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Center for the Advancement of Public Integrity (Inactive)

2016

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Profile In Public Integrity: Drew Sullivan, Center For The Advancement Of Public Integrity Jan 2016

Profile In Public Integrity: Drew Sullivan, Center For The Advancement Of Public Integrity

Center for the Advancement of Public Integrity (Inactive)

Drew Sullivan is currently an advising editor at the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Program (OCCRP) in Sarajevo, which he co-founded in 2006. Previously, he founded the Center for Investigative Reporting in Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Journalism Development Network. He has received many honors for his investigative reporting on issues of transnational crime and corruption, including the Global Shining Light Award and the Online Journalism Award.

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Profile In Public Integrity: Jane Feldman, Center For The Advancement Of Public Integrity Jan 2016

Profile In Public Integrity: Jane Feldman, Center For The Advancement Of Public Integrity

Center for the Advancement of Public Integrity (Inactive)

Jane Feldman was recently appointed as the first executive director of the New York Assembly’s new Office of Ethics and Compliance. She previously served as the first executive director of the Colorado Independent Ethics Commission. After leaving the State of Colorado, Feldman opened Rocky Mountain Ethics Consulting, which worked with local governments to foster ethical organizational cultures. Previously, she co-founded Great Education Colorado and Colorado Protectors of Public Schools, bi-partisan organizations which advocated for increased funding of public schools. Feldman began her career as an assistant district attorney in the New York County District Attorney’s Office. She also served as …

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Profile In Public Integrity: Matthew Boxer, Center For The Advancement Of Public Integrity Jan 2016

Profile In Public Integrity: Matthew Boxer, Center For The Advancement Of Public Integrity

Center for the Advancement of Public Integrity (Inactive)

Matthew Boxer currently chairs the Corporate Investigations and Integrity practice group at Lowenstein Sandler, LLP. Previously, Boxer served six years as New Jersey’s first independent State Comptroller. In that role, he was responsible for auditing government finances, examining the efficiency of government programs, investigating misconduct by government officers, scrutinizing the legality of government contracts and recovering improperly expended Medicaid funds. Under Boxer’s leadership, the office uncovered hundreds of millions of dollars in waste and fraud.

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Fighting "Small Town" Corruption: How To Obtain Accountability, Oversight, And Transparency, Center For The Advancement Of Public Integrity Jan 2016

Fighting "Small Town" Corruption: How To Obtain Accountability, Oversight, And Transparency, Center For The Advancement Of Public Integrity

Center for the Advancement of Public Integrity (Inactive)

Small municipalities have been the subject of numerous corruption scandals. Bell, California and Crystal City, Texas are just two of many small cities to have made their way into the national spotlight after suffering at the hands of seriously corrupt leadership.1 While news headlines often focus on issues of corruption within state or federal governments, the effects of corruption within local municipalities is equally problematic. First, there are many thousands of small cities and towns in the United States, depending on one’s definition. And these governments receive and spend billions of dollars in public funds. For obvious reasons, however, small …

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