California's Contract-Oriented Conflict of Interest Provision
Yesterday's blog post discussed the law giving California's Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) authority over §1090 of the state code, which deals with contract-related conflicts of interest...
View ArticleNegative Conflicts of Interest
Conflicts of interest are not always positive, any more than relationships are always positive. And conflicts are based on relationships. We tend to think of an official using his position to help a...
View ArticleColleges, Knowledge, Gifts to Officials' Relatives, and Advice Regarding Past...
A recent Miami Herald article describes a case that embodies a number of important government ethics issues, including the conflict issues that involve local schools of higher education, gifts to...
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Allegations Based on Unenforceably Vague Standards
Mike DeBonis's article in the Washington Post last week describes an operatic ethics matter, with several twists and complications, with dramatic cries of innocence mixed with scathing accusations of...
View ArticleThe Selection Process Behind Local Board Misconduct Allegations in Orange...
It all started with a private meeting among three members of the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority board, according to an article last week in the Orlando Sentinel. The subject of the informal...
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Chicago Revolving Door Scheme with Indirect Benefits
A former head of Chicago's public school system has said she will plead guilty to a scheme to take hundreds of thousands of dollars, airfare, meals, and baseball tickets in exchange for steering more...
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