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1. Advice on Advisory Opinions

   ... better government ethics program. The reason is that no one files a complaint when they do not expect a fair hearing of the complaint (most ... the approval of the commission). Here is some advice on advisory opinions from those who have a great deal of experience giving ...

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

2. Draft Upload

   Body:  Just a place to upload the files from... Attachment Size draft-lobbying-chapter- Robert-Wechsler.pdf 0 bytes draft-lobbying-chapter- ...

   admin - 2015-02-15 10:20

3. Nevada Senator Given Legislative Immunity from Ethics Commission Jurisdiction

   ... commission did not have jurisdiction over a state senator on grounds of legislative immunity, even though the state constitution has no ... a prelimary injunction (it's broken into two searchable PDF files, 1 and 2 ), the senator's petition for judicial review , and ...

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

4. Fire, Smoke, and Snowballs

   ... Rosenfeld spent thirty years getting hold of FBI files on its surveillance of the University of California at Berkeley, especially in ...

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

5. A Miscellany

   ... hide,' Sanford said. 'The truth will ultimately be laid out on that front.'" But now that the legislature is threatening to begin ... an argument why it can release a preliminary investigation report to the legislature. Not to the public, mind you, but the ... content rules for comments on council members' sites or blogs, and letting the public know that what they write is open ...

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

6. A New Report on the Ethics Programs of Florida Counties

   Body:  On November 29, Florida State University’s LeRoy Collins Institute and the new good government group Integrity Florida released a report entitled "Florida Counties Bridge the Ethics Policy Gap" , which analyzes the results of a survey of government ethics programs and reforms in 45 of Florida’s 67 ...

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

7. An Audit Report on the Palm Beach County EC

   ... a Florida state senator's request for a state audit of Palm Beach County's EC. That report, drafted by the state legislature's Office of Program Policy Analysis ... the request for the audit. For more on these, see articles in Monday's Sun-Sentinel and in yesterday's ...

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

8. Some Excellent Lobbying Reforms in NYC

   ... on it (reading the transcripts is instructive), and report on ways in which it could be improved . It's worth noting that the task ... into the lobbying program by requiring, "before a lobbyist files a statement of registration [that] the lobbyist and its client shall ...

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

9. Why Local Party Leaders Should Be Part of a Local Ethics Program

   ... the patterns of misconduct portrayed in the article center on a basic government ethics problem:  the confusion between person ... develop affordable housing in Brooklyn, Lopez secured vacant sites for the RBSCC, making it almost impossible for anyone else to ...

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

10. A New Report and New Book on State and Federal Ethical Misconduct

    ... The Privatization of Economic Development A fascinating report has just been published by Good Jobs First , entitled " ... (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). Its focus is solely on the federal government, and by the language it employs, its author appears ...

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

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