Sentences with phrase «independent ethics oversight»

«If you've been hired because of your connection to a powerful person, you don't have to be working directly for that person to receive special treatment,» said Richard Briffault, a professor of legislation at Columbia Law School who chairs New York City's Conflicts of Interest Board, the city's independent ethics oversight panel.

Nancy Pelosi publicly said: «Republicans claim they want to «drain the swamp,» but the night before the new Congress gets sworn in, the House GOP has eliminated the only independent ethics oversight of their actions.

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«Their knowledge, oversight and commitment to good governance and sound business ethics will ensure that Glass Lewis» policies remain independent and relevant to the interests of institutional investors.»

The groups urged bans on a pay - to - play culture in Albany to limit political donations by firms seeking state contracts, closing a loophole heavily used by Cuomo and others that allow limited liability companies to skirt donation limits to politicians by private companies, creation of «truly independent» ethics oversight agencies, a public, searchable database of state economic development deals and creation of «clean contracting» systems to govern awards of state contracts.

Eliminate the stratified oversight bodies and establish a single, independent ethics commission with robust enforcement powers to investigate and prosecute violations that members of either the executive and legislative branches commit.»

Dick Dadey, executive director of the good - government group Citizens Union, said the action shows JCOPE — the first ethics watchdog to have independent oversight over the Legislature — works.