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  1. Opposition to Independent Ethics Enforcement in Washington Will Echo Locally

    Body:  Forget the fascinating range of ethics programs at the local level. It is congressional...

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

  2. A Primer for Government Lawyers Faced with Officials' Conflicts

    ... came across the Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington (State) website. MRSC is "private, non-profit organization based in Seattle," whose mission is "to promote excellence in Washington local government through professional consultation, research and ...

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

  3. Understanding the Need for a Government Ethics Program

    ... law firm that amounted to a recommendation for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) to set up a ... ethics program. According to an article in the Washington Post last weekend , WMATA's governance committee discussed the ...

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

  4. The Pay-to-Play Culture of Prince George's County, MD

    ... about with respect to Dallas and Chicago . A Washington Post editorial this week noted that, because the ... you don't tell on me.'" This misguided sense of loyalty, of us against them (them being the public they're supposed to be working for), is ...

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

  5. Top Ten Ethics Films

    ... to doing the right thing. 3. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Old Fashioned Common Sense and Goodness. Jimmy Stewart would ... corruption or ethics environments. And since none of us, to ourselves, is a "bad apple," government ethics is always about somebody ...

    donmc - 2015-05-15 13:22 - 10 comments

  6. Prince George's County (MD) Ethics Reforms Good, But Incomplete

    ... of the ethics package. According to an article in the Washington Examiner , the council did not want to lose the ability to call ... developers. According to an article in Wednesday's Washington Post , the amended bill passed the county's House delegation ...

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

  7. New Prince George's County (MD) Ethics Reform Proposal

    ... aren't officials covered by this program? According to a Washington Post article from July , the answer to all these questions is ... proposal went before the council this week, according to a Washington Post article . The council appeared to approve the proposal in ...

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

  8. Misuse of a Local Office on a Regional Board

    ... issue arose a few days ago, when an attorney hired by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority to investigate an ethics issue involving a Washington, D.C. council member and transit authority board member filed ...

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

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

    ... 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 member and transit authority board member. The focus ...

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

  10. Ethics Reform Testimony in D.C. and Tallahassee

    ... to the District’s attorney general and a professor at Washington University in St. Louis; and (3) me. According to an article in the Washington Examiner , both Zvenyach and Clark also appeared at the forum ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment

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