Ethics in Government: Office of Government Ethics : Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, Second Session, September 29 and 30, 1986, Part 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1987 - Civil service ethics |
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... going to hold them accountable. Few things in our view are more discouraging and demoralizing to honest government policies, which is the great bulk of government employees in our society, and to American taxpayers, than the spectacle ...
... going to hold them accountable. Few things in our view are more discouraging and demoralizing to honest government policies, which is the great bulk of government employees in our society, and to American taxpayers, than the spectacle ...
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... going on. And unless this office begins to play the role that the statute intended it to play, all it is going to do is to contribute to the increasing undermining of ethics standards for government officials, and the increasing sense ...
... going on. And unless this office begins to play the role that the statute intended it to play, all it is going to do is to contribute to the increasing undermining of ethics standards for government officials, and the increasing sense ...
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... going to matter, they can do whatever they want, when they sit there and watch and when they see that at the highest levels in their own agencies, there are people doing things that appear to be very wrong and that no one says anything ...
... going to matter, they can do whatever they want, when they sit there and watch and when they see that at the highest levels in their own agencies, there are people doing things that appear to be very wrong and that no one says anything ...
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... going to forego it. Mr. Sikorski. Do you have objection to being sworn? Mr. Brand. No. [Witness sworn.] TESTIMONY OF STANLEY BRAND, PARTNER, BRAND & LOWELL (FORMER GENERAL COUNSEL TO THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES) Mr. Brand ...
... going to forego it. Mr. Sikorski. Do you have objection to being sworn? Mr. Brand. No. [Witness sworn.] TESTIMONY OF STANLEY BRAND, PARTNER, BRAND & LOWELL (FORMER GENERAL COUNSEL TO THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES) Mr. Brand ...
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... going to defer to that agency, which it is supposed to supervise, that can t happen. Mr. Sikorski. You referred to two houses in your statement. What is the legal significance? Mr. Brand. When the Department of Justice, the legal ...
... going to defer to that agency, which it is supposed to supervise, that can t happen. Mr. Sikorski. You referred to two houses in your statement. What is the legal significance? Mr. Brand. When the Department of Justice, the legal ...
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Page 87 - Commission, overall direction of executive branch policies related to preventing conflicts of interest on the part of officers and employees of any executive agency, as defined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code.
Page 191 - ... in advance a written determination made by such official that the interest is not so substantial as to be deemed likely to affect the integrity of the services which the Government may expect from such officer or employee, or (2) if, by general rule or regulation published in the Federal Register, the financial interest has been exempted from the requirements of clause (1) hereof as being too remote or too inconsequential to affect the integrity of Government officers' or employees
Page 29 - ... and receives in advance a written determination made by such official that the interest is not so substantial as to be deemed likely to affect the integrity of the services which the Government may expect from...
Page 51 - This illustrates that courts must look behind names that symbolize the parties to determine whether a justiciable case or controversy is presented.
Page 185 - The statute is thus directed not only at dishonor, but also at conduct that tempts dishonor. This broad proscription embodies a recognition of the fact that an impairment of impartial judgment can occur in even the most well-meaning men when their personal economic interests are affected by the business they transact on behalf of the Government.
Page 179 - Whoever, being an officer, agent or member of, or directly or indirectly interested in the pecuniary profits or contracts of any corporation, joint-stock company, or association, or of any firm or partnership, or other business entity, is employed or acts as an officer or agent of the United States for the transaction of business...
Page 183 - Accordingly, it would not seem to override the decision in United States v. Mississippi Valley Generating Co. (364 US 520 (1961)), a case in which there was no "final conviction.
Page 203 - If two or more persons conspire either to commit any offense against the United States, or to defraud the United States in any manner or for any purpose...
Page 142 - It shall publish annually a report showing the fiscal transactions of the retirement system for the preceding school year, the amount of the accumulated cash and securities of the system, and the last balance sheet showing the financial condition of the system by means of an actuarial valuation of the assets and liabilities of the retirement system and a detailed accounting of its administrative expenses.
Page 177 - We are fully persuaded that the full success of the Tennessee Valley development project will depend more upon the ability, vision, and executive capacity of the members of the board than upon legislative provisions.