Press Releases
Office of State Ethics Press Contact:
Sarah Clark
Director of Education and Communications
Phone: 860-614-2981
sarah.r.clark@ct.gov
2025 PRESS RELEASES
- December 4, 2025
Former DCJ Employee Pays $2,500 to Resolve Ethics Violation - November 27, 2025
Former Corrections Officer Pays $2,500 to Resolve Ethics Violation - November 26, 2025
Thirty Client Lobbyists Selected for 2026 Audit (Final List) - November 20, 2025
Client Lobbyists Selected for 2026 Audit - November 14, 2025
Office of State Ethics to Select Lobbyists for 2026 Audit - September 18, 2025
OSE Recognizes Retiring Board Members Mary Bigelow and Dena Castricone - August 4, 2025
Former Chief State’s Attorney Pays $7,000 to Resolve Alleged Ethics Violations - July 17, 2025
Remembering CEAB Member Dennis Riley
2024 PRESS RELEASES
- November 21, 2024
Client Lobbyists Selected for 2025 Audit - November 19, 2024
Office of State Ethics to Select Lobbyists for 2025 Audit
2023 PRESS RELEASES
- November 16, 2023
Client Lobbyists Selected for 2024 Audit - November 9, 2023
Office of State Ethics to Select Lobbyists for 2024 Audit - June 16, 2023
Former CT Port Authority Board Member pays $18,500 for Violations of the Code of Ethics for Public Officials and the Code of Ethics for Lobbyists - May 18, 2023
Office of State Ethics Orders a Second $10,000 Civil Penalty from Seabury for Violation of the Code of Ethics for Lobbyists Stemming from Lobbying before the CT Port Authority
2022 PRESS RELEASES
- November 17, 2022
Client Lobbyists Selected for 2023 Audit - November 15, 2022
Office of State Ethics to Select Lobbyists for 2023 Audit - October 24,2022
Office of State Ethics Enters into $750 Settlement with a Connecticut Port Authority Employee Who Accepted Impermissible Gifts from Authority’s Contractor and Did Not Reimburse the Contractor Within Thirty-Day Period - August 26, 2022
Office of State Ethics Enters into $1,000 Settlement with a Central Connecticut State University Faculty Member Who Entered into Contracts with the University Without Open and Public Process - July 5, 2022
Office of State Ethics Enters into $10,000 Settlement with a New York-based Company which Provided Impermissible Gifts to Employees and a Board Member of the Connecticut Port Authority - March 25, 2022Office of State Ethics Enters into $15,000 Settlement with a State Contractor Who Used Authority Provided under State Contract to Obtain Financial Gain for Itself and One of Its Employees
2021 PRESS RELEASES
- November 19, 2021
Office of State Ethics Lobbyists Selected for 2022 Audit - November 15, 2021
Office of State Ethics to Select Lobbyists for 2022 Audit - September 22, 2021
Former Capital Region Development Authority Board Members Settles Ethics Case for Violation of Revolving Door Provisions - July 20, 2021
Office of State Ethics Enters into $2,500 Settlement with Former State Contracting Standards Board Member - March 31, 2021
Office of State Ethics Recovers $20,000 Penalty Following Superior Court Action
In 2019, Former UCONN Graduate Diversity Officer Charmane Thurmand was Fined the Maximum Penalties for Ethics Code Violations - March 1, 2021
Office of State Ethics Enters into $5,000 Settlement with State Employee who Utilized State Resources on State Time for Private Business