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1. Quebec Report Recommends Ethics Codes for All Local Governments; North Carolina Might Soon Be Requiring Codes, Too

   ... that the province's municipalities should all have a code of ethics (only about 10% do now), that the largest cities and the counties should ... is not alone. Last week, a House bill requiring local government codes of ethics received initial approval by the North Carolina ...

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

2. In Dependence: Ethics Directors, Their Commissions and Politicians

   Body:  One of the big stories in government ethics this week involves an attempt in Tennessee to consolidate the state ethics and campaign finance commissions, which on its face sounds like a good ...

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

3. Problems with Luzerne County's New Ethics Program

   ... I have written three blog posts criticizing the ethics program created by Luzerne County, PA in response to one of the ... It's important to go back one step and acknowledge that government officials should have no role on a commission that has jurisdiction ...

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

4. The Need for Ethics Oversight of COGs

   ... or commissions, but whatever names they have, these local government associations are often left outside of both local and state government ethics programs. And yet, as the term "joint powers authorities" implies, they ...

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

5. Ethics training research example: Sioux Falls, SD

   ... Body:  I am conducting a national research study on government ethics programs with a focus on training. This research is being done in ...

   cmiller - 2010-05-29 13:17 - 1 comment

6. Allegations Based on Unenforceably Vague Standards

   ... in the Washington Post last week describes an operatic ethics matter, with several twists and complications, with dramatic cries of ... hired her business partner as the general counsel of her government office, "without posting/advertising the position or interviewing ...

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

7. Non-Substantive Considerations for Dismissing Ethics Complaints

   ... Why is it so hard for officials, personally or in drafting ethics codes, to let an ethics commission do its work, dismissing complaints that lack validity (i.e., ...

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

8. The Broward League of Cities' Poor Ethics Recommendations

   ... It's fascinating how different issues are important to local government officials in difference places at different times. I couldn't say that officials will always dig in their heels and fight this ethics provision, or that another ethics provision never raises an eyebrow. ...

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

9. The Conditions for Ethics Reform

   ... only in the first of these three groups. With respect to ethics reform, the same is true in the United States. It is not enough for ... reform (either because their hand is forced or because good government issues are important to the leadership), the city or town attorney ...

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

10. The Supreme Court Is to Consider How Honest Services Fraud Jives with Ethics Laws

    ... Two, it raises a federalism issue: should the federal government be determining what ethics rules are appropriate for state and local officials? And three, it ...

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

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