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. Time can be added at a hearing to the minimum term until the statutory maximum is reached. Board issued a Letter of Reprimand. Evidence indicated that knowing they were going to retire, they used state funds to purchase seminar materials and took them with them when they left state service. Result: Settlement approved on March 16, 2012 for a Civil penalty of $2,500 with $1,000 suspended. Violation: A Fish and Wildlife Biologist 4 may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act by using state resources for private benefit and gain. 84 0 obj <>/Encrypt 69 0 R/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[<9DC39873BCE1D94D97E8F32B41D7DE6A>]/Index[68 30]/Info 67 0 R/Length 80/Prev 170955/Root 70 0 R/Size 98/Type/XRef/W[1 2 1]>>stream Violation: The Director of the Center for Career Connections at Bellevue College, may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act by using state resources for their private benefit and gain and receiving additional compensation for conducting their official duties. Violation: A Department of Labor and Industries employee may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they sent and received over 650 personal emails, accessed at least 20 non-work-related Internet sites and generated and stored 60 personal documents. Result: Final Order approved on September 8, 2006 for a Civil penalty of $2,000. These hearings are also known as "JUVBRD" hearings and are for Juvenile Board inmates who committed crimes prior to their 18th birthday and are sentenced as adults (RCW 9.95.730 ). Result: Final Order issued on October 10, 2003 for a Civil penalty in the amount of $3,500 and an addition $1,500 for investigative costs. Result: A Final Order was issued on October 10, 2019 imposing a civil penalty of $4,000. Result: A Final Order and Judgment was entered on July 16, 2013 for a civil penalty of $3,000. Result: Settlement approved on September 14, 2001 for a Civil penalty in the amount of $200 with $100 suspended. Violation: A former Washington State University employee may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act by conducting activities incompatible with their public duties and post-state employment. Violation: A Correctional Sergeant at the Monroe Correctional Complex with the Department of Corrections, may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act by using state resources for private benefit. Violation: Former Washington State Department of Ecology employee may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they accepted a job with a private contractor. Violation: An employee of the Department of Social and Health Services violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used state resources for personal gain. Violation: An Everett Community College employee, may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act by using state resources for private business as a proctor for standardized college and professional school admissions and professional licensing tests. Result: Settlement approved on September 12, 2003 for a Civil penalty in the amount of $500. Result: An agreed Stipulation and Order was entered on September 10, 2021 imposing a civil penalty of $5,000 with $2,500 suspended. Violation: An employee with Clark College may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used state resources to promote their outside employment proctoring tests at the college as well as other personal business. Violation: A Forms and Records Analyst with the Department of Ecology may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used state resources for personal benefit. Evidence indicated that they extensively used the state vehicle for their own personal use, allowed an unauthorized driver to take the car resulting in it being impounded and used their state computer and cell phone for personal benefit. They repaid the Department for all of the hours. Violation: Former University of Washington Head Football Coach may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they accepted free transportation on a private jet for themself and their family members to attend various University and private functions. Violation: A faculty member at Grays Harbor College may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they required students to purchase a book that they co-authored with another Grays Harbor College faculty member. Result: Settlement approved on November 8, 2013 for a civil penalty of $5,000 with $2,500 suspended and an additional $5,150 in restitution to the University. Result: A Final Order of Default was entered on May 14, 2021 imposing a civil penalty of $1,000. Violation: A Sentencing Guidelines Commission employee may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used state resources to record over 3,100 personal checking and savings transactions; log details of more than 400 purchases, financing and maintenance of their vehicle; composed personal advertisements listing work phone number and composed personal letters; sent jokes to coworkers via email and accessed Internet sites relating to baseball and hunting. Result: Settlement approved on January 11, 2013 for a civil penalty of $100. WebWhen someone makes a complaint about a potential violation, they help us protect the people of Washington. They also used the state's computer system to send/receive email regarding their employment with the National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies for proctoring their tests and provided them a special privilege by allowing them to use the college's assessment center without paying a fee. During the hearing, a lawyer will be present to assist and advocate for the inmate. Violation: A Military Department employee was found to have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used their state issued cell phone for personal texting and phone calls, to download and play games and to browse the internet. 31 0 obj <>/Encrypt 16 0 R/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[<7156E66402ECCA449EF6AC9C8817A3DE>]/Index[15 36]/Info 14 0 R/Length 81/Prev 107637/Root 17 0 R/Size 51/Type/XRef/W[1 2 1]>>stream Result: An agreed Stipulation was entered on July 12, 2019 imposing a civil penalty of $5,000 with $1,500 suspended. Violation: The Shoreline Community College President may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they participated in the formation, negotiation or awarding of personal service contracts with a private consultant and subsequently awarded the private consultant a contract. Violation: A Department of Corrections employee may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act by taking personal time away from work without submitting the proper leave requests. Violation: Director of the Seattle Maritime Academy at Seattle Central College may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they allowed an employee to store and dock their personal boat on Seattle Maritime Academy property on a regular basis. Result: Settlement was approved on September 8, 2017, imposing a civil penalty of $4,500 with $2,500 suspended. Violation: A Department of Transportation employee may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act by using their agency issued cell phone and their SCAN code to make personal phone calls. Result: An agreed Stipulation and Order was entered on November 13, 2020 imposing a civil penalty of $3,500. Result: Settlement approved on January 12, 2004 for a Civil penalty in the amount of $250 with $150 suspended. Result: An agreed Stipulation and Order was entered on May 14, 2021 imposing a civil penalty of $2,000. Evidence indicated that they failed to submit leave totaling more than 271 hours. The employee reimbursed the agency for the value of the purchases at the end of the fiscal year. Result: An agreed Stipulation and Order was entered on September 10, 2021 imposing a civil penalty of $2,000 with $1,000 suspended. Violation: A former Military Department employee may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used state resources for outside employment. In addition, the vendor to make a $20,000 contribution to the employee's state agency. Violation: An employee with the Department of Natural Resources was found to have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used their state computer to purchase an item from Craigslist. 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 which were directly related to their outside employment as an art instructor. 137-80: Correctional industries and programs. 46.44 Size, Weight, Load. Result: A final order of Default was entered on September 13, 2019 imposing a civil penalty of $3,000. Result: An agreed Stipulation and Order was entered on May 13, 2022 imposing a civil penalty of $2,500. Evidence indicated that they would spend time at their place of business during times they were on duty as a police officer and used their state computer for their outside business. Violation: A former Everett Community College employee may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used state resources to send and receive personal email communications relating to an outside business and accessed the Internet on numerous occasions for purposes unrelated to official duties. Result: A final order was signed on July 3, 2014 imposing a civil penalty of $3,056. Result: A settlement agreement was approved on March 24, 2017 imposing a civil penalty of $1,500. Violation: An employee with Community Colleges of Spokane may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they hired their child for a part-time hourly job with the Human Resources Department. Evidence showed that they used their state computer for personal use on approximately 54% of workdays covered in the investigation. Violation: An Office of Minority and Women's Business Enterprises employee was found to have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used state resources (agency time, computer and email) during work hours to conduct unauthorized and non-agency related activities. Violation: An employee of The Evergreen State College may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used state resources for personal benefit. OLYMPIA State regulators have fined the Washington Department of Corrections $60,000 for failing to enforce COVID-19 protective measures at the Stafford Evidence indicated that they sent over 30 emails containing well over 500 attachments to their personal email address, many of which contained private information. Violation: Former Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission employee violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used their state provided computer to send and receive personal emails of approximately 72 hours of time within a 13-day period. Violation: An Executive Assistant with the Criminal Justice Training Center violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they took time off without submitting leave and used state resources for private benefit and gain. Result: An agreed Stipulation and Order was entered on November 13, 2020 imposing a civil penalty of $1,500 with $500 suspended. Violation: Former HCA employee sent confidential information to an unauthorized recipient on at least ten occasions and accessed a confidential DSHS computer system to obtain information regarding relatives and shared that information with others without authorization. Violation: An Employment Security Department employee may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used state time and equipment to create, forward, and print jokes, poems, chain letters, an apartment checklist, and a family member's resume. The Board also issued a Letter of Reprimand. Result: Settlement approved on July 9, 2004 for a Civil penalty in the amount of $500, including $125 in investigative costs, with $250 suspended. Result: An Order imposing Fine was issued on May 12, 2010 for a civil penalty of $250. Result: A settlement was approved on September 8, 2017 imposing a civil penalty of $2,000 with $1,000 suspended. Violation: A Social Services Specialist with the Department of Social and Health Services, may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act by using state resources for private benefit and gain and accessing confidential information for non-work-related purposes. 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