The Office of the Chief Integrity Officer was established in 2008. It plays a critical role in City government. Throughout the executive and administrative branch, the office promotes:

• Honesty.
• Integrity.
• Transparency.
• Accountability.

In this role, our office:

• Ensures the City’s day-to-day operations are conducted openly, fairly, and on a level playing field.
• Creates and supports a compliance program to proactively identify and prevent wrongdoing.
• Provides individualized and confidential guidance on City ethics laws and policies, including the mayor’s executive order on gifts.
• Offers ethics education through training and communications.
• Improves the transparency of and accessibility to City information and open data.

Ethics rules may change to reflect advances in technology or best practices. Maintaining a strong culture of ethics is a bedrock of the Chief Integrity Office and the mayor’s administration. Taxpayers deserve no less.