Sentences with phrase «government ethics laws»

Government ethics laws are a complicated maze with unpredictable combinations.

«This appears to be a textbook violation of government ethics laws and regulations enacted to prevent the abuse of an employee's government position,» Cummings wrote.

In 2011, he toured the state pushing for tighter government ethics laws, the legalization of same - sex marriage and a cap on local property tax increases.

She successfully worked with her state's legislature to overhaul government ethics laws and to fix her state's structural budget deficit.

Not exact matches

«The Philippines has found a way to pay tribute to our president,» said Kathleen Clark, a government ethics lawyer and law professor at Washington University in St. Louis.

The Office of Government Ethics has revealed that attorneys at the White House are examining whether loans to the company owned by Jared Kushner's family violated federal ethics regulations or criminal law.

But now, according to The Journal, we learn that Flynn's work involved a meeting on September 19, 2016 with senior Turkish government officials to discuss how to remove a Turkish dissident from the United States without going through judicial or other legal processes — actions that could violate U.S. criminal laws and that certainly raise anew serious questions about Flynn's judgment and ethics.

It's not — from the people who serve in this Parliament, it's not enough to simply follow the rules or follow the ethics code or even follow the law because we have a government right now that has broken repeatedly all three of those.

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, President Trump's daughter and son - in - law, will remain the beneficiaries of a sprawling real estate and investment business still worth as much as $ 740 million, despite their new government responsibilities, according to ethics filings released by the White House Friday night.

If he's confirmed for the job, Delrahim, a former partner at the law firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, will have to work with the government's ethics watchdogs to set out a plan for when he has to recuse himself.

While employees are expected to comply with all laws, rules, regulations and government requirements in jurisdictions in which the Company does business, the general laws and ethics of Canada will govern.

That's the middle ground whether you are talking government, politics, law, ethics as a citizen, or even, dare I say it, religion.

But if the ethics, and self - control, and laws fail to an extreme degree — we are stuck with the intervention of government.

That's why we have government, laws and regulations; morality and ethics; education..

Good - government organizations are pushing the bill, too, after lawmakers and Cuomo did not agree to any ethics law changes in the state budget as initially proposed by the governor.

Republican activist E. O'Brien Murray filed an ethics complaint against US Ambassador to South Africa Patrick Gaspard, claiming Gaspard broke the federal law barring political involvement by government employees by assisting de Blasio in last year's mayoral contest.

After good - government groups criticized the ethics legislation he signed into law this week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday acknowledged more work needed to be done the issue.

«To clean up the government and restore trust we need to pass a new ethics law that mandates transparency and full disclosure,» Cuomo says.

• Transforming the ethical environment in Government: Governor Cuomo's «Clean Up Albany» agenda would institute campaign finance reforms including a system of public financing for elections, limits on contribution levels, creating an independent redistricting commission, creating independent monitoring and enforcement of ethics laws, and requiring full disclosure of outside income and clients.

Percoco is not charged with any federal crimes in connection with his use of the government offices, but the practice violates state laws and codes of conduct set up by the state ethics commission.

In light of the corruption trials of two former legislative leaders taking place this week and New York State's D - minus grade in how it handles issues of integrity from a national comparison study, New York's leading good government groups today called upon the New York State legislature and governor to complete the job of reforming our laws governing public ethics.

But public financing of elections, a system designed to take the big money out of politics, would be «key» to any ethical reforms of state government, he said Wednesday at a daylong symposium on ethics and government at Albany Law School.

In January, the governor unveiled a «comprehensive package» of ethics and good government reforms, which included appointing a chief procurement officer, expanding the Freedom of Information Law to the state legislature, and closing the «LLC loophole,» which essentially allows corporations to exceed campaign donation limits.

A government reform group is considering filing a complaint with a New York state ethics panel over a story in the New York Times that says the Assembly Speaker is under federal investigation for failing to disclose pay he received from a law firm.

During his 2018 State of the State speech on Wednesday in Albany, Governor Andrew Cuomo spent little time on government ethics reform, but did address at somewhat greater length his proposals to increase access to the ballot box and change state campaign finance law.

A government reform group is considering filing a complaint with a state ethics panel over a report in the New York Times that the Assembly Speaker is under federal investigation for failing to disclose pay he received from a law firm.

With one good - government leader calling this session Albany's «Watergate moment,» a lawmaker from the Hudson Valley has introduced an ethics reform package trying to create distance between those who seek to influence the law and those who make the laws.

A Democratic state Senate candidate is calling for changes in ethics laws to address scandals in Oyster Bay town government.

«We must prove once again that state government can be trusted, and that means passing tough new ethics laws and creating a system that deters, detects and punishes individuals who seek to abuse and corrupt,» he said last week in a

Seven of the eight candidates vying to become the next Speaker of the New York City Council convened at New York Law School on Monday night for a forum focused on government reform, running the Council, transparency, ethics, voting, and elections.

Until the laws stop selectively enforcing policy against flagrant abusers of trust, ethics, unfair civic and labor practices, and integrity from within city and state government, there will certainly be a rampant element of corruption, low morale that dishonors a tainted leadership façade, and societal decay from the top downward.

In part, the commission's case remains intact due to a change in state law six years ago that allows ethics charges against state employees for up to a year after they leave their government job.

«I'm with the hardworking taxpayers and families of Nassau County who want stronger ethics laws, and to bring real and sweeping change to their government.»

Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz seeks major changes to the county government's ethics laws.

«To clean up the government and restore trust we need to pass a new ethics law that mandates transparency and full disclosure.

That's why Paterson vetoed the quarter - of - a-loaf ethics law that the Legislature was able to dupe the so - called «good government groups» into endorsing.

Her biggest disappointment shouldn't be a surprise to those who follow state government — the failure of lawmakers and a roster of governors including Andrew Cuomo to push through really tough ethics and campaign finance law crackdowns.

A group of five government watchdog groups, within minutes of the verdict, released a laundry list of ethics, campaign finance and oversight laws that need to be strengthened in New York.

But the commission, which includes appointees of Mr. Silver, did not give its staff the authority to investigate whether the Assembly staff had violated ethics laws, a restriction government watchdog groups see as a major shortcoming of the investigation.

Mr. Feerick, who is dean of the Fordham Law School, also lobbied for an ethics law for local government officials primarily aimed at conflicts of interest in land development and governmental purchases and a separate state agency to enforce the disclosure provisions of state election lLaw School, also lobbied for an ethics law for local government officials primarily aimed at conflicts of interest in land development and governmental purchases and a separate state agency to enforce the disclosure provisions of state election llaw for local government officials primarily aimed at conflicts of interest in land development and governmental purchases and a separate state agency to enforce the disclosure provisions of state election lawlaw.

To clean up the government and restore trust with New Yorkers, we need to pass a new ethics law that mandates transparency and full disclosure as well as a law that calls for a real independent monitor.

Nassau County and its three towns say new or strengthened ethics laws will curb nepotism, but more than 100 current or former elected officeholders, high - level appointees and political club leaders — Republican and Democrat — have had at least one family member working in local government at some point since 2015.

After Libous» conviction of a single felony count of lying to the FBI about using his public post to get his son, Matthew, a job at a politically connected law firm — a decision that automatically ejected him from his Senate seat — six good government groups renewed their call for a special legislative session to address ethics reform.

Jim Gaughran, a Democratic state Senate candidate, is calling for changes in ethics laws to address scandals in Oyster Bay town government.

«We need to fix our ethics laws, to get money and corruption out of government,» he said.

Last month, they told those same pollsters that corruption remains a serious problem in Albany but new ethics laws will have no real effect on reducing corruption in state government.

New York's leading good government groups gathered at Manhattan's Foley Square Wednesday to call on the New York State legislature and the governor to take immediate action to reform public ethics laws.

The «State government's ethics laws are policed by several separate entities, each without the independence necessary to ensure that violations are fully and fairly investigated and prosecuted. . .

A crescendo of voices across the state — from good government watchdogs to lawmakers — expressed outrage and demanded stronger ethics laws and campaign finance reforms.

But other good - government types said that as an elected law enforcement official DiFiore will still be raising fund - raising dollars — a less - than - ideal arrangement for a top ethics watchdog.