Evidence indicated that on 204 of 221 days reviewed, the employee arrived late for work and failed to submit leave for 17 days not at work. Violation: A former employee with the Washington Military Department's Emergency Management Department may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used state resources for personal gain. Violation: A Department of Corrections employee may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used their position to secure special privileges and exemptions by using inmates and facilities to perform work in support of a non-profit entity of which they were the director. Evidence indicated that they had been using three separate University computers to conduct their outside business and to store personal songs, videos, photos and apps. Violation: A Washington State Attorney General's Office employee violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used state property under their official control for their private benefit to pursue a private legal matter. They may have also violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they sent a demand payment letter to the private contractor and signed the letter using their official state title. Violation: A Department of Corrections employee may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used state resources for personal gain. Result: Settlement approved on November 8, 2013 for a civil penalty of $1,500 with $800 suspended. In addition, they used state resources in support of a non-profit organization. Result: An agreed Stipulation was entered on July 12, 2019 imposing a civil penalty of $5,000 with $1,500 suspended. Result: Settlement approved on October 13, 1998*. Result: Settlement approved on September 12, 2008 for a Civil penalty of $750. Result: Settlement approved on October 11, 2002, for a Civil penalty in the amount of $5,000. Evidence indicated that they suggested the agency adopt a family for the holidays but following the collection of money and gifts and delivery to the family in need, agency staff found out that the family was the manager's immediate family. Evidence indicated that they had been receiving additional compensation to conduct contract work that was part of her administrative duties. Violation: A former Medical Assistance Specialist with the Health Care Authority, may have violated several sections of the Ethics in Public Service Act by accessing confidential information within the HCA information systems for personal use and using state resources, computer, printer and time for their personal benefit. Result: A settlement was approved on November 18, 2016 imposing a civil penalty of $1,000 with $500 suspended. Result: Settlement approved on September 12, 2003 for a Civil penalty in the amount of $500. Result: Settlement approved on February 13, 2004 for a Civil penalty in the amount of $750 with $250 suspended and an additional $500 in investigative costs . Violation: A former Pollution Liability Insurance Agency Director may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used and allowed employees to use state vehicles for personal commuting, used state resources for personal use, accepted a gift from a vendor while negotiating a contract and maintained a personal relationship with an employee with whom they supervised and had a financial interest with. Violation: Trooper with the Washington State Patrol, may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act by using state resources to participate in a political advertisement in opposition to Washington State Initiative I-976. Violation: A University of Washington Assistant Dean may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used a state computer to support a private nonprofit business, without receiving prior agency approval. Result: An agreed Stipulation and Order was entered on January 8, 2021 imposing a civil penalty of $2,500 with $500 suspended. The email was sent in response to a private citizen and copied 16 other government officials and members of the State Legislature. Violation: A former Financial Services Specialist 5 with the Department of Social and Health Services may have violated the Ethics Act when they attended college during state time and by failing to submit leave. Violation: An employee of the Department of Social and Health Services may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used their state issued computer to visit sites on the internet and sent/received emails directly related to their outside business as a musician in a local band. Result: A settlement was approved on September 8, 2017 imposing a civil penalty of $6,000 with $1,000 suspended. Violation: An employee of the Department of Social and Health Services may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act by using state internet access for their personal benefit. Violation: A former Department of Retirement Systems employee may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used personal information about state employees gained through their employment to solicit business for themself. 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. Violation: A former Department of Social and Health Services employee may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act by using state resources in support of their outside business. Result: A final order of Default was entered on September 13, 2019 imposing a civil penalty of $3,000. Violation: An Employment Security Department employee may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they accessed over 1,400 adult advertisements with images from the Internet and stored them on their state computer. Violation: A former Shoreline Community College Associate Dean for Business Administration may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used state resources to download and store 71,715 adult-oriented graphics and movies and sent emails searching for summer employment as an attorney. Violation: An employee with the Department of Corrections was found to have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used state resources to promote and support an outside non-profit organization. Violation: An Assistant Fire Chief with the Department of Social and Health Services Special Commitment Center may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used state resources for personal gain and for using their position to secure a special privilege. The Washington State Department of Corrections acknowledges that its facilities, offices and operations are on the ancestral lands and customary territories of Indigenous Peoples, Tribes and Nations. The Board has jurisdiction over statewide elected officials and state employees in the executive branch; including boards and commissions and institutions of higher education. Result: Settlement approved on June 13, 2008 for a Civil penalty of $500 with $250 suspended. Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) Child Protective Services, DOC 280.500 Records Management of Official Offender Files, DOC 280.530 Supervision Files for Community Offenders, DOC 300.380 Classification and Custody Facility Plan Review, DOC 320.160 Tolling of Supervision in the Community, DOC 320.400 Risk and Needs Assessment Process, DOC 350.380 Discharge, Termination, and Closure of Supervision, DOC 380.200 Community Supervision of Offenders, DOC 380.370 Sexually Violent Predator/Less Restrictive Alternative, DOC 380.600 In-State Transfers for Community Offenders, DOC 380.650 Travel for Community Offenders, DOC 460.130 Response to Violations and New Criminal Activity. Evidence also showed that attachments to personal emails included court and immigration documents which contained confidential information for non-state employees. Evidence indicated that they failed to submit leave for at least 53 hours during a 12-month review period. Violation: A former employee of Bates Technical College may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they hired their spouse to teach classes at Bates and, in turn, their spouse hired them to teach classes at Pierce College. Result: An agreed Stipulation and Order was entered on March 14, 2022 imposing a civil penalty of $3,500. WebThe New York State Board of Parole is the sole entity with discretionary authority to grant release to eligible individuals incarcerated with DOCCS. Result: A settlement agreement was approved on March 24, 2017 imposing a civil penalty of $250. Result: Settlement approved on September 17, 2010, 2010 for a Civil penalty of $6,500. Violation: An Administrative Assistant for the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act by giving themselves a special privilege in the form of a hotel room upgrade. Violation: Chief Administration and Human Resource Officer with Community Colleges of Spokane may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act by hiring their son for a part-time hourly job within the Human Resources Department. Violation: A Department of Social and Health Services employee may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they sent or received 41 personal emails during a 90-day period. Get updates. Now Hiring Nursing Staff Violation: A former WorkFirst Program Specialist at the Yakima Community Service Office with the Department of Social and Health Services violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they approved Additional Requirements of Emergent Need payments to clients who did not meet the requirements. Result: Settlement approved on July 9, 2010 for a Civil penalty of $500 with $250 suspended. Result: Settlement approved on January 10, 2014 of a Letter of Instruction. Violation: An employee with Central Washington University may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act by using state resources to support a political candidate for Superior Court Judge. Violation: A Department of Social and Health Services employee may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used state resources for personal gain. Violation: An Evergreen State College employee may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used state resources to write and send a four-page open letter to more than 600 individuals and local businesses soliciting donations for a student defense fund. Result: Settlement approved on March 16, 2012 issuing a Letter of Instruction in lieu of a monetary fine. Evidence also indicated that two checks to the Beef Commission were forged and deposited into a personal bank account. Violation: Former Local Government Liaison for the Division of Child Support at the Department of Social and Health Services, may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act by participating in a contract with an entity as a state employee and then leaving state employment to work under that same contract. The department may hold offender Result: Settlement approved on September 12, 2003 for a Civil penalty in the amount of $2,500 with $1,000 suspended and an additional $463.68 restitution employing agency. [FR Doc. Violation: A former Department of Social and Health Services employee at Western State Hospital may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used state resources for personal business gain by sending and receiving non-work-related emails, visiting non-work-related websites, and using state resources for their outside real estate business. 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