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Illinois Reform Commission Report Is Out
Body: Most of the Illinois Reform Commission's report , which was published yesterday, ... Inspiring Better Government (p. 73 of report, p. 79 of PDF file), including the idea of a patronage monitor and a proposal to prevent ...
Robert Wechsler - 2009-05-28 08:58 - 0 comments
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Very Problematic Fort Worth Ethics Reform Proposals
... it in the wrong direction. Since it was the only article on the proposals, and Gorman paraphrased me often (based on an interview), I ... get a zoning permit. The city attorney says he can. Someone files a complaint, and the official has the defense that he followed the city ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A New State Integrity Index Report
... laws. As far as it goes, this is an excellent report. It sets forth best practices and shows how each state has fallen short. ... Laws are only part of the story. You can have the best laws on the book, and have no government ethics program whatsoever. ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 4 comments
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Ethics Reform Task Force Report Released in Philadelphia
Body: Yesterday, Philadelphia's Task Force on Ethics and Campaign Finance Reform released a 58-page report (plus ethics laws) requested by the city's mayor and council president ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Council Ethics Committees
... the city's ethics program, perhaps after the ethics board files its annual report. It could hold an annual training session. It could award employees who ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Chinese Walls or Chinese Screens?
... focus on the November 2009 Office of Congressional Ethics report on Rep. Norman Dicks , who sat on the House Appropriations Defense ... a congressional representative does not need to look at FEC files to find out which firms have given him what amounts of contributions? All ...
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
Body: The New York State Commission on Public Integrity released a report yesterday on the allegations relating to the Spitzer ... to gather and make public the travel abuses of the Senate Majority Leader, in order to tarnish his reputation. See ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A Very Short Rant on Financial Disclosure and Ethics Self-Regulation
... tax returns? Do their accountants make this many "errors" on their tax returns? How do these accountants stay in business? The image ... a businessperson or professional who knows how to keep files and how to work with an accountant. If they can't even be honest about ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A City Where "We Don't Want Nobody Nobody Sent"
... rules of the game. The patronage game, once played openly on the els of Chicago, went underground. A lot of work went into covering the ... ratings, the rigging of test scores, and the destruction of files (the shredding business thrives on identity theft and ethics laws). And, ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Report on Preferential Treatment Accusations Regarding Seattle Mayor
... Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission has published its report on the infamous Seattle snow scandal of last winter. There were numerous accusations that the mayor and other top ...
Robert Wechsler - 2009-06-19 07:04 - 0 comments
