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TWC readopts ethics policy with new provisions addressing foreign adversaries and outside activity disclosures

5504150 · July 29, 2025
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The commission readopted its ethics policy with revisions to prohibit certain access and outside activities, add reporting mechanisms for contacts from entities on the Commerce Department’s foreign adversaries list, and include a placeholder for an AI/data-use ethics link.

The Texas Workforce Commission approved readoption of its ethics policy after staff described revisions made to comply with a gubernatorial executive order and to improve clarity.

Deborah Simpson, assistant general counsel, told commissioners the policy had been readopted previously on July 30, 2024, but the governor subsequently issued an executive order requiring changes related to foreign adversaries. Simpson said the…

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