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1. New Year's Resolutions in Jacksonville

   Body:  The new year is a good time for ethics commissions and officers to look ahead to 2009 and set goals and ... Daily Record , this is exactly what the Jacksonville (FL) ethics commission did at its first meeting of the new year. As did the city's ethics officer, City Ethics' very own Carla Miller. The commission's ...

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

2. The Positive Effects of Applicant Disclosure, and How to Enforce It

   ... disclosure is an effective part of local government ethics that is usually ignored. Usually it is officials who are required ... this year, but a disclosure affidavit and the complete ethics code were part of the restaurant bid package. The affidavit ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2009-08-25 08:29 - 0 comments

3. The Pretzel Logic Required by Limiting Conflicts to Financial Interests. And the Ultimate Defense.

   ... Fair Political Practices Commission (FPCC), the state ethics body, with jurisdiction over state and local officials. And then the ... How Limiting Conflicts to Financial Interests Undermines an Ethics Program Unfortunately, in California, as in so many jurisdictions, ...

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

4. Two Perspectives on Gift-Giving

   Body:  I'm back from the Council on Governmental Ethics Laws (COGEL) conference, and I will be sharing some valuable information ... panels I attended. In a panel on gifts provisions in ethics codes, the panel consisted not only of the usual government ethics ...

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

5. Quote of the Day

   ... --Spokesman for the New York State Board of Elections Ethics programs are worthless if the laws are worthless, and if the enforcement ... In 2007 the commission on lobbying was merged with the ethics commission, apparently to get rid of the lobbying commission executive ...

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

6. "Interest" vs. "Benefit"

   ... the cause of much misunderstanding, as well as weaknesses in ethics code drafting. Ethics codes are essentially conflict of interest codes. But the idea of an ...

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

7. Regional Public Integrity Officers in New York State

   ... At the same time there is talk of local government ethics reform in New York State, the new attorney general has his own plan for ... shop around for advice? And where there is not a local ethics program, will having a local public integrity officer, even if only to ...

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

8. Paper Tigers

   ... Body:  Local government officials often defend halfway ethics reforms by saying that they're just the beginning, and that something is ... He was writing about the new Office of Congressional Ethics, which after an eleven-year hiatus, allows citizens to file ...

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

9. Political Activity on the Job

   Body:  The ethics provision that is probably most consistently violated is the one about political activity in city or county hall. The City Ethics Model Code Project version reads as follows: An official, ... do (see an earlier blog entry on such coercion). Most ethics scandals involve misuse of office for financial gain, but money means ...

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

10. Counter-Allegations Against Montana's Political Practices Commissioner

    Body:  You're a government official who has had an ethics complaint filed against you. You want it go away. What do you do? ... a counterclaim. The odd thing here is that the Montana ethics commissioner can seek the removal of an elected official from the 2014 ...

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

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