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  1. Eastern Oregon Takes on Government Transparency

    ... The occasion for this little harangue is news from Oregon that exemptions from disclosure rules passed in the 1970s are going to ... numbers, and nothing is being posted on the Internet. Oregon’s requirements are so onerous that, just last year, it was ranked 21st ...

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

  2. Transparency and Confidential Information Issues in Clackamas County, OR

    ... in. The transparency problem in Clackamas County, Oregon , the home of Mt. Hood and Oregon City, is taking the form of actions against an official for allegedly ...

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

  3. Updates re Rhode Island and Oregon - Legislative Immunity and Annual Disclosure

    ... would apply to local government legislators, as well. Oregon - Annual Disclosure According to an Associated Press article yesterday, the Oregon legislature is considering changes to the state's annual disclosure ...

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

  4. Back to Eastern Oregon, Where Local Government Is Working Again ... Transparently

    ... after my blog entry on the mass resignations in Eastern Oregon towns due to new financial disclosure requirements, the predictions of ... what everyone else is doing? 'I’m sure many of us have gone through the exercise in middle school of sitting in a circle with ...

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

  5. Jursdiction, Nepotism, Retaliation, and Independence

    Body:  Yesterday, Oregon's Statesman Journal reported an interesting case that involves ... deputy director allegedly used his position to influence an Oregon Corrections Enterprises (OCE) administrator into hiring his son and ... A Good Nepotism Provision Also fortunately, the Oregon nepotism provision goes beyond the ordinary nepotism provision by ...

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

  6. Disclosure of the Names of Those Whose Benefit Creates a Conflict of Interest

    ... that comes from yesterday's passage of changes to Oregon's ethics code , which applies to local government officials. Several ... act, there is a conflict of interest, according to Oregon law. If no one knows who these people are, how will anyone know if they ...

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

  7. Privatization and Transparency

    ... commissions over these entities. A  2010 report by Oregon's Attorney General on the state's transparency laws states that, "A ... custody of records that relate to those functions. Oregon appellate court decisions address this problem to some extent, but ...

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

  8. A Model Ethics Advisory Opinion and Links to Major City and State Advisory Opinions

    ... Massachusetts Missouri Nevada Ohio Oregon Rhode Island West Virginia Robert Wechsler Director ...

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

  9. Guaranteeing an Ethics Commission's Budget

    ... for inflation. ( Ca. Gov’t. Code Section 83122 ) Oregon's ethics commission , which also has jurisdiction over ... set minimum amount, which increases with inflation; (2) the Oregon approach of assessing agencies and municipalities, which would work with ...

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

  10. Funding Ethics Commissions

    ... are always looking for new ways to ensure funding. In Oregon, legislators decided to turn to local governments as a dedicated source ... an unfunded mandate. Okay, that's a good point. But in Oregon, according to an article in the Oregonian, local governments are also ...

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

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