OIG report on appearance of ethical violations at Bureau of Land Management

OIG found BLM National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS) employees were engaged in inappropriate relationships with advocacy groups (nongovernmental organizations) and possibly violated anti-lobbying statutes and policies. In particular, NLCS employees produced items like brochures and fact sheets for NGO. A pattern that the OIG says revealed that communication between NLCS and certain NGOs in these circumstances gave the appearance of federal employees being less than objective and created the potential for conflicts of interest or violations of law.

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http://www.eenews.net/public/25/12636/features/documents/2009/10/05/document_gw_01.pdf