ethics
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In today's Federal Newscast, the Office of Special Counsel found that FCC Commissioner Michael O'Reilly violated the Hatch Act stumping for conservative candidates during a speech.
May 02, 2018 -
Federal employees are entitled to First Amendment rights, but the Office of Special Counsel says some rules apply during elections.
May 01, 2018 -
The Government Accountability Office's chief scientist, Timothy Persons, says testing AI's risks in a controlled environment is crucial to implementation at federal agencies.
April 05, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a new inspector general report finds a chief counsel in Veterans Affairs' Office of General Counsel hatched a scheme to get his wife a job in one of the teams he managed.
April 02, 2018 -
Dr. Pat Harned, head of DC's Ethics and Compliance Initiative, spoke to What's Working in Washington about how ethics is a proactive process, not just a reactive one. As it turns out, businesses that foster ethical environments with clear core values run into moral quandaries far less than those that don't.
March 16, 2018 -
Two executives of the Federal Communications Commission are coming under fire for alleged ethics violations.
March 01, 2018 -
If you're looking for total vindication or a "smoking gun" of how the Trump administration acted during the presidential transition, it's not here.
October 11, 2017 -
What role does the Defense Industry Initiative play in promoting ethical business practices for defense contractors? Find out when the Boeing Company's Ellen Martin and Tom McDaniel with the Harris Corporation join host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf. August 1, 2017
July 30, 2017 -
Walter Shaub made a lot of noise when he quit as director of the Office of Government Ethics. This came after a loud and long-running feud with the Trump administration. For analysis, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turns to Scott Amey, general counsel at the Project on Government Oversight.
July 21, 2017 -
The U.S. State Department has removed its promotional posting about President Donald Trump's Florida resort, after a storm of ethics criticism
April 24, 2017 -
Environmental Protection Agency ethics officials are reminding employees of the ethical guidelines they must follow if they're speaking or acting in their capacity as an EPA employee. These ethics rules haven't changed in the new administration, the EPA Office of General Counsel said.
February 08, 2017 -
The government's top ethics official says President Trump still hasn't provided sufficient documentation of his plan to divest his business holdings.
January 24, 2017 -
Walter Shaub, the director of the Office of Government Ethics, wrote to Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, calling for transparency and public education to the ensure citizens know how his agency oversees and guards against executive branch ethics issues.
January 18, 2017 -
Some critics worry about potential conflicts of interest between a Trump administration and the Trump Organization. Scott Amey, general counsel at the Project on Government Oversight, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin what ethics rules require of any elected official.
December 12, 2016 -
The Office of Government Ethics is proposing an update to its executive branch ethics program that would reflect more than three decades of development.
July 01, 2016