Enforcement of Ethics Rules by State Ethics Agencies: Unpacking the S.W.A.M.P. Index built on the 2018 report by examining how state ethics agencies actually enforce those ethics laws that they are charged with enforcing. It also graded and ranked states based on how transparent they were with the public regarding that enforcement. Interactive report here.
Our guidance on Using Machine Learning for Anti-Corruption Risk and Compliance discusses how data analytics, machine learning can prove indispensable in combing through massive quantities of financial and non-financial data to identify potential patterns of corrupt conduct. That frontier, however, is largely unexplored and we believe guidance in this space is timely. The report is […]
The Coalition for Integrity is proud to release a report entitled Anti-Corruption Recommendations for the Administration. The report outlines both domestic and international agendas, identifies existing gaps in the law, and recommends specific actions for more effective anti-corruption enforcement. Read our report here.
Coalition for Integrity released a new report on Oversight of Infrastructure Spending which includes recommendations to prevent and detect corruption, waste, and abuse in infrastructure spending including the proposed $1 trillion surface infrastructure bill and the $3.5 trillion human infrastructure budget. Read our report here.
Oversight is Better than Hindsight: Anti-Corruption Recommendations for the CARES Act, highlights past success stories of Inspectors General, and examines what lessons can be learned from them and applied to oversight of the CARES Act. Supporting oversight of the stimulus not only ensures that money will find its way into the hands of people who […]
The 2020 States With Anti-Corruption Measures for Public Officials (S.W.A.M.P.) Index expands on our two previous reports by addressing two additional areas that are essential to promoting ethical and transparent government. The past two years demonstrated the importance that anonymous tips can play in fostering a culture of ethical compliance. This year’s report adds a question […]
In 2018, Coalition for Integrity released a report on States With Anticorruption Measures for Public Officials (SWAMP Index). This report graded and compared all fifty states and DC on their laws and regulations surrounding ethics and integrity in state government. Interactive report here.