Page not found

Search results

1. New Michigan Model Local Government Ethics Ordinance Is a Lemon

   ... a "toolbox" for local governments to create local ethics policies. Local government ethics is already governed by state statutes, but local governments can apparently supplement these rules with local laws and ethics boards. The toolbox consists of a website , whose principal feature ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 4 comments

2. Chicago Ethics Task Force Files First Report

   Body:  The Chicago Ethics Reform Task Force report was published yesterday . Well, at least Part ... likely inexperienced lawyers to deal with a huge city's ethics program." The task force managed to draft an 83-page report in a ... But the report does not present a vision of a comprehensive ethics program for Chicago. It merely makes recommendations, 34 of them to ...

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

3. It's Time for Savannah to Declare Its Ethics Program's Independence

   ... I like to focus on the independence of local government ethics programs. The public naturally trusts any ethics program that has not been selected by the officials under ...

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

4. The Importance of Publicizing Ethics Programs

   Body:  If the governmental ethics community had a publicity program, the headline of a front-page ... Star would be a call to arms: Legislators agree: Ethics laws are puppies, not pit bulls The gist of the article is that, in Missouri and Kansas, the state ethics commissions are underfunded, the state ethics laws are too weak, and ...

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

5. Top Ten Ethics Films

   ... have come up with the following list: The Top Ten BEST ETHICS Movies of all time 1. Man for All Seasons Paul Scofield ... film Hands Over the City is the best municipal ethics film of all time, and deserves a place at the top of City Ethics’ ...

   donmc - 2015-05-15 13:22 - 10 comments

6. Summer Reading: Richard Painter on Ethics Reform II

   ... on how Richard W. Painter's recommendations for federal ethics reform in his book, Getting the Government America Deserves: How Ethics Reform Can Make a Difference (Oxford U.P., 2009), may be applied to ...

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

7. Ethics Commissions Should Stick to Their Area of Jurisdiction and Should Stay Out of Politics

   Body:  A recent decision of the Wilton, NY ethics board (attached; see below) raises important issues regarding the selection of ethics commission members, their withdrawal from participation when they have a ...

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

8. Carla Miller - President, City Ethics

   ... Brief Bio: Carla Miller is a global government ethics advisor, former U.S. Federal Prosecutor and founder of CityEthics, a non-governmental organization that provides ethics advisory services to local governments. She has extensive national and ...

   donmc - 2021-08-23 12:36

9. Not Much to Get Excited About in Baltimore's Ethics Reforms

   ... the road from Philadelphia, Baltimore too is considering ethics reforms, but it's in response to a scandal involving its past mayor ... was council president. One makes changes to the city's ethics board composition and ethics training, the other to the city's ...

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

10. D.C. Ethics Board's Opinion Needs a Rewrite

    ... The first opinion of the District of Columbia's Board of Ethics and Government Accountability (a searchable copy is attached; see ... interesting questions relating to enforcing unenforceable ethics provisions, vagueness, and publishing evidence and an opinion about a ...

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

Pages