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1. NY State Bar Association Report on Local Government Ethics Reform

   Body:  On January 28, the New York State Bar Association issued a report on government ethics reform in New York State , which includes a ... ethics reform. The report points out the many inadequacies of Article 18 of the General Municipal Law (click on GMU, then scroll down ...

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

2. Atlanta Ethics Report a Model for Other Local Governments

   ... Ethics Office has celebrated its birthday with a 40-page report on its first five years of existence. It is well worth looking at. The ...

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

3. Chicago Task Force Second Report IV — Confidentiality and False Information

   chicago tf report 2.jpg Body:  Although the Chicago Ethics Reform ... Force, in its first report , came out strongly in favor of more transparency in government, in its second report it came out ... limit or even destroy your career. It seems like ratting on your colleagues, and will likely ruin your reputation in the workplace. And ...

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

4. Chicago Task Force Second Report II — The Roles of the Ethics Board and the IGs

   chicago tf report 2.jpg Body:  The principal topic of the second report of the Chicago Ethics Reform Task Force is ... in an Ethics Program It is best to have the IGs focus on investigation and keep out of the other areas. It can be a good idea for an ...

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

5. Chicago Task Force Second Report III — Ethics Program Independence

   chicago tf report 2.jpg Body:  Ethics program independence is, as far ... other than drafting ethics ordinances (and even here, most of the work should be done by or in conjunction with outside people who have ... And independence means that council members do not vote on the ethics program budget, which gives them a great deal of leverage and ...

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

6. An Excellent Report Recommending an Ethics Program for a Regional Transit Authority

   Body:  In October, I wrote a blog post about a report commissioned by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), based on an investigation of an ethics issue involving a Washington, D.C. council ...

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

7. The Benefits of Hyperlinking Ethics Codes, and the Dependency of Children

   ... Cincinnati Enquirer, a county commissioner in Ohio voted on a contract that went to her non-dependent son, and she is being investigated ... boring hours of hyperlinking? Okay, so how many of the sites of the 17 state ethics commissions whose laws cover municipal officials ...

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

8. DeKalb County (GA) Grand Jury Report on Procurement-Related Misconduct

   Body:  It all started with the indictment, on charges of bribery and theft, of a Fats, Oil & Grease inspector back in November 2010. It led to an 83-page grand jury report in August 2013 , which set out the misconduct involving the DeKalb ...

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

9. Lobbying Subject Disclosure

   ... Body:  When a lobbying code requires that lobbyists report "specific lobbying issues" or "the subjects on which they have lobbied," ... and “Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites.” Lobbying contacts for Client “A” addressed all environmental ...

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

10. Yet Another Problem with the Criminal Enforcement of Government Ethics

    ... U.S. Attorney Bharara is in possession of the Commission's files, he is unlikely to pursue non-criminal investigations, which comprised ... as usual." As we noted in the Commission's Preliminary Report, issued in December 2013 (a second report was never published), "the ...

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

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