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DeKalb launches ethics hotline

By Mark Niesse
Oct 16, 2014

DeKalb County has created a confidential hotline that government employees can use to report unethical behavior.

The county sent a memo to employees Thursday that encourages them to report theft, fraud, dishonesty, financial irregularities and illegal behavior.

The hotline will be managed by a third-party provider to help ensure anonymity. All reports will be shared with the county’s auditor for review and investigation.

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Mark Niesse is an enterprise reporter and covers elections and Georgia government for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is considered an expert on elections and voting. Before joining the AJC, he worked for The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Alabama. He also reported for The Daily Report and The Santiago Times in Chile.

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