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Commission staff reports quicker case processing, staffing plans and outreach; commission debates confidentiality and referral rules
Summary
Executive Director Ross Armstrong updated the commission on staffing, case backlog improvements, legislative monitoring and outreach; commissioners discussed confidentiality rules for investigations and when suspected embezzlement or criminal conduct should be referred to law enforcement.
Executive Director Ross Armstrong reported operations updates and outreach work to the Nevada Commission on Ethics on April 10, saying the agency has reduced older investigative backlogs, planned staffing changes and is tracking several legislative proposals.
Armstrong told commissioners the office’s oldest pending investigations date to June of the prior year and that, after recent hiring and reallocation, the commission will have only five open investigations after the meeting. He said an associate counsel will be underfilled in May and an emergency appointment for a half‑time senior legal researcher (a law student) will help cover summer workloads until the new counsel is fully staffed.
Armstrong said the agency closed its budget on…
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