The Office of State Ethics is located at 165 Capitol Avenue, Suite 1200, Hartford, CT. Staff is available via telephone 860-263-2400, M-F 8:30 am to 5:00 pm, or by email at ose@ct.gov.

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

2024 PRESS RELEASES

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

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