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Some challenges will be insurmountable, but at least Rounds is committed to government ethics program
“I was very excited to learn the White House is nominating Emory Rounds to be OGE’s next Director,” said Walter Shaub, senior director, ethics at Campaign Legal Center. “I have known him since...
Shaub: “The White House cannot continue to have one standard for the federal workforce generally and a lower standard for appointees who are close to this President.”
Today, the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) found that Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway violated the Hatch Act by using...
Campaign Legal Center (CLC) obtained a new ethics memo from the Environmental Protection Agency with additional insight on how Administrator Scott Pruitt identified what he considered to be comparable rentals.
“Putting aside the gift regulations, it is hard to understand why Pruitt thought it was...
FEC must investigate this matter so future campaigns don’t feel empowered to ignore reporting requirements necessary for transparency
In televised interviews on Fox News, Rudy Giuliani, an attorney for President Trump, asserted that Trump reimbursed Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen for the $130,000...
Campaign Legal Center collaborated with Demos on a fact sheet about President Trump's nominee to be the next Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh. The document lays out Kavanaugh's unsettling record on democracy, including his views on presidential power, money in politics and voting rights.
CLC signed onto a letter to the ethics official at the Department of Veterans Affairs, expressing concern regarding the agency's proposal to issue a blanket ethics waiver to all its employees related to for-profit education benefits provided.
CLC filed complaints urging enforcement of the Hatch Act and has called out violations in the media.
Poll after poll indicates the public’s growing distrust of American government institutions and, to a degree, democracy itself. Americans expect the people who work for them to be accountable for their actions. A strong independent ethics agency is an essential part of a government that is representative, responsive and accountable. This type of agency, referred to here as an "ethics commission," provides oversight that is critical to a functional democratic system by overseeing ethics, financial disclosure, lobbying and campaign finance laws.
The Campaign Legal Center filed a letter with the FEC providing additional evidence that private prison company GEO Group illegally contributed a total of $225,000 to the Donald Trump-affiliated super PAC Rebuilding America Now, in violation of the 75-year-old ban on government contractors making political contributions.
A coalition of watchdog groups and congressional scholars urged House and Senate leaders from both parties to strengthen ethics rules and address known weaknesses in current rules. The package of proposed reforms cover travel, conflicts of interest, campaign activities by members and staff while Congress is meeting, the revolving door and enforcement.
Walter Shaub, senior director, ethics at CLC released 13 policy recommendations to insulate ethics program from political retaliation, strengthen transparency, increase effectiveness of agency oversight capacity.