CONNECTICUT
Office of State Ethics
Connecticut now has the Office of State Ethics, established July 1, 2005. The OSE administers Connecticut General Statutes, chapter 10, Part I for Public Officials and Part II for Lobbyists. The OSE has a 9-member Citizen''s Ethics Advisory Board, and the office is divided into the following divisions:
- Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board
- Executive Director
- Legal Division
- Enforcement Division
Executive Director
Office of State Ethics
18-20 Trinity Street, Suite # 205 Hartford, CT 06106
Phone: (860) 566-4472
Fax: (860) 566-3806
Email: Benjamin.bycel@ct.gov
An alternate contact is Meredith Trimble,
Director of Education
Email:Meredith.trimble@ct.gov
The OSE''s Web site is: www.ct.gov/ethics.
COGEL Members:
Jeffrey Garfield
Executive Director, Connecticut
Election Enforcement Commission
Hartford, CT 06106
Telephone: (860) 566-7106
Email: Jeffrey.garfield@po.state.ct.us
Mitchell Pearlman
Executive Director, Connecticut
Freedom of Information Commission
Hartford, CT 06106
Telephone: (860) 566-5682
Email: Mitchell.pearlman@po.state.ct.us
Susan Bysiewicz
Connecticut Secretary of State's Office
Hartford, CT 06106
Telephone: (860) 509-6200
Email: susan.bysiewicz@po.state.ct.us
Largest City:
Contact Information:
Angel Oquendo
65 Elizabeth Street
Hartford, CT 06105
Telephone: (860) 570-5283
Email: oquend@hotmail.com
Largest County:
Fairfield County
Fairfield County does not have an ethics commission.