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Ethics and Local Political Party Officers
... One group of individuals with a great deal of power in local government is not covered by local ethics codes or the other aspects of local ethics programs. That group consists ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Issues Arising from Auctioning Official's Purchase of Property at Foreclosure
... handled by the sheriff's office. The Application of Ethics Laws to Foreclosure Purchases The first issue involves the ... into a contract with their agency or with any part of their government. But they do not deal with other sorts of transactions, especially ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Furloughed Employees Are Still Subject to Ethics Laws
... the Washington Post this week , the federal Office of Government Ethics has reminded agencies to tell their furloughed employees that "they ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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RI Legislature Schemes to Ensure Its Continuing Immunity to Ethics Jurisdiction
... and long to effectively preserve their immunity from state ethics commission jurisdiction. However, with pressure on them to recommend to ... amendment that will ensure that even the state's good government organizations would oppose it (and that few ordinary citizens would ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Questioning the Assumption of An Official's Sole Responsibility for Ethics Violations
Body: It is assumed in government ethics enforcement that an official who mishandles a conflict situation is ... words, the assumption is that no matter how poor the local government ethics program, it is the official who is solely at fault. Not ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Ethics Provisions in Luzerne County Draft Charter
... Body: I learned recently that the Luzerne County (PA) ethics pledge movement, which I wrote about in May and September ... article's title implies, the ethics code will go well beyond government ethics to include personal conduct, as well as "discrimination, ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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When Voting Is Damaging, No Matter What the Ethics Code Says
... Lorain's council members are covered by the state ethics law . That law does not include the term "financial interest," nor does ... Ethics Codes Ethics Officers Local Government Attorneys Pay-to-Play States and Municipal Ethics ...
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The Problems with an Executive's Ethics Commission
Body: The big news in the government ethics world today is the investigative piece in the New York Times ... Commission he created to investigate corruption in the state government and to recommend reforms to prevent such corruption (see my blog ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Independent Agencies Without Ethics Oversight Can Mean Disaster
... to do with the fact that the boards were controlled by government employee unions? Back in 2008, I wrote a blog post which dealt ... people to sit on a pension board because, as in Detroit, ethics commissions often have no jurisdiction over pension boards, or the ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Too Conflicted to Sit on an Ethics Commission
... be heartening to announce that the head of an important good government organization has been appointed to the North Carolina Ethics Commission. But sadly, it is not. Francis X. De Luca is the ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
