The Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552 as amended by Public Law No. 110-175, 121 Stat. 2524 (2007).
On September 30, 2009 the League and Partners thanked Senator Patrick Leahy for his "tireless commitment to protecting and advancing government transparency through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)." Read the text of the letter here.
On June 10, 2009 the National Archives announced "the appointment of Miriam Nisbet as the director of the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) within the National Archives and Records Administration. OGIS, an organization newly established under the OPEN Government Act of 2007, will provide policy guidance and mediation services for FOIA activities government-wide." Read the press release here.
Ethics Ordinance
Sec. 2-103. Council ethics.
(a) Members of the Council shall refrain from:
(1) Making use of special knowledge or information obtained from their position before that knowledge or information is made available to the general public;
(2) Making decisions involving business associates, customers, clients, friends, and competitors
(3) Using their influence as Council members in attempts to secure contracts, zoning, or other favorable municipal action for friends, customers, clients, immediate family members, or business associates;
(4) Actions benefiting special interest groups at the expense of the City;
(5) Appointments of business associates, clients, or employees to appointive boards and commissions;
(6) Repeated and continued violations of Council rules.
(b) Members of the Council shall:
(1) Conduct themselves so as to bring credit upon the City, setting an example of good, ethical conduct for all citizens of the community;
(2) Comply with all lawful actions, directives and orders of duly constituted municipal officers as such may be issued in the normal and lawful discharge of their duties; and
(3) Insuring within their power, the equal and impartial enforcement of all laws, without respect to race, creed, color, sex, or the economic or social position of individual citizens.
Charter Language -- Ehtics
(Ord. No. 0-7475-35)
Section 4. Officer or employees to have no interest in any City contract.
No officer or employee of the City, elective or appointive, shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract or job for work or for material, or supplies, or the profits thereof, or any purchase made for or sales made by, to or with the City, or own stock in any corporation, having any contract or subcontract, for doing any contract, job or work, and all such contracts with such City officers or employees shall be void, and the violation of this clause shall be deemed a sufficient cause for the removal from office or employment, of such officer or employee. For purposes of this section, the phrase "interested, directly or indirectly" shall also apply to a spouse, and shall embrace any ownership interest greater than five per cent (5%).
City of Norman Ethics Policy for City Council, Boards, Commissions, and Committees of the City of Norman adopted April 14, 2009.
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