Roy Barnes 2010

Standing in front of the Georgia Gold Dome today, Roy put forth a comprehensive plan to restore ethical leadership to Georgia state government.

Roy's Ethics Plan includes:

• Open government to the people by promoting access and transparency, strengthening Georgia's disclosure laws and limiting lobbyist influence.
  • Close the loophole that allows the General Assembly to be excluded from Georgia's Open Records Law
  • Mandate that all candidates for statewide office release seven years of complete income tax returns, including all schedules and addendums.
  • Eliminate lobbyist and vendor gifts.
  • Require state elected officials to adhere to election year disclosure requirements every year.
  • Strengthen transparency by requiring that state vendors who earn over $10,000 in non-salary earnings from the state register as vendor lobbyists.
  • Prohibit any executive employee from having private meetings with a state or federal elected official about his personal business
  • Reveal any contract or business arrangement with state of Georgia within 10 years
• Fight corruption and increase ethical standards by bolstering corruption laws, strengthening the authority of the State Ethics Commission and implementing ethics training for agency heads and senior staff.
  • Strengthen Georgia's anti-corruption laws to ensure that they are as strong as or stronger than the federal RICO laws.
  • Strengthen the authority of the State Ethics Commission by allowing them to initiate investigations based on reliable and publicly disseminated information.
• End conflicts of interest by requiring statewide elected officials to put their financial interests into a blind trust and holding appointed board members financially accountable.

You can download the complete plan by clicking here.