Sentences with phrase «local government ethics»

Experts in local government ethics say anti-nepotism measures can work if enforced properly.

Davies was on the temporary state commission on local government ethics in the early 1990s, which proposed legislation mandating local ethics boards and dictating how they would operate.

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It also requires them not to «attempt or support the functions, programmes and activities of political, social, ethic or gender interest group in a private capacity and name or in circumstances unrelated to the discharge of the project and tasks of the Civil and Local Government Services».

Those lobbying state and local government spent a record $ 226 million in 2014 trying to influence public officials, according to an annual report released Wednesday by the state's ethics and lobbying regulations.

Cuomo's budget includes non-spending measures such as his slate of ethics reforms, allowing ride - hailing apps like Uber and Lyft to operate outside of New York City and a plan to encourage local governments sharing services to reduce property taxes.

«Closing the LLC loophole is an overdue, necessary step in strengthening ethics and curbing the negative influence of money in state and local governments.

We need to reform our state — from ethics reform in Albany to political reform and transparency at the local level so we can restore the confidence people deserve to have in their state government.

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.

The Florida Constitution Revision Commission advanced a sweeping ethics package, which includes a proposed six - year lobbying ban for former state lawmakers, agency heads and local government officials.

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 law.

«I will dedicate myself to restoring responsibility, ethics and accountability to our government and will continue to be an independent - minded candidate and honor the values of the Independence Party and the trust they have put in me to represent our local community,» Halloran said.

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.

In addition to the need for ethics reform, Hawkins will discuss Cuomo's education agenda and attacks on teachers; energy; taxes and fiscal relief for local governments; and poverty.

Bellone called for the return of the Suffolk Charter Review Board to improve reform, ethics and efficiency, following Governor Cuomo's call for local governments to share services.

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 Democratic — have had at least one family member working in local government at some point since 2015.

Among other things, the proposal calls for «wider authority» for the state ethics board to root out conflicts of interest by local government officials.

The ethics agreement will also expand disclosure requirements by political consultants who do work for elected officials as well as for clients with business before the state or local governments, and increase the number of donors to groups that perform lobbying who will be required to disclose their identities.

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Study procedures were approved by local commissions on child protection in Bucharest, the Romanian ministry of health, and later an ethics committee including appointees from government and Bucharest University academic departments.