Nevada placed 8th in nationwide report for public sector ethics rule enforcement
October 4, 2019The Nevada Independent covered Nevada’s high score in C4I’s report on Enforcement of Ethics Rules by State Ethics Agencies. Read more here.
Politics is a swamp, but California and Washington get high marks for their ethics enforcers
October 4, 2019The Sacramento Bee recently covered C4I’s report on Enforcement of Ethics Rules by State Ethics Agencies, and specifically the positive performance of California and Washington in the report’s scoring. Read more here.
Which US state is least-equipped to fight corruption? Look away, Arizona and Wyoming
October 4, 2019Max de Haldevang of Quartz recently covered C4I’s report on Enforcement of Ethics Rules by State Ethics Agencies. Read more here.
Fix Virginia’s corruption problem
October 3, 2019C4I CEO Shruti Shah published an op-ed in the Washington Post discussing the dismal state of anticorruption enforcement in Virginia. Read more here.
Coalition for Integrity releases new report on U.S. states
October 3, 2019C4I’s CEO Shruti Shah and Policy Advisor Laurie Sherman wrote in the FCPA Blog about C4I’s report on Enforcment of Ethics Rules by State Ethics Agencies. Read more here.
U.S. State Ethics Agencies Must Improve Both Enforcement and Transparency
October 3, 2019C4I CEO Shruti Shah and Legal Fellow Alex Amico recently published a Guest Post in the Global Anticorruption Blog. They discuss our recent report on Enforcement of Ethics Rules by State Ethics Agencies, the current state of enforcement across the country, and what can be done to improve ethics regimes. Read more here.
Promoting and Protecting Whistleblowers:
October 2, 2019The Coalition for Integrity condemns demonization of any person who in good faith has reported fraud, waste, abuse of office or ethics violations in the manner proscribed by the relevant law. Read our statement here.
Virginia Does Not Fare Well in SWAMP Index (WVTF)
October 23, 2018
It all started with corruption trial of former governor Bob McDonnell. Shruti Shah at the Coalition for Integrity was blogging about the trial, and she realized that state laws governing what kinds of gifts elected officials can receive were pretty thin. That gave her an idea. “I should come up with a comparative scorecard on certain ethics and transparency related legislation in the 50 states and DC,” Shah remembered. “So that really was the inspiration for what is now the SWAMP Index.” The SWAMP index gives Virginia a score of 35, which Shah points out is a failing grade. SWAMP is an acronym for States With Anti-corruption Measures for Public officials. Read More
Does Idaho need to drain the swamp? State lags in national anti-corruption ranking (McClatchy News)
October 18, 2018
Far from the reaches of Washington, D.C., there may be another swamp in need of draining: Boise. Idaho’s anti-corruption rules are the third-worst in the country, according to a new national ranking called the S.W.A.M.P. Index, giving elected officials less incentive to avoid ethical violations.
The Index is a project produced by the Coalition for Integrity, a nonpartisan advocacy group that analyzes state laws governing ethics agencies, gift giving and campaign contribution reporting. Idaho scored 16 points out of 100 in the ranking of various anti-corruption laws, placing it ahead of only Wyoming (12 points) and North Dakota (0 points). Read More
Which US state is most corruption-prone? Look away, North Dakota (Quartz)
October 11, 2018
The US public has spent the past two years riveted by high-level corruption scandals and allegations in Washington, DC. They should also be looking closer to home, according to a new report by anti-corruption NGO Coalition for Integrity. The NGO graded all 50 states plus Washington, DC, on the strength of their anti-corruption laws and regulations, and found that only sixteen got a passing grade of 60% or more. North Dakota came in last with 0% and Wyoming behind it at 12%. Read More