Update on Virginia Integrity Challenge
December 17, 2019Over the course of this year’s Virginia election, C4I launched the Virginia Integrity Challenge. The Challenge urged candidates for the General Assembly to support legislation strengthening Virginia’s ethics agencies, as well as to exercise personal transparency in their campaigns. Ultimately, twenty-five candidates, signed onto and complied with the Challenge, and eleven of those candidates won their races. Several other candidates have indicated their support for improved ethics enforcement. Eleven candidates who took the challenge won their elections. The Coalition will work with the members of the General Assembly on improved ethics oversight in Virginia in the next legislative session. Read our memo here
House of Representatives Passes Corporate Transparency Act
October 23, 2019The United States House of Representatives passed the Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 (H.R. 2513) on October 22, 2019 by a 249 to 173 vote. This bill will crack down on anonymous shell companies, help law enforcement fight money laundering, and prevent the misuse of the U.S. financial system by criminals. Beneficial ownership transparency is key to reducing the ability of kleptocrats to hide and enjoy their stolen assets. We urge the Senate to swiftly pass companion legislation. Thank you Representative Carolyn Maloney for your leadership.
Read Rep. Maloney’s press release on the bill here.
Enforcement of Ethics Rules by State Ethics Agencies: Unpacking the S.W.A.M.P. Index
October 15, 2019Now Live. Read more here and watch our video about the project here.
Virginia Integrity Challenge
October 15, 2019The Coalition for Integrity is challenging all candidates running for Virginia’s House of Delegates and the State Senate in the election on November 5 to stand for integrity and transparency in public service. So far this year, twenty-five candidates of all partisan stripes have accepted the Challenge. Ask the candidates running in your district to accept the challenge. Read more here and watch our video about the Challenge here.
2019 Integrity Awards Dinner
October 15, 2019Thank you to all our awardees, sponsors, and everyone who joined us for our 2019 Integrity Awards Dinner. Read more about the event here.
Promoting and Protecting Whistleblowers:
October 2, 2019The Coalition for Integrity condemns demonization of any person who in good faith has reported fraud, waste, abuse of office or ethics violations in the manner proscribed by the relevant law. Read our statement here.
S.W.A.M.P. Index
October 3, 2018The States With Anti-Corruption Measures for Public officials [S.W.A.M.P.] Index is a comparative scorecard which rates 50 states and the District of Columbia based on the laws and regulations governing ethics and transparency in the executive and legislative branches. Read more and see how your state stacks up here.