CAPI Reports and Analysis

Original research, reviews, and recommendations from CAPI staff. 

Reports:

Raising the Bar: 

Reducing Conflicts of Interest and Increasing Transparency in District Attorney Campaign Fundraising 

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Taking a Byte Out of Corruption: 

A Data Analytic Framework for Cities to Fight Fraud, Cut Costs, and Promote Integrity

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Landscape Assessment

What is the Public Integrity Community? Our assessment of the offices, practitioners, and agencies that make up the public integrity landscape in the United States.

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Rebuilding Bell, California

CAPI's review and resources for the City of Bell to improve upon its post scandal reforms. 

• Rebuilding Bell, California: Review and Recommendations for Continued Improvement of Accountability, Oversight, and Transparency - CAPI's top-down review of reforms made in Bell, California following the 2010 corruption scandal. The report examines the foundation of the scandal, reforms in accountability, oversight, and transparency, and offers recommendations for further reforms. The report provides a model for preventative anti-corruption measures in similar small cities nationwide. (February, 2015)
• City of Bell Employee Ethics Requirements (Comprehensive): A detailed review of the rules and regulations governing the conduct of employees of Bell, California. (August, 2015)
• Procurement Procedures in Bell: A summary of the proper procedures and guidelines for procurement in Bell, California. (August, 2015)
• Ethics Requirements for City Council Members: A one-stop guide for council members' ethical obligations. (August, 2015)
• Ethics Requirements for the City Manager, City Attorney, City Treasurer, Director of Finance and Employees with a Fiduciary Responsibility: A one-stop guide to the ethical obligations of Bell's top administrators. (August, 2015)
• Ethics Requirements for General Employees: A one-stop guide to proper conduct and ethics rules pertaining to general employees. (August, 2015)

Analysis and Opinions:

Rewarding Subtlety: McDonnell v. United States: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers and Daniel Richman, Paul J. Kellner Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, use their experiences as former prosecutors to anaylze the McDonnell case and its potential impact on future corruption prosecutions in a post for NYU Law's Compliance & Enforcement blog. (July 2016)

The Blagojevich Case and the Line Between Corruption and Horse-Trading: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers and Program Associate Jacob Watkins detail the importance of the verdict in former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's appeal before the Seventh Circuit in a guest post for the Global Anticorruption Blog. (August 2015)

The Little Anti-Corruption Agency that Could: Deputy Director Gabriel Kuris contributes a featured article on his research into the efficacy of Croatia's anticorruption agency for Foreign Policy Magazine's Democracy Lab. (August 2015)

Global Cities - Joining Forces Against Corruption Conference Recap: Executive Director Jennifer Rodgers and Deputy Director Gabriel Kuris cover CAPI's first Global Cities conference in a series of guest posts (Part 1 and Part 2) for the Global Anticorruption Blog. (June 2015)