Ethics

PAR Says Fortify Financial Oversight

October 5, 2005 | by MCloutet | Commentaries, Ethics

Immediately deploying the resources of the offices of the Legislative Auditor, Inspector General, State Treasurer and Department of Revenue to coordinate and monitor federal disaster assistance to Louisiana was an appropriate response to meet the state’s emergency financial oversight needs. But, a more comprehensive oversight plan with independent components and additional contracting restrictions and requirements […]

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PAR Says Keep Ban on Riverboat Campaign Contributions, Commentary, 4/30/04

April 30, 2004 | by MCloutet | Ethics, Gambling

White Paper on Governmental Ethics and Constitutional Ethics, Issue Paper #4

September 11, 2003 | by MCloutet | Constitution, Constitutional Convention, Economic Development, Elections, Ethics, Legislature, Open Meetings & Public Records, State Government

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2003 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; Legislative Auditor’s Political Activity, August 25, 2003

August 23, 2003 | by MCloutet | Ethics

PAR Lauds House Action on Bad Ethics Bill

June 20, 2003 | by MCloutet | Commentaries, Ethics

The House narrowly voted down Senate Bill 1032 that threatened to carve out a major exception in the Ethics Code by weakening the code’s safeguards against conflict of interest in land use decisions. The bill was originally drafted to allow public officials in small communities to make applications for zoning or subdivisions without running afoul […]

Tags: 2003