The Latest on Ethical Failures

Interested in reading the latest federal ethics horror stories? The Defense Department's Standards of Conduct Office has updated its "Encyclopedia of Ethical Failure." (I wrote about the encyclopedia earlier this year.)

You can download the new version (it's a Microsoft Word document) here, or just get the latest updates here.

Some of the new entries:

• Affair with Assistant Leads to Employee Removal
• One Happy Family Spends Time Together in Jail
• Stealing Isn’t the Only Way to Misuse a Government Issued Credit Card
• Federal Employee Stole Credit Card Numbers to Hire Prostitutes (more on that here)
• Boyfriends Can Be Very Expensive For Employees Who Steal Funds
• Law Enforcement Official Fired for Landing Government Helicopter at His Daughter’s School
• 29-Year Veteran of the VA Loses Job Over Dirty Emails
• Stopping at the Base Eatery Not an “Official Visit”

(Hat tip: IEC Journal)