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Office of Inspector General

Report: CSB’s Public Meeting Announcement Violated The Government in the Sunshine Act

Report #15-P-0304, September 30, 2015

What We Found

At a public meeting, CSB passed a motion to terminate five investigations on which it had already spent over $800,000 in taxpayer funds without announcing the planned motion in advance, as required by the Sunshine Act.

Report Materials​​

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