ETHICS PANEL OKS RULES FOR CITY WEB SITE.Byline: Patrick McGreevy Daily News Staff Writer Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. ethics ethics, in philosophy, the study and evaluation of human conduct in the light of moral principles. Moral principles may be viewed either as the standard of conduct that individuals have constructed for themselves or as the body of obligations and duties that a officials proposed rules Thursday to bar elected officials and city staffers from benefiting personally or politically from placing data on the city's World Wide Web site. The Ethics Commission In the United States, an Ethics Commission is a commission established by State law to discourage dishonest practices by their public employees and elected officials. Almost all American states have such a commission. received its staff recommendation and agreed to send the proposal on to the City Council for consideration and a public hearing. ``I think it is helpful. It just makes it very clear,'' said Commissioner Ed Guthman Edwin O. Guthman (born 1919) is a journalist. He was the editorial page editor for The Philadelphia Inquirer (1977-1987), the national editor for the Los Angeles Times from 1965 to 1977, a reporter for the Seattle Star (1941-1947), and a reporter for . ``We are in a new technology here.'' Commission Assistant Director LeeAnn Pelham Noun 1. Pelham - a bit with a bar mouthpiece that is designed to combine a curb and snaffle bit - piece of metal held in horse's mouth by reins and used to control the horse while riding; "the horse was not accustomed to a bit" said the purpose of the policy is to ``ensure that information provided on the city's World Wide Web site is appropriate for dissemination dissemination Medtalk The spread of a pernicious process–eg, CA, acute infection Oncology Metastasis, see there at city expense and that the site is not used for purposes inconsistent with serving the public interest.'' Pelham told the commission that there is a public value in the city operating a Web site that makes government information more accessible to the public. But as the mayor and City Council members begin putting their own informational pages on the Web site, there has been concern that the city-financed pages might be turned into campaign mailers. The proposed new rules include: The city's Web site is for official use only and ``may not be used for personal purpose, advantage or gain,'' and as such corporate and commercial logos will generally be prohibited pro·hib·it tr.v. pro·hib·it·ed, pro·hib·it·ing, pro·hib·its 1. To forbid by authority: Smoking is prohibited in most theaters. See Synonyms at forbid. 2. . No information considered confidential should be placed on the Web site. The Web site should not be used for political purposes, including statements supporting or opposing a candidate, requests for campaign funds and reference to campaign schedules or activities of candidates. ``As a publicly funded resource, no city official's Web site may be used for campaign-related purposes, and no city employee or official may use any other departmental Web site for campaign-related purposes,'' the rule states. The City Clerk's Office will provide candidate biographies and ballot information for access by voters. The rules would appoint the city's new Information Technology Agency as the entity that will advise city officials about proper uses of the city's Web site. |
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