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The Costs of No Ethics Reform in San Bernardino County (CA)
... on San Bernardino County's failure to follow grand jury ethics reform recommendations with any action. An op-ed piece by Bob ... on off-year fundraising, disclosure requirements, and an ethics commission to enforce the law. Proposals such as these have been ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Two Ethics Developments in Texas
... by El Paso County to allow local governments to give their ethics commissions teeth (they now can only censure). According to an ... investigation. The county wants accountability. It wants its ethics commission (and others in the state, if they choose) to have subpoena ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Toward Better Ethics Rules, Training, Oversight, and Enforcement in a Florida School District
... the controversies surrounding a new Broward County (FL) ethics code, but there's also been controversy in the Broward County School District that is likely to lead to an ethics code of its own (according to a Miami Herald editorial on Saturday ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Character and Government Ethics
... instincts and impulses fighting within us. Government ethics is much easier than living a good, ethical life. First of all, there are ... and, in some ways, damaging thing that is said in government ethics, is that almost all government employees and officials are good. There ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment
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Understanding the Need for a Government Ethics Program
... Area Transit Authority (WMATA) to set up a full-fledged ethics program. According to an article in the Washington Post last ... members questioned whether there was a need to revisit the ethics code only a year after it was revised. One member said the board should ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Advantages of Having an IG Be Part of a Local Ethics Program
Body: In New Orleans, it is the ethics board that selects the city's inspector general . According to ... The first time an IG's contract came up for renewal, the ethics board voted for it unanimously. The board chair, civic organizations, ... for an inspector general to be part of a local government ethics program. It is especially valuable when the EC's members are not ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Municipal Program - 2005 COGEL Conference
... Roundtable Facilitators: Carla Miller , Co-Ethics Officer, City of Jacksonville Florida Helen Valkavich , Assistant ... Texas Cogel's Ad Hoc Committee on Local/Municipal Ethics Initiatives was formed in 2001 to address the concerns of local ...
donmc - 2005-11-24 09:52 - 0 comments
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Nevada Senator Given Legislative Immunity from Ethics Commission Jurisdiction
... Body: A Nevada court found yesterday that the state ethics commission did not have jurisdiction over a state senator on grounds of ... injuction to prevent his having to appear before the ethics commission next week. No decision is available yet, but the judge did ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Exempting Special Developer Board Members from City Ethics Code in Dallas
... council will be considering an amendment to the city's ethics code , which would exclude municipal management district (MMD) board members from the ethics code (it has already been approved by the council's economic development ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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One Commissioner, Two Conflicts, and No Ethics Program in Moore County, NC
... politically intertwined which, along with the lack of an ethics program, has prevented the responsible handling of the conflicts. ... commissioner recusing himself. The County Attorney as Ethics Adviser and Ethics Code Drafter It also doesn't help that the only ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments