Publications

The following files are in Adobe Acrobat format.  

• County Contract Lobbyists Report (March 2019)
• Can I speak up at City Hall? Free Speech in the Public Forum, October 2018
• Compensation of Elected Officials in Miami-Dade County, January 2018
• Guidelines on Outside Employment updated May 2019
• Guidelines on the "Two-Year Rule" updated May 2018
• Report on Protocol Office Escorts of Local Elected Officials Through MIA, March 2017
• Latest version of Conflict of Interest and Code of Ethics Ordinance (January 2016)
• Ethics Commission enabling ordinance
• Honor Code implementing order 
• Public Employees & Politics: the dos and don'ts for government workers participating in campaigns. Read the memo.
• Ethics Training for Miami Beach Regulatory Employees, Final Report, February 2014
• Commission on Ethics By-Laws, amended June 2019
• Commission on Ethics Rules of Procedure, revised Feb. 2020
• Staying out of trouble during the gift-giving season. Read the rules.
• Guidelines and recommendations regarding "public benefit" clauses in certain government contracts (report regarding complimentary event tickets, approved 3/1/12).
• Addendum clarifying "official function." (3/29/12)
• Ethics at a glance -- highlights of the Conflict of Interest and Code of Ethics Ordinance in layman's terms for elected officials, public employees and advisory board members.
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