Result: An agreed Stipulation and Order was entered on March 14, 2022 imposing a civil penalty in the amount of $750. Violation: The former Executive Director of the Washington State Criminial Justice Training Center may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they allowed an outside non-profit organization the use of state facilities and their staff to conduct meetings, used state resources for their outside employment, purchased wall art from their relative's business and gave free tickets (valued at $400 each) to their relative and a friend. Result: An agreed Stipulation and Order was entered on January 8, 2021 imposing a civil penalty of $3,500 with $1,000 suspended. * The Board also issued a Letter of Direction.||*Note that Case # 97-17 and 97-26 are combined. Result: A Final Order of Default was entered on March 18, 2016 imposing a penalty of $2,000. ef{YJfTo*?@qAJ0_}upv-IVWGv|26Q8Q:SEP Result: Settlement approved on March 16, 2012 for a civil penalty of $4,000 with $2,800 suspended. Violation: A faculty member may have violated the Act when they required students to purchase a textbook that they co-authored with another faculty member. Violation: A former Attendant Counselor 1 submitted 24 hours of jury duty leave and did not attend jury duty. Result: An agreed Stipulation and Order was entered on July 8, 2022 imposing a civil penalty of $2,500. Violation: A Department of Transporation employee may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used state resources to send or receive email and repeatedly visited websites unrelated to their official duties. Result: Settlement approved on March 16, 2012 for a Civil penalty of $2,500 with $1,000 suspended. Result: Settlement approved on April 10, 2009 for a Civil penalty of $250. Violation: The Lieutenant Governor may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used state resources and staff to support a non-profit organization that they established and for which they were the acting president during all relevant time periods. Violation: A former Department of Commerce, Trade and Economic Development employee may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they accepted employment with a private company in which they participated in a contract with and had a financial benefit in without regard to the two-year post-state employment restriction. 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. The employee and the Board agree that they violated the Act and agency policy when they accepted employment as a private investigator and did not obtain agency approval of this employment. 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 Result: Order and Judgment issued on May 12, 2006 for a Civil penalty in the amount of $1,000. Violation: A Department of Information Services employee may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used state resources to send or receive 803 email messages over a 32-month period that were not related to their official duties. Violation: A former Bates Technical College faculty member may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used state resources for personal gain and used their position to obtain student's personal cell phones to access and download their personal photographs onto their state computer. Violation: A Washington State University employee may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used a state-owned desktop and laptop during working and non-working hours for personal purposes in excess of 300 hours. OLYMPIA State regulators have fined the Washington Department of Corrections $60,000 for failing to enforce COVID-19 protective measures at the Stafford Result: An agreed Stipulation and Order was entered on March 12, 2021 imposing a civil penalty of $2,000 with $1,000 suspended. 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. Violation: A Department of Transportation, Washington State Ferries employee may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they approved vendor payments on a number of billings while the employee and the vendor were engaged in a business relationship. Violation: Faculty member with Edmonds Community College violated RCW 42.52.160 when they used state resources to promote and support their outside business and RCW 42.52.070 by taking advantage of their position at Edmonds to secure special privilege for themselves and their outside business. Result: Settlement approved on September 14, 2012 for a civil penalty of $1,250 with $250 suspended. App. Y~Xnb>[)Q w*gam^HJ)v_7@Yx4M:X5rL{uQ Violation: A former Department of Social and Health Services Social Service Specialist may have conducted activities incompatible with their official duties in regard to a DSHS client, that they provided a special privilege to that client and that they used state resources for the private benefit of themselves and another. Violation: A Department of Corrections employee may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used their position to influence the placement of their son within a state program. Result: Settlement approved on May 13, 2016 imposing a penalty of $6,000 with $3,000 suspended. Result: An agreed settlement was approved on July 14, 2017 imposing a civil penalty of $1,000. Result: Settlement approved on September 12, 2003 for a Civil penalty in the amount of $750 with $250 suspended. Result: Settlement approved on April 9, 2004 for a Civil penalty in the amount of $1,000. Violation: A former Western State Hospital employee may have violated the Act when they used state resources for their private benefit and gain when they frequently accessed Facebook during the workday using their state computer. Violation: An employee of the Military Department may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used state resources for personal gain. Violation: The Lieutenant Governor may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used and authorized the use of their office, directly and indirectly, for the purpose of assisting a campaign in opposition to a ballot proposition. The changes do not apply to our study population; thus, we describe DOCs policies prior to June 1, 2012. Result: A stipulated agreement was signed on November 17, 2017 imposing a civil penalty of $2,000 with $1,000 suspended. Violation: A Department of Social and Health Services employee may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used state resources to pursue personal interests. Evidence indicated that spent an excessive amount of time using two different browsers to access the internet for private benefit to include Madden Football, Fantasy Football, music and gaming sites. Evidence also showed that attachments to personal emails included court and immigration documents which contained confidential information for non-state employees. Violation: A former Employment Security Department employee may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they accepted a post-state employment position with Monster Government Solutions, LLC. 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. Violation: An employee with the Seattle Maritime Academy may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used the facility to store their personal boat and accessed the property to launch the boat. Result: An agreed Stipulation and Order was entered on September 10, 2021 imposing a civil penalty of $2,000 with $1,000 suspended. Attempting or conspiring to commit one of (2) If contraband or another violation is discovered in an Violation: A Department of Social and Health Services employee may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they sent an email to over 23,000 agency staff on their last day of employment promoting their outside business. Violation: A former Transportation Engineer used state resources for their private benefit and gain when they used a state ORCA card for their daily commute trips to and from work and for personal trips on their days off. She was also ordered to immendiately pay and outstanding $250 penalty from a previous stipulation. Result: A Final Order was issued on August 28, 2019 imposing a civil penalty of $50,712 with $45,641 suspended. Evidence indicated that they had been using their state computer to access various websites for online banking, bill paying and shopping for personal benefit. Result: Settlement approved on April 20, 2001 for a Civil penalty in the amount of $1,000 with $500 suspended. Evidence indicated that state email was being used for a March Madness sports pool. Violation: A former Health Services Consultant 2 violated the Ethics in Public Service Act by actively engaging in online gaming during scheduled work hours while teleworking from home. Violation: An employee of Washington State Ferries may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used state resources to conduct union business. Result: Settlement approved on May 9, 2003 for a Civil penalty in the amount of $750 with $250 suspended. Violation: A Department of Labor and Industries employee may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used state resources for personal use including streaming music from the internet for hours at a time. Result: Settlement approved on July 18,1997 for a Civil penalty in the amount of $3,003. Result: An agreed stipulation was approved on May 12, 2017 imposing a civil penalty of $4,000 with $1,000 suspended. Result: Settlement approved on June 13, 2008 for a Civil penalty of $750 with $250 suspended. 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. Result: Settlement approved on May 10, 2013 for a civil penalty of $1,250 with $500 suspended. Violation: A Department of Transportation employee violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used persons and state resources under their control to perform work for a private school that their child attended. Result: An agreed settlement was approved on November 18, 2016 imposing a civil penalty of $2,500 with $1,000 suspended. 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. They were also found to have engaged in outside employment which involved the use of state resources for their private benefit or gain. Result: Settlement approved on September 13, 2002 for a Civil penalty in the amount of $1,500 with $1,000 suspended. Violation: A Health IT Program/Project Manager may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used state resources to conduct their real-estate business on their state laptop and by failing to submit leave. Of that amount, $2,503 to the agency for reimbursment. RCW 9.94A Sentencing Reform Act of 1981. Result: Settlement approved on November 9, 2012 for a civil penalty of $450. Violation: A Western Washington University employee may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used their position to secure special privileges for another employee by not complying with standard recruitment practices. Conditions of supervision are very important. Result: Settlement approved on February 13, 2004 for a Civil penalty in the amount of $250 and an additional $250 for investigative costs. Result: An agreed Stipulation and Order was entered on March 14, 2022 imposing a civil penalty in the amount of $2,500 with $1,000 suspended. Result: Settlement approved on January 12, 2004 for a Civil penalty in the amount of $300 with $300 suspended. Violation: A Department of Labor and Industries employee may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they generated and stored non-work-related documents including crochet instructions, receipts, personal check register spreadsheet, personal workout spreadsheet, application and resume of a family member and personal letters. Violation: A former Administrative Manager with the Washington State University School of Music, may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act by using state resources for private benefit or gain. Result: An agreed Stipulation and Order was entered on November 12, 2021 imposing a civil penalty of $2,500. Violation: An Interviewer for the Employment Security Department may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used state resources for personal gain. Result: An agreed Stipulation and Order was entered on March 14, 2022 imposing a civil penalty of $3,500. Evidence indicated that they had been using their state computer to access Facebook in regard to their personal baking business and for other personal use. Web(1) Any of the following types of behavior may constitute a serious violation. Result: An agreed Stipulation was entered on November 8, 2019 imposing a civil penalty of $500 with $100 suspended. Result: Settlement approved on January 10, 2014 for a civil penalty of $60,000. Violation: A Department of Transportation employee may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used their state provided computer to store personal documents, to view numerous internet sites, on occasion for a minimum of two to three hours per day, to send and receive personal email and used instant messaging to communicate with multiple individuals. Violation: An Assistant Professor with Western Washington University, may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act by using state resources for private benefit and gain. Violation: Former Director of the Fears Clinic within the School of Dentistry at the University of Washington, may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act by using state resources for personal benefit and gain by using University resources to perform outside work. Result: Settlement approved on November 14, 2014 for a civil penalty of $2,500 with $1,500 suspended. Result: Settlement approved on September 13, 2013 for a civil penalty of $2,000. Result: Settlement approved on November 14, 2014 for a civil penalty of $3,000 with $1,250 suspended. Violation: An employee of the Monroe Correctional Center with the Department of Corrections may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used state resources to promote their political campaign for a Monroe City Council position. Violation: Military Department Adjutant General unintentionally and inadvertently violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they received dual compensation in excess of the 15-day limit for active duty. They received pay for approximately 73.85 hours of time that they were not at work. Violation: A Professor at Eastern Washington University may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act by using state resources to promote their CD. Violation: A Washington State Patrol Trooper may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they carried on a personal relationship with while on duty and allowed this person to accompany them in their patrol car and had sexual relations with them while on duty in WSP offices. (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 59008) Isabella Guzman, Administrator. Result: Settlement approved on March 11, 2011 for a Civil penalty of $1,000 with $500 suspended. Result: Settlement approved on November 8, 2013 for a civil penalty of $8,000. Result: An agreed Stipulation and Order was entered on January 14, 2022 imposing a civil penalty of $3,000 with $1,000 suspended. Result: Settlement approved on December 21, 1998 for investigative costs in the amount of $7,000. Forfeited eight days of state paid vacation.||*Note that Case #97-27 & 98-02 are combined. Result: Settlement approved on June 11, 1999 for a Civil penalty in the amount of $500. Evidence indicated that they downloaded and installed unauthorized software to their state laptop, accessed approximately 83,000 Craigslist resources and browsed the internet for non-work-related purposes. Violation: A former Office of the Attorney General employee may have violated the Ethics in Public Service Act when they used state resources to prepare documents for a private lawsuit. Board issued a Letter of Reprimand. Result: A Final Order of Default was entered on May 11, 2018 imposing a civil penalty of $10,000. 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