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An Ethics Officer Worth Emulating
... a newspaper article that truly appreciates the work a city ethics officer does. So I'm including the entire article below. It's from the Jacksonville Times-Union , and Jacksonville's ethics officer happens to be City Ethics President Carla Miller. Had it been ...
Robert Wechsler - 2013-01-17 08:58 - 0 comments
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Revolving Door Provisions in Local Government Ethics Codes
... for a long time to take a long second look at the City Ethics Model Code provision on the revolving door that many officials ... from it. Revolving door provisions should, at least in a comment, make reference to the confidential information provision, so that ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Tolerance of Intellectual Dishonesty
... I did was ethical because it's not covered by the Code of Ethics." Everyone who says this knows that a Code of Ethics covers a limited ... Click here for a comment re intellectual dishonesty in discussing conflict of interest ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 2 comments
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NY State Bar Association Report on Local Government Ethics Reform
... York State Bar Association issued a report on government ethics reform in New York State , which includes a section on local government ethics reform. The report points out the many inadequacies of Article 18 of ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Chicago Task Force Second Report III — Ethics Program Independence
... chicago tf report 2.jpg Body: Ethics program independence is, as far as I'm concerned, the single most important issue in ethics reform. Nothing gains the public's trust as much as an ethics program ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Florida League of Cities' Ethics Reform Proposals III - Placing Shackles on Countywide Ethics Programs
... Bill 606 (attached; see below), one of the worst ethics reform bills I have ever read. This post considers just one ... cities, more specifically, counties and cities in countywide ethics programs, experiments in independence and cost-saving that are Florida's ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Need for Ethics Commission Independence, and What Is and Isn't a Government Ethics Violation
... below Anyone who doubts the need for truly independent ethics commissions need look no further than what has been happening in ... year"? I've already reported on the fining of the Ethics Board's executive director, Shane Creamer, for sharing with a reporter ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Conflicts of Local Government Employees Running for or Holding Elective Office
... an article in the Lowell (MA) Sun , the Massachusetts ethics commission advised a police dispatcher who is a selectman for the town ... office, just in case. The occasion for the above OSC comment was a wholesale submission of a slate of candidates to the OSC for ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Extension of Legislative Immunity in Recent Case of New York Municipality
... concept and a serious threat to local government ethics enforcement that, I feel, the government ethics community should start dealing with offensively rather than, as it ... with thoughts on any of these three solutions, please comment or send me an e-mail. Robert Wechsler Director of ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A Solution to the Problems of Local Government Attorney Ethics Advice
... There is nothing more important in local government ethics than timely, independent, professional ethics advice. And there is no bigger problem in local government ethics than ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
