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  1. Report on Loopholes and End Runs Around Campaign Finance Laws from Center for Governmental Studies

    ... Governmental Studies in California has just published a report on this very topic (although focused on the campaign finance side), aptly ...

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

  2. Disappointing Report from Ethics Task Force in Phoenix

    ... , consists of "prominent attorneys and judges," filed a report with the council on March 6. I have been unable to locate a copy of the report, but I did find a ...

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

  3. Broward County IG Report on Countywide Ethics Program

    ... approved by the county's voters in late 2010. The 21-page report focuses on a two-part reform recommendation:  (1) an ethics officer who would ...

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

  4. An Exemplary Ethics Officer Report on a Specific Ethics Matter

    ... the local chamber of commerce, which meant that no report was legally due on gifts made for the occasion. After the local newspaper wrote about ...

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

  5. The Effect of the Wisconsin Supreme Court Open Meetings Decision on Local Government Ethics

    ... I discussed in a recent blog post . The opinion came down on Tuesday, in a case about whether a legislative committee violated the ... unanimous. The one council member who opposed the contract files a complaint with the city's ethics commission, and the council president ...

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

  6. Gwinnett County Ethics Reform II - Recommendations by the Vinson Institute and the Grand Jury

    Body:  In this second of three blog posts on ethics reform in Gwinnett County, Georgia, I will look at recommendations for ethics reform made by a grand jury in its October 2010 report , and by the Carl Vinson Institute of Government at the University ...

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

  7. A Controversial Indianapolis Board Appointment: Perception and the Dilemma Between Competence and Conflicts of Interest

    ... he counsels state officials, county officials, and mayors on various aspects of bond financing issues and also assists them with many ... the Pacers. • Bar Grand's access to the firm's files on the Pacers. • Bar access by firm attorneys to any materials ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2008-02-04 11:06 - 0 comments

  8. Report on Annual Reports II

    ... available as possible. And that means putting them up on the local government's website. My first report on annual reports focused on big cities and counties, and one state. ...

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

  9. Human Rights Watch Report on the Effects of Probation Company Conflicts

    ... Human Rights Watch has just published a harrowing report entitled " Profiting from Probation ," which shows how the privatization of probation has led to conflicts of interest that have seriously harmed many ... The principal conflict situation is well described on page 5 of the report: [M]any courts delegate the task of determining ...

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

  10. Current Ethics Reform I - Orange County and Oakland, CA

    ... last few weeks, while I was putting the finishing touches on the second edition of the book Local Government Ethics Programs , ... on the Voice of Orange County website , a grand jury report laid out a 40-year chronology of corruption in the county, and ...

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

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