{"id":1942,"date":"2024-12-19T05:00:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T10:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/rhode-island\/?post_type=press&#038;p=1942"},"modified":"2024-12-18T16:58:26","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T21:58:26","slug":"common-cause-rhode-island-files-complaint-in-contract-scandal","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/rhode-island\/press\/common-cause-rhode-island-files-complaint-in-contract-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Cause Rhode Island Files Complaint in Contract Scandal"},"template":"","class_list":["post-1942","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"\u201cThe investigation into how the ILO Group was awarded a state contract exposed politics at its worst including a procurement process full of back-scratching.\"","featured_image":"","press_type":146,"authors":"","related_issues":[105,426,84],"related_work":[189],"location":42},"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 style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Complaint follows investigation into governor awarding<\/span><\/i><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> contract to<\/span><\/i><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> ILO Group<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">Today Common Cause Rhode Island<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/rhode-island\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-12-18-Lobbying-Complaint.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> filed a complaint<\/a> with the Public Information Office of Secretary of State Gregg Amore asking that office to investigate, and seek sanctions against<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Michael Magee, the former CEO of Chiefs for Change, for failing to register as a lobbyist in the state of Rhode Island. This complaint grew out of a Common Cause Rhode Island review of documents released by Attorney General Peter Neronha and the Rhode Island State Police at the conclusion of their investigations into the awarding of a state contract to the ILO Group, LLC.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">Common Cause Rhode Island also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/rhode-island\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-12-18-Ethics-Commission-Rule-Making-Petition.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sent a letter<\/a> to the Rhode Island Ethics Commission asking them to place stricter limits on gifts to public officials from lobbyists, require additional disclosure of gifts given to public officials, and to conduct a review of the state\u2019s ethics laws as they apply to procurement. Finally, Common Cause Rhode Island announces its intention to introduce legislation in the upcoming General Assembly session to strengthen the limits on in-kind contributions to candidates.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cThe investigation into how the ILO Group was awarded a state contract exposed politics at its worst including a procurement process full of back-scratching,\u201d says <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">John Marion, Executive Director of Common Cause Rhode Islan<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">d. \u201cWe are disappointed that the state\u2019s public integrity laws did not protect against the unethical behavior revealed in the ILO Group investigations. While ultimately few may be held accountable, Rhode Islanders deserve to know this behavior won\u2019t be repeated. That is why we are seeking these changes to our ethics and campaign finance laws.\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">To view the complaint<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> with Secretary of State Gregg Amore<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/rhode-island\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-12-18-Lobbying-Complaint.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a>.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">To view the letter to the Rhode Island Ethics Commission, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/rhode-island\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-12-18-Ethics-Commission-Rule-Making-Petition.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a>.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_add_component":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_work","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_work":{"heading":"Work","manually_curate":false,"work":null}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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