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First Round of Changes to Model Code Project
... Click here to read the rest of this blog entry. 1. Comment suggesting additional Declaration of Policy language , which ... abstract, because information usually comes in the form of documents, paper or electronic, but not as concrete as a city truck. Too often, ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment
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The Many Problems with Ethics Proceeding Confidentiality Rules
... confidential, at least for some time, because the news media is much more likely to cover an official filing of allegations than it is ... a local government educates its officials, employees, news media, and public effectively in advance, people will recognize that an ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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SC Bill on Local Government Budget Transparency
... the budget information is limited; the only backup documents are from two years ago. The South Carolina bill covers a lot ... once a month." Searchability is very important. Scans of documents make the public do all the work. It should be public servants who do ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Spitzer Report and the Need for Clearer Boundaries Between Public and Private Work
... to do this, knowing that it would be given to the news media and that the work went against police procedures. The superintendent is ... recommended that in their first response to a request for documents, Mr. Spitzer’s counsel include “a key adjective.” He suggested ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Importance of Being Readable
... 1998, the Securities and Exchange Commission insisted that documents intended to disclose information to the public should be written in ... How to Create Clear SEC Disclosure Documents ( www.sec.gov/pdf/handbook.pdf ). With a preface by Warren Buffett and an introduction by ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Open vs. Confidential Ethics Commission Proceedings
... statements, advisory opinions, waiver requests, and documents filed in Ethics Commission proceedings are public. Please share ... vs public nature of Ethics Commission proceedings and documents. What problems are created by each, and why are each of them ...
Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-17 10:26 - 1 comment
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A Miscellany
... of interest, has made an open records request for all documents related to the ethics proceeding against the mayor, according to ... I would think that if a proceeding is confidential, documents produced in the proceeding would also be confidential. But it is not ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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An Attempt to Extend Legislative Immunity to Exclude Testimony and the Vagueness of "Regulated by the City"
... legislators' testimony, and related letters and other documents, that is, documents that are part of legislative activity. It does ... Baltimore Dixon Memo on Leg Immunity 090909.pdf 0 bytes Robert Wechsler's blog ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Ethics Commission: Jurisdiction, Powers, and Duties
... the requirements imposed on him or her by this code. Comment: Jurisdiction over former officials and employees, as well as over ... and distribution pursuant to section 219. Comment: Subsection 4: "Sitting members" means those members, regular or ...
Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-17 10:07 - 1 comment
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Stall and Attack Offensives in Ethics Proceedings
... officer. He has accused the commission of misconduct and "media leaks," even though the EC had, in the first place, responded to a ... awaiting a commission hearing that is facing the daily media assault on their reputation as Mr. O'Connor." As if this has ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
