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  1. Confidentiality vs. Transparency in Colorado -- A Court Decision

    ... this week a decision in the case Center for Independent Media (owner of the Independent ) v. Independent Ethics Commission of ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 2 comments

  2. A Miscellany: Crossing the Line

    ... or not he agrees with this finding nor how the public or media may have misconstrued his words.” This clearly implies that the senator ...

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

  3. Toward Better Ethics Rules, Training, Oversight, and Enforcement in a Florida School District

    ... Broadcast all workshops and retreats through all media outlets into radio, television and the internet. Move on a regular ...

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

  4. Local Government EC Director Shows How It's Done

    ... director had already denied a particular fine, a "no comment" alone to a question about an investigation might be taken as a ... of the investigation. So he added to his on the record "no comment" a confirmation off the record, and told the reporter that they were in ...

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

  5. The Swords of Politics and the Shield of Government Ethics

    ... will make the accusations anonymously online or to the news media. If they cannot file an ethics complaint near the time of an election, it ...

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

  6. Carrigan and an Obligation to Seek Ethics Advice

    ... undermine the public trust. By this I mean that the media, blogs, and complainants are constantly accusing officials of unethical ... or knowledge, while the accusations continue in the media and on blogs, undermining the public trust without the ethics commission ...

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

  7. FL League of Cities' Ethics Proposals IV - Local Govt. Assocs. Should Not Lobby re Conflicts of Interest

    ... has happened, through explanations by the news media and by officials who recognize how wrong this is, the public could not ... Attachment Size FL SB 606.pdf 0 bytes Robert Wechsler's blog ...

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

  8. Miami-Dade County's Cone of Silence, Prohibiting Oral Ex Parte Communications re Contracts

    ... has to be in writing and, therefore, accessible to the news media, to all government officials, to all bidders, and to the public] ... it ...

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

  9. A Pattern of Behavior Investigated, Secretly, as Distinct Acts

    ... lack of transparency in both the ethics process and the news media when it has a good story. For seven months, journalists investigated ...

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

  10. Stock Ownership by Local Officials and Conflicts of Interest

    ... with a new defense of a potential conflict of interest: "I'm investing in something I believe in." What she was investing in, as ... and how its disclosure should be treated by the news media, which couldn't care less about such things as percentage of portfolio or ...

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

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