Could this DOJ press release announcing increased training for prosecutors be related to the Stevens case? Attorney General Eric Holder today announced comprehensive steps to enhance the Justice Department’s compliance with rules that require the government to turn over certain types of evidence to the defense in criminal cases.
Day: April 14, 2009
The Executive Branch on Ethics: 404 Page Not Found?
As of this writing, the White House’s “ethics” page lists one Executive Order dating to January 21, 2009. A careful student of executive branch ethics would have to visit about ten websites, at least, across a few government agencies, for all of the relevant pronouncements on the topic.
Office of Congressional Ethics Profile
CQ Politics Online profiles the Office of Congressional Ethics in this article. The House established the office in part to bring more transparency and independence to the ethics process, which had been the sole domain of the House Committee of Standards of Official Conduct, the formal name of the ethics committee.