ethics Reform
Body: Four current attempts at ethics reform show the incredible variety of approaches and ideas of what government ethics is. Prohibiting County Employees from Contracting with the County ... "hot potato," as the article calls it, was rejected by the ethics board a year ago and, after being postponed three times by the ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Allegations Against Miami-Dade County's Ethics Director
... There are people who get great satisfaction going after the ethics of government ethics professionals. Rarely are their accusations relevant to government ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment
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The Effect of a State's Ethics Environment on Local Governments' Ethics Environments
... reasons I have focused my energies on local government ethics is that most people learn their government ethics at the local level. What they see people doing on councils and ... things go the other way, as well. Disdain for government ethics at the state level can affect the ethics environments of that state's ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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New Government Ethics Organization Mischaracterizes the State of Government Ethics, and Acts Politically
... was drawn to a new organization called Foundation for Ethics in Public Service, Inc., which operates as the website ... to newspapers across the country about state and federal ethics commissions. He argued that they are weak and ineffective, and concluded ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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D.C.'s Draft Ethics Reform Act Merely Adds Pieces to a Confusing Puzzle
... appropriate authority" is a vague phrase to base a major ethics reform proposal on, but that is just what the District of Columbia's draft Comprehensive Ethics Reform Act of 2011 does. Introduced Tuesday by the council chair, ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Swords of Politics and the Shield of Government Ethics
Body: No one wants a political government ethics program, and yet the people who most often worry out loud that it will ... Which of these meanings is most important to a government ethics program, and which of them are, well, "just politics"? And what can a ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment
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A City Attorney Providing Ethics Advice in a Big City Is Indefensible
... up to justify the participation of a city attorney in the ethics program of a large city or county that has sufficient resources to hire an ethics commission staff member or independent ethics officer. I raise this ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
