{"id":345,"date":"2018-03-14T01:25:54","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T01:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/colorado\/work\/open-and-accountable-government\/"},"modified":"2024-07-31T13:52:28","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T19:52:28","slug":"open-and-accountable-government","status":"publish","type":"work","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/colorado\/work\/open-and-accountable-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Open and Accountable Government"},"template":"","class_list":["post-345","work","type-work","status-publish","hentry","work_type-campaign"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Coloradans need a strong, independent body to monitor and enforce public ethics.","featured_image":6221,"work_type":186,"related_issues":[106,419],"location":2},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":"","name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<h3>We are dedicated to making our government open and accountable.<\/h3>\r\nIn 2006, Colorado voters passed Amendment 41 which created a revolutionary new structure to enforce ethics in government. The Colorado Independent Ethics Commission was established to advance an ethical culture and increase awareness of ethical issues in state and local government by hearing ethics complaints against state and local government officials and employees, issuing ethics advice, and providing training.\r\n\r\nWhile creating the Colorado Independent Ethics Commission was an important first step, we now must work to ensure this body can properly function. As it stands now, the commission is underfunded, with only two staff and no investigators. As a result, investigating and prosecuting ethical cases falls to those who are filing the complaint which in many cases is a member of the public, with limited funding and expertise.\r\n\r\nJoin us in our fight for a strong, independent ethics commission that can hold our elected leaders accountable.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h3><strong>Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition:<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nColorado Common Cause is a founding member of the\u00a0<strong data-redactor-tag=\"strong\">Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition<\/strong>\u00a0(CFOIC). This non-partisan alliance works to ensure that all Coloradans understand and use the public\u2019s rights of access to the records and proceedings of government. Visit the CFOIC\u2019s website for tip sheets, videos and other resources to help you navigate Colorado\u2019s open meetings and open records laws (<a href=\"http:\/\/coloradofoic.org\/\">http:\/\/coloradofoic.org\/<\/a>)."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_add_component":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_take_action","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_take_action":{"heading":"Take Action","button_text":"","manually_curate":false,"action":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_banner","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_banner":{"use_donate_banner":true,"title":"Title [highlight]with highlighting[\/highlight] and additional text.","button":null,"image":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_related_articles","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_related_articles":{"heading":"Updates","button_text":"See all Related Articles","manually_curate":false,"articles":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_resources","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_resources":{"heading":"Related Resources","button_text":"See all Related Resources","manually_curate":false,"resource":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_press","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_press":{"heading":"Press","button_text":"","manually_curate":false,"press":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_events","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_events":{"heading":"Events"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_our_experts","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_our_experts":{"heading":"","manually_curate":false,"people":null}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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