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1. Paying for a Lack of Government Transparency

   Body:  Who should pay for a lack of government transparency, the officials keeping the secrets or the citizens who ... have been dealt with over the years, moreso than with ethics codes, so interpretation is not what FOI complaints are usually about. ...

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

2. A Gift Disclosure Loophole for Texas Local Government Officials

   ... the Texas gift disclosure policy, which applies to local government officials. Section 176.003(a-1) of the Local Government Code ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  ...

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

3. An EC Member Who Sues Her City Government

   ... recently about the propriety of the new chair of D.C.'s ethics commission practicing in matters that involve the city government. In that case, there was an appearance, based on the chair's ... benefits, such as contracts and grants, from the city government. They are seeking fair treatment and the correcting of mistreatment. ...

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

4. The Conflicts Behind Government Opacity

   ... when he says and does the right things when it comes to government ethics. In a memo to heads of executive departments and agencies, ...

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

5. A New Proposal for a Pennsylvania Public Integrity Commission with Jurisdiction Over Local Government Officials

   ... that would have greater powers than the current state ethics commission, and would jurisdiction over officials at all levels of government. According to the principal sponsors' press release , the ...

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

6. Local Government Regulation of Political Robocalls

   ... blog post , here is the first of two examples of local government ethics matters involving anonymity outside of an internet context. An ...

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

7. Ethics Reform Testimony in D.C. and Tallahassee

   ... be really helpful if people could find recommendations for ethics reform all in one place, but this rarely happens. Ethics task forces and ... commissions that ask for such recommendations from good government groups, officials, and academics rarely make them available to the ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment

8. Lobbying and Large Local Government Contracts

   Body:  One of the biggest problems with local government lobbyists is that they invariably have close contacts with those who ... This is a difficult but important area of local government ethics, but it is rarely discussed in the popular media, and even more ...

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

9. Ethics Racketeering?

   Body:  When the criminal justice system finds that government officials are involved in a conspiracy to pursue illegal conduct in ... environment exists at the center of ethical misconduct, but ethics programs have to be more creative in investigating and preventing it, ...

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

10. Local Government Sunshine Reform

    ... or money to hire counsel and go to the state capital. Good government groups usually give individual sunshine matters a low priority. ... whether its state's laws are sufficient (remember, like all ethics laws, they provide only minimal requirements), whether these laws are ...

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

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