Enforcements for Department of Natural Resources
Case | Agency | Violation/Result | Penalty Amount | Laws RCW | |
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2015-081 | Department of Natural Resources |
Violation: An Engineering Aide with the Department of Natural Resources may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used their state computer and time browsing the internet for non-work-related reasons and to manage their personal business. A review of their internet activity over a period of 50 working days revealed that 92% of their website visits were for personal use. Result: An Order of Default was entered on September 8, 2017 imposing a civil penalty of $4,000. |
$4,000 | RCW 42.52.160 | |
2014-072 | Department of Natural Resources |
Violation: An employee of the Department of Natural Resources may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act by using state resources for personal benefit when they used their state issued cell phone and computer to exchange an extensive amount of text messages and emails with a coworker. Result: Settlement approved on March 13, 2015 for a civil penalty of $1,500. |
$1,500 | RCW 42.52.160 | |
2014-071 | Department of Natural Resources |
Violation: A former employee of the Department of Natural Resources may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act by using state resources for private benefit when they used their state issued cell phone and computer to exchange an extensive amount of text messages and emails with a coworker. Result: Settlement approved on March 13, 2015 for a civil penalty of $1,750. |
$1,750 | RCW 42.52.160 | |
2014-026 | Department of Natural Resources |
Violation: A former employee of the Department of Natural Resources may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they accepted employment with Yakima Valley Orchards and Allen Brothers (YVO) where they manage several leases between the company and the Department of Natural Resources. Result: Settlement approved on September 11, 2015 for a civil penalty of $750. |
$750 | RCW 42.52.080 | |
2012-061 | Department of Natural Resources |
Violation: An employee with the Department of Natural Resources was found to have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used their state computer to purchase an item from Craigslist. Result: Settlement approved on January 11, 2013 for a civil penalty of $100. |
$100 | RCW 42.52.160 | |
2010-068 | Department of Natural Resources |
Violation: A former employee with the Department of Natural Resources may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used state resources for personal gain. Evidence indicated that they had an outside relationship with a vendor that they approved purchases from at higher prices and allowed the vendor onto state property to provide service to DNR employee personal vehicles, providing them a special privilege. Result: Settlement approved on March 14, 2014 for a civil penalty of $5,000 with $1,000 suspended. |
$5,000 | RCW 42.52.020, RCW 42.52.070, RCW 42.52.160 | |
2010-069 | Department of Natural Resources |
Violation: An employee with the Department of Natural Resources may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they provided themselves a special privilege and improper use of state resources when they purchased shop supplies from a vendor not contracted with the state, when they received discounts from that vendor on personal purchases, for doing business with a non-contracted vendor whose account manager was a family member and for using shop supplies and facility to complete work on personal vehicles. Result: Settlement approved on July 16, 2013 for a civil penalty of $7,000. |
$7,000 | RCW 42.52.020, RCW 42.52.030, RCW 42.52.070, RCW 42.52.160 | |
2010-067 | Department of Natural Resources |
Violation: An employee with the Department of Natural Resources may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they provided themselves a special privilege and improper use of state resources when they granted themselves and others when they established a personal business relationship with a vendor. Result: Final Order issued on June 14, 2014 for a civil penalty of $1,000. |
$1,000 | RCW 42.52.070, RCW 42.52.160 | |
2006-035 | Department of Natural Resources |
Violation: A Department of Natural Resources employee may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used state resources for personal matters. Result: Settlement approved on May 14, 2010 for a Civil penalty of $50. |
$50 | RCW 42.52.160 | |
1999-041 | Department of Natural Resources |
Violation: A Department of Natural Resources employee may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used a state vehicle to commute to and from their home and the work site. They also used agency staff and a state vehicle to transport waste wood from the work site to their home for the benefit of several charities and directed a crew supervisor to have a ten-person inmate crew build a horse trail on private property for the benefit of the private owner. Result: Settlement approved on January 11, 2001 for a Civil penalty in the amount of $1,000 with $600 suspended and an additional $1,000 restitution to the agency. |
$1,000 | RCW 42.52.070, RCW 42.52.160 | |
1996-016 | Department of Natural Resources |
Violation: A former Department of Natural Resources employee may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they sold private timber to a company that the employee also supervised or administered contracts with and on behalf of the Department of Natural Resources. Result: Settlement approved on August 13, 1997 . Board issued a Letter of Reprimand. |
Letter of Reprimand | RCW 42.52.020 |