9-11 COMMISSIONERS MIGHT HAVE TO
PUBLICLY DISCLOSE FINANCIAL INFORMATION
December 6, 2002
WASHINGTON - Governmental
Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., Friday
released a CRS memorandum that finds appointees to the
commission established to investigate the circumstances
surrounding the September 11 terrorist attacks might have to
publicly disclose certain financial information.
Under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, government
employees who work more than 60 days, and who are entitled to a
rate of pay above a specified level, must publicly disclose
liabilities, income, assets, positions held, and the names of
those who paid them
more
than $5,000 in the last two years, including clients who paid a
company for the employees' services.
The CRS memorandum cites precedents indicating that a
commissioner working more than 60 days in a calendar year would
fall under the requirements of this law.
In addition, Article I, Section 9, of the U.S.
Constitution prohibits any commissioner from receiving
compensation from a foreign government or a foreign
government-owned corporation.
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