WISCONSIN ETHICS: A PART TIME JOB

WISCONSIN ETHICS – A PART TIME JOB!

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By Michael Horne

You’re an honorable person, so hurry up and sign on as the State of Wisconsin’s Ethics Specialist. Our vigilant guardians of the public’s right to honest government have decided you can do the job in just 30 hours per week.

The Wisconsin Ethics Board wants somebody with “excellent communications skills and analytic ability” to join the board’s staff in Madison.

Your duties:

* Administer the Board's program for the disclosure of financial

interests by public officials;

* Assist in administering the Board's program for registration and

reporting for lobbyists and lobbying organizations;

* Communicate the Board's activities and actions to the public and

develop guidelines and other materials for dissemination to press, public and government officials;

* Work collegially to maintain and enhance the Board's databases and web site for recording and disseminating financial interest information; and

* Interpret ethics code and lobbying law for elected and appointed

government officials, lobbyists and lobby organizations.

But wait, there’s more – the starting salary can be as much as $29,750 – why, that’s equivalent to an annualized full-time salary of $39,667.

Still not convinced that this is the job for you? Think again! You’ll be eligible for a two percent raise in July, a dollar and twenty cent raise after a year and another one per cent increase in April 2007. That will bring your earnings all the way up to $32,539 – why that’s almost 75 per cent of the salary of the legislators you’ll be policing – with only a fraction of the work.

submit your resume now! Deadline is March 7^th.