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Update on Oklahoma Ethics Commisson Funding
Body: I recently reported that the Oklahoma Ethics Commission was considering suing the legislature for more funds, on the ... House Budget and Appropriations Committee came before the Ethics Commission and essentially threatened them with a serious downside to ...
Robert Wechsler - 2008-07-12 13:37 - 0 comments
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The Lawyer Discipline System and Its Effects on Municipal Ethics
... Municipal attorneys are a keystone of municipal ethics program. In many cases, they write and interpret ethics laws, are involved in ethics training, and act as important ethical role ...
Robert Wechsler - 2007-06-25 07:01 - 0 comments
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Responding to Arguments Against Significant Restrictions on Pay-to-Play
... for a firm that represents officials and companies in government ethics matters, criticized the proposal's requirement that everyone from ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Public's Right to a Public-Interested Representative
... County (NV) district court, Carrigan v. Commission on Ethics of the State of Nevada (attached; see below), a city council member ... legislative immunity as an absolute value, in conflict with government ethics, had made this attempt, their cases might have been decided ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Managing Risk and Tracking Unethical Companies
... but also, more important, to the reputation of the local government (there are often monetary consequences, as well). Every time ... project. This is another example of why local government ethics is more a matter of acting professionally and responsibly than it is ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Why Strict Time Periods Are Problematic
Body: When there is a time period in an ethics code investigation or hearing provision, there is always the question: ... decision dated March 17 in the case of G. L. v. State Ethics Commission . My thanks to Patty Salkin's Law of the Land blog for ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Blind Spots V — Informal Norms
Body: Government ethics involves itself primarily with the formal norms set forth in ethics ... is being done. An important question is whether local government leaders consistently act as if the formal ethics program ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A Gift Exception That Undermines the Rule
... to help protect it from an investigation by the city's ethics board . This blog post will look at why there is an investigation ... business with one's agency are prohibited by the Baltimore ethics code (§6-27), but there are, of course, exceptions, including a big ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Ethics of Taxing Nonprofits' Property
... as universities, are doing fine, but contributions are down, government grants are at best stagnant, and fewer people are able to pay the ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics: ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Press: Daily Record Article - 6 December 2007
City staffers get ethics introduction From: ... met Wednesday to hear an introduction to the City’s new ethics code. The group will meet again today to further discuss specific ... to integrate the new laws into the daily workings of city government. “The first session was to put everything in perspective and ...
donmc - 2008-04-16 21:51
