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Tweet[IWS] INVITING a FEDERAL JUDGE? REPORT IT requirements [19 December 2006]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
NEWS RELEASE
Inviting A Federal Judge to A Seminar?
You May Have to Report It
http://www.uscourts.gov/Press_Releases/disclosurepolicy121906.html
or
http://www.uscourts.gov/Press_Releases/disclosurepolicy121906print.html
Contact:
Dick Carelli, 202-502-2600
Related Items
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
http://www.uscourts.gov/library/faq_eduproviders.pdf
Judicial Conference Policy on Judges Attendance at Privately Funded Educational Programs
http://www.uscourts.gov/Press_Releases/judbrappc906c.pdf
December 19, 2006 As of January 2, 2007, many non-government providers of educational programs attended by federal judges must publicly disclose certain information about their programs and their sources of funding.
Program providers are required to post those disclosures online if they reimburse judges' expenses or provide in-kind benefits of more than $305 in value for attending -- as speakers, panelists or students -- any program that has the education of American judges as a significant purpose.
The < http://www.uscourts.gov/Press_Releases/judbrappc906c.pdf> new policy was adopted by the < http://www.uscourts.gov/judconf.html> Judicial Conference of the United States last September to provide greater transparency, which should enhance public confidence in federal judicial ethics.
For their part, judges are barred from accepting reimbursements unless they first ascertain that a program provider has made the required disclosures. Judges also must report on their court's web site their attendance within 30 days of a covered program's conclusion.
Program providers are required to disclose:
* the name of the program's sponsor;
* the name or title of the program;
* the program's dates and location;
* the various presentation topics and the speakers expected respectively to address each topic; and
* all the program provider's sources of support, financial or otherwise.
Program providers will have to create an account via the judiciary's web site, and post all required information by completing an online form. When a federal judge reports having attended a particular program, the disclosure report will be posted on the judge's local court web site. The information will remain on that web site for three years.
Not all non-government organizations are subject to the new requirements. State, local, and subject matter bar associations, judicial associations, the National Judicial College, and the Judicial Division of the American Bar Association are exempt.
Educational program providers who have questions about the new policy can find some answers at www.uscourts.gov/library/faq_eduproviders.pdf, or can e-mail queries to disclosurepolicy@ao.uscourts.gov.
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
NEWS RELEASE
Inviting A Federal Judge to A Seminar?
You May Have to Report It
http://www.uscourts.gov/Press_Releases/disclosurepolicy121906.html
or
http://www.uscourts.gov/Press_Releases/disclosurepolicy121906print.html
Contact:
Dick Carelli, 202-502-2600
Related Items
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
http://www.uscourts.gov/library/faq_eduproviders.pdf
Judicial Conference Policy on Judges Attendance at Privately Funded Educational Programs
http://www.uscourts.gov/Press_Releases/judbrappc906c.pdf
December 19, 2006 As of January 2, 2007, many non-government providers of educational programs attended by federal judges must publicly disclose certain information about their programs and their sources of funding.
Program providers are required to post those disclosures online if they reimburse judges' expenses or provide in-kind benefits of more than $305 in value for attending -- as speakers, panelists or students -- any program that has the education of American judges as a significant purpose.
The < http://www.uscourts.gov/Press_Releases/judbrappc906c.pdf> new policy was adopted by the < http://www.uscourts.gov/judconf.html> Judicial Conference of the United States last September to provide greater transparency, which should enhance public confidence in federal judicial ethics.
For their part, judges are barred from accepting reimbursements unless they first ascertain that a program provider has made the required disclosures. Judges also must report on their court's web site their attendance within 30 days of a covered program's conclusion.
Program providers are required to disclose:
* the name of the program's sponsor;
* the name or title of the program;
* the program's dates and location;
* the various presentation topics and the speakers expected respectively to address each topic; and
* all the program provider's sources of support, financial or otherwise.
Program providers will have to create an account via the judiciary's web site, and post all required information by completing an online form. When a federal judge reports having attended a particular program, the disclosure report will be posted on the judge's local court web site. The information will remain on that web site for three years.
Not all non-government organizations are subject to the new requirements. State, local, and subject matter bar associations, judicial associations, the National Judicial College, and the Judicial Division of the American Bar Association are exempt.
Educational program providers who have questions about the new policy can find some answers at www.uscourts.gov/library/faq_eduproviders.pdf, or can e-mail queries to disclosurepolicy@ao.uscourts.gov.
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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