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  1. Top 10 Ethics Issues for 2006

    ... what we consider takes the cake for 2006 in terms of Ethics Issues covered by the media... Number Ten ' Iraq Oversight ' ... with conspiracy, bribery, embezzlement and destruction of government documents. Importantly, everyone charged has denied wrongdoing ...

    steiner - 2015-05-15 13:23 - 0 comments

  2. Maryland Prosecutor Concedes Council Members' Legislative Immunity in Non-Criminal Ethics Proceedings

    Body:  Once again, it has been proven that placing ethics in the hands of prosecutors can be damaging to the cause of government ethics. The proof this time is in the state prosecutor's opposition ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2009-05-28 11:48 - 0 comments

  3. Editorial on ethics reforms in Jacksonville, FL

    ... Council. It is designed to expand the powers of the city's Ethics Commission and to centralize the ethics office function for all of the ... and constitutional officers will be covered by the main city government’s ethics guidelines. " donmc's blog Story ...

    donmc - 2010-11-18 13:36

  4. Jacksonville Ethics Officer Budget Hearing Saturday

    ... committee will consider the budget for the city's ethics office, a big $95,000. There has been talk of using the city's budget crisis to get rid of the ethics office, but the newspapers and the city's civic organizations want to preserve the office. The city's ethics officer, who will be making a presentation, is Carla Miller, president ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2009-08-28 10:27 - 0 comments

  5. Habits of the Heart II: Civic Membership and the Common Good (Summer Reading)

    ... habits of the heart.jpg Body:  Trust in government is a requirement for participation in government, what the authors ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics 203-859-1959 Robert Wechsler's blog Story ...

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

  6. Board Members and Jobs Under the Board's Supervision

    ... Massachusetts has an interesting, but I think limited ethics provision that applies to local government board members and jobs under their board's supervision: ...

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

  7. Criminal vs. Ethics Enforcement of Lobbying Laws: A Case in Massachusetts

    ... is the office that prosecuted the case. Because the state ethics commission is not given authority to pursue allegations under the ... a personal rather than professional interest in getting government decisions made? Courts have for a long time considered ...

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

  8. How a Huge Corporation's Political Spending Can Change a City's Ethics Environment

    ... few years, one of the biggest topics in the general area of government ethics, including campaign finance, lobbying, and transparency, has been the ...

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

  9. The Pretzel Logic Required by Limiting Conflicts to Financial Interests. And the Ultimate Defense.

    ... Fair Political Practices Commission (FPCC), the state ethics body, with jurisdiction over state and local officials. And then the ... want pro- and anti-development advocates left out of local government development decisions, as long as they are not taking the positions ...

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

  10. Gov. Christie Should Not Be Selecting the State Ethics Director (Now or Ever)

    ... at Seton Hall Law School and former chair of the New Jersey Ethics Commission (2006 to 2010). She provides a short history of the selection ... If this is true, it is so outrageous and damaging to the ethics program, that the chair should resign. But that would not be enough. At ...

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

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