Getting the Government America Deserves How Ethics Reform Can Make a Difference

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• Author(s)
  Richard W Painter
• Publisher
  Oxford University Press
• Format
  PDF
• Print ISBN
  9780195378719, 0195378717
• eText ISBN
  9780195378719, 0195378717
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  Getting the Government America Deserves analyzes government ethics law from the perspective of an academic critic and that of a lawyer who was the chief White House ethics lawyer for two and a half years. Richard Painter argues that the existing ethics regime is in need of substantial reform since federal ethics laws fail to curtail conduct that undermines the integrity of government, such as political activity by federal employees and their interaction with lobbyists and interest groups.