Audit: Oregon should boost ethics officials’ independence, anti-corruption measures OregonLive.com 5/5/2021 Hillary Borrud, oregonlive.com © Brooke Herbert/Brooke Herbert/The Oregonian Oregon State Senators pray before convening the swearing in of the 81st Legislative Assembly at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem, on January 11, 2021.
Oregon should change state law to allow anonymous or confidential ethics complaints and make the state’s ethics commission more independent, state auditors recommended in a report released Wednesday morning.
Also on auditors’ list of recommendations to strengthen anti-corruption protections: require school board members to file disclosures of their financial interests, require public employees to demonstrate understanding of state ethics laws and allow ethics investigators more time to conduct inquiries.
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