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1. The Gifts Dilemma

   ... allows officials to accept gifts to the extent the news media or citizen organizations do not make an issue about them. Disclosure also puts the burden on the news media and citizen organizations, including political parties, which ends up ...

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

2. The Importance of Public Financial Disclosure

   ... in New Orleans, but this time it involves a flood of public documents, as well as a trickle of financial disclosure forms. The battle is ... mayor's company, his spokeswoman said, "the city does not comment on the personal matters of the mayor." But the mayor had hidden ...

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

3. A Circuit Judge in Chicago Gets the Government Attorney-Client Privilege Wrong

   ... privilege to stop him from obtaining crucial documents; the mayor's compliance office does not share key information; and ... discussions about it must not protect the discussions or documents from an IG or ethics board investigation. A government attorney ...

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

4. Campaign Ideas for Local Government Ethics Reform

   ... that it is better to use audio, web availability, and social media. Yee calls for all commissions to be open to penalty for ... it's easier to find original ideas in campaign documents than in actual discussions about ethics reform. Robert Wechsler ...

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

5. Falsely Impugning Reputation

   ... conduct was fully intentional. Comment: A common way for officials to intimidate residents who speak out and ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-17 09:08 - 0 comments

6. Chicago: Legislative IG and Mayoral Travel

   ... IG] investigations. Some refuse to provide information or documents based on proper requests, while others fail to appear or answer ... mock this process, knowing that by law this Office cannot comment on any open investigations or their targets, thus allowing them to ...

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

7. The Death of a Government Ethics Activist and a March on a City Ethics Commission

   ... the EC. The first, in 2004, disclosed the destruction of documents. In 2008, he disclosed the fact that a database switchover would destroy a large number of documents. And in May 2009, he said that the EC was overcharging an official ...

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

8. New Government Ethics Organization Mischaracterizes the State of Government Ethics, and Acts Politically

   ... and only independent oversight and action by non-partisan media and law enforcement can restore the credibility of our ... in bringing unethical conduct to the attention of the news media and, where relevant, law enforcement agencies. But it does not appear ...

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

9. Proposed Ethics Reforms in San Antonio

   ... a review of political contributions and financial disclosure documents to identify conflicts of interest and other issues associated with ... allegations of ethics violations have been made in the media or elsewhere to file a sworn statement affirming his or her innocence. ...

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

10. A New Idea: Lifestyle Audits

    ... these calls for lifestyle audits is that the country's news media are effectively performing such audits themselves, but only on the ... such a penalty would be an open invitation to the local news media to investigate the rumors, and the boasting. And the prospect of that ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2010-03-17 09:37 - 0 comments

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