Sentences with phrase «ethics agency created»

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David Grandeau, outspoken blogger and former executive director of the now - defunct Temporary Commission on Lobbying, has made no secret of his disdain for the job the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, an agency he calls «J - Joke» that was created by the 2011 ethics overhaul measure.

In 2011, Cuomo made the first of what would be several attempts to reform the state's ethics laws, ultimately brokering the agreement that would create JCOPE and a little noticed database called Project Sunlight, which allows users to view the details of meetings outside entities have with state officials from every agency in the state.

In 2011, Cuomo created the first ethics agency that oversees both the Legislature and the executive branch but is not controlled by either.

Among the ideas excluded from any final budget deal: creation of a database that the public could search for how much every recipient of economic development spending got and how many jobs they created; end the ability by limited liability companies to skirt campaign donation limits; give back certain contract pre-approval powers to the state Comptroller, the state's fiscal watchdog; strengthen the state's criminal laws to better define bribery of public officials; and create an independent watchdog agency to police ethics issues in Albany.

As a result, the 2010 ethics package undid the ethics commission created under Spitzer, breaking it up into three distinct agencies - legislative, executive, and lobbying.

It is the responsibility of AAAS, sponsoring societies, affiliated organizations, and any entity contributing to the fellow's stipend or support to avoid creating conflicts of interest or the appearance of conflicts of interest with respect to the fellows, in accordance with the hosting agency's ethics rules.

Creating designer breeds or low quality purebreds is pretty easy money when you think about the fact that there is very little expense involved since you do not have to pay big bucks or sign an extensive agreement (that of good breeders would rival any adoption agency) and there's no money invested in health testing, adhering to a code of ethics, no breed club or peers to answer to for any sort of breeding malpractices and absolutely no consequences for their actions.

As Ben Smith's teammate at XYZ Agency for the past five years, I've benefited from his creative problem - solving, tireless work ethic, and willingness to do whatever it takes to create a product that will translate the customer's vision into reality.