Did you serve on the 13-member Task Force On Public Integrity that made recommendations towards the important law, An Act to Improve the Laws Relating to Ethics and Lobbying? I’m …
Continue reading “Lobbying/Campaign Finance/Ethics/Open Meeting Reform Law of 2009”
I just completed this training which is now required for all state and municipal employees. The scenarios are reasonable and even sometimes interesting, but they are also confusing because a …
The Ethics reform bill that we passed earlier this year imposes a number of new disclosure and procedural requirements.
The House voted unanimously in support of far-reaching ethics reform today. The bill included not only core ethics reforms (enhanced penalties for all forms of inappropriate gifts and self-dealing), but …
Continue reading “Final Ethics Reform Bill Passed Unanimously”
House and Senate conferees released the text of the final ethics bill that they have agreed on. The initial read from informed observers is that it is a very strong bill that more or less takes the strongest ideas from the House bill, the Senate bill and the recommendations of the Governor’s task force.
As a constituent, I appreciate the opportunity to comment here on the pending “ethics” legislation.
