The Office of State Ethics last week issued a press release announcing its audit report on the completion of the annual statements of financial disclosure by the state’s public officials and top employees. The agency began auditing these SFIs last year so this was the first time that the annual report was able to compare results. On the lobbyist side of the regulated community, the OSE produced a similar review at the end of 2009 after conducting 80 random audits over a three year period.
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Office of State Ethics Issues Audit Report on Statements of Financial Interest - Lobbyist Compliance Deserves Credit Too
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010OSE News – Lobbyist online face book?
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010The Office of State Ethics held its End of the Session Wrap-Up today at the state capitol and, although it was sparsely attended, some interesting information was discussed by the Executive Director and staff of the agency that regulates lobbyists in Connecticut, including the development of a lobbyist face book and the enforcement of monthly client lobbyist financial reporting.
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Friday, March 26th, 2010Yesterday’s meeting of the Office of State Ethics Citizen’s Advisory Board saw the nomination and approval of a new Chair, the approval of an ethics policy for Board members, the postponement of the agency’s grassroots legislation and more….
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Friday, November 20th, 2009I attended the Biennial Ethics Conference yesterday at the Legislative Office Building hosted by the General Assembly, the Office of State Ethics and the CT Humanities Council. The guest speakers were both previous NCSL leaders and past legislators, Peggy Kerns and John Adams Hurson.
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