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1. Louisiana Embraces Reform - At Least at the State Level

   ... governments. For example, this week Gov. Jindal signed bills allowing local ethics entities to issue subpoenas and eliminated a ... Click here to read the rest of this blog entry. Other bills that have recently been signed or are about to be signed into law by the ...

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

2. Logical Fallacies VI - The Slippery Slope

   ... etc). As states such as Colorado have learned, to cast a net wide enough to prevent circumvention one often does so at the expense of ...

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

   ... little known.” Commission staff only give training sessions in towns that invite them, and to officials who attend monthly in-house training sessions in Boston. Kingston apparently has not requested a ...

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4. Confidentiality vs. Transparency in Colorado -- A Court Decision

   ... under the FOI’s jurisdiction, they are separate, closed sessions rather than executive sessions. See these CT FOI Commission decisions: http://www.state.ct.us/foi/2001fd/20011010/FIC2001-056.htm http://www.state.ct.us/foi/2004FD/20041027/FIC2003-449.htm ...

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

5. A Miscellany

   ... with an annual bonus equal to ten percent of the chamber’s net operating income. The mayor pro tem himself is president of the chamber's ...

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6. Should an Unaccountable Former Officeholder Retain Power over Public Information? - Personal vs. Public Interest

   ... U.S.C. Section 2204(e) . It was blocked by Senator Jeff Sessions. Also, President Bush vowed to veto the bill, although it passed the House 333-93 and Sen. Reid sought a unanimous vote. The same bill was blocked ...

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7. Human Rights Watch Report on the Effects of Probation Company Conflicts

   ... public resources to solving this problem, it cuts back on net financial returns. ... in many courts the only people tracking important ...

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8. A Primer for Government Lawyers Faced with Officials' Conflicts

   ... attorneys give ethics advice all the time. Executive Sessions Similarly, if a board in executive session wants to discuss a ... this is a small part of an extensive, 355-page handbook in PDF format. Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics ...

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9. Confidential Information Provisions, Ethics, and Transparency

   ... a rule prohibiting the disclosure of information from closed sessions "could lead to abuse of the county's authority to make legitimate use of closed sessions. State law limits such sessions to discussions of personnel matters, ...

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10. A Lack of Empathy

    ... mind, and they continue to genuinely "do good" despite their net corporate weight ("500 lb Gorilla") being so huge at this point. But ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment

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