In 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed Executive Order 10930,
the first step in a long series of efforts to regulate the ethical
behavior of executive branch officials. A few years later Lyndon B.
Johnson required all senior officials to report assets and sources
of non-government income to the Civil Service Commission. The
reaction to Watergate opened the floodgates to more laws and rules:
the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, subsequent expansions of that
act in the 1980s and 1990s, and sweeping executive orders by
Presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton. The consequence of
these aggressive efforts to scandal proof the federal government is
a heavy accumulation of law and regulation administered by agencies
employing hundreds of people and spending millions of dollars every
year. Ethics regulation has been one of the steady growth sectors
in the federal government for decades. This book explores the
process that led to the current state of ethics regulation in the
federal executive branch. It assesses whether efforts to scandal
proof the federal government have been successful, what they have
cost, and whether reforms should be considered. The book's
chapters: describe the radical differences between the public
service environment of yesteryear and today& iexcl;&
brvbar;s heavy regulatory atmosphere provide an overview of
government corruption and integrity in America through 1960
describe the evolution of the regulatory process and political
factors that have led to its current incarnation assess the
substance of existing ethics regulations as well as the size, cost,
and complexity of the enforcement infrastructure employ survey
research and other empirical data from various executive branch
scandals to measure the efficacy of current ethics regulations
Informed by research of unprecedented scope and depth, Scandal
Proof provides a balanced assessment of the character and impact of
federal ethics regulatory efforts--in the process raising an
important question: Is there a better way to ensure honest
government in Washington?
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