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1. Local Government Legal Defense Funds

   ... to accept large gifts from those doing business with a local government, but I referred, tangentially, to only one local government ... Jim Hahn used a legal defense fund to pay off a $53,522 city ethics fine for improper fund-raising in the 2001 campaign "with contributions ...

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

2. The Value of Jurisdiction Over Contractors in Projects Paid For with Local Government Funds

   Body:  An important issue in local government ethics is how far jurisdiction should go. Recently, I did a blog entry on jurisdiction over those doing government-approved work. An article in today's New York Times raises ...

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

3. Independent Non-Sitting Ethics Panels in Georgia

   Body:  I'm a big supporter of making ethics commissions independent of those over whom they have jurisdiction. ... whose qualifications need not include any knowledge of government ethics. In Forsyth County, a panel is also created to respond to a ... on an ethics panel to lawyers ensures a legal rather than government ethics approach to ethics advice and enforcement. There is no reason ...

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

4. The First Government Ethics App Is Here!

   ... Body:  It's here at last:  the first government ethics app (at least that I know of). According to a Capitol Alert post on ...

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

5. Telling Local Government Officials About Honest Services Fraud

   Body:  One argument rarely made for effective government ethics programs is that they will prevent government officials from being ...

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

6. The Launching of a Collaborative Government Ethics Website

   ... finance world, should consider emulating. Local and state ethics commissions, legislative bodies, government attorneys, and good government groups have nowhere to turn for ...

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

7. Local Government Ethics Audioconference

   ... is holding a 90-minute audioconference on local government ethics on January 29. I do not know the details of the program, and I am not ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2008-12-31 10:25 - 0 comments

8. A Critique of a New Industry-Local Government Ethics Code in New York

   ... Attorney General, Andrew Cuomo, issued a Wind Industry Ethics Code to deal with these problems. Hats off to Cuomo for the idea, ... This creates problems not too much unlike most local government ethics codes, which let contractors off without any obligations. If ...

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

9. Post-Employment Government Contracts

   ... prohibits — for a period of a year or two after leaving government service — a former official from getting a job with or ... them. Such a provision is not an essential part of an ethics code, but it does recognize the important fact that competitive bidding ...

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

10. Fall Reading: Out of Character

    ... I don't talk much in this blog or in my book Local Government Ethics Programs about character. However, there is another approach ...

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

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