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• Use of state facilities, including the Internet, to access state benefits
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May a state employee use state provided Internet access to monitor or update account allocations in a state provided retirement benefit plan, or to update personal information regarding other state provided benefits?
Qualified Yes / See Opinion
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• Use of state resources
• Political campaigns
• Voters pamphlet statements
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May the Governor use state resources to draft a statement supporting or opposing the passage of ballot proposition that will be published in the statewide voters’ pamphlet?
Qualified Yes / See Opinion
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• Use of frequent flyer miles by state officers and employees
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1. Can a state officer or employee use frequent flyer miles earned from official state travel for personal travel?
Qualified Yes / See Opinion
2. Can a state officer or employee donate airline tickets to a state agency for official state travel by using personal frequent flyer miles?
Yes / See Opinion
3. Can a state officer or employee purchase airline tickets for official state travel using personal frequent flyer miles and then seek reimbursement of that travel payment from the state?
See Opinion
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• Selling complimentary textbooks
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May state higher education faculty sell complimentary textbooks, which were received under an exemption to the gift prohibitions?
See Opinion
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• Holding an interest in a person regulated by a citizen body whose members may be selected from identified groups or interests
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May a member of the Fish and Wildlife Commission accept a position as an “Alternate Operator” under a commercial fishing license owned by another person?
Yes / See Opinion
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• Application of the Ethics in Public Service Act’s financial interests provisions to non-federal grants
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Do the alternate conflict of interest provisions provided for higher education in the Ethics Act’s financial interests in transactions section apply to both federal and non-federal grants or contracts?
Yes / See Opinion
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