{"363281":{"#nid":"363281","#data":{"type":"news","title":"State Business Transaction Disclosure Reports Due Jan. 31","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia law requires that all Institute employees disclose business transactions by themsleves or family members with the State or any State agency.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPublic officials and employees are required to disclose all business transactions occurring during the previous calendar year. Reports for 2014 transactions are due on Jan. 31.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis requirement applies to transactions by the employee or any business in which the employee, spouse, or dependent has more than a 25 percent interest. There is an exception for transactions less than $250 where the total of all transactions does not exceed $9,000 in the calendar year. \u003Cstrong\u003EIf an employee has no business transactions to report then it is not necessary for that employee to file the State Business Transaction Disclosure Report.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe report is required to be filed electronically with the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ethics.ga.gov\u0022\u003Eethics.ga.gov\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;Further information and additional explanation of the filing requirements can be found \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ethics.ga.gov\/state-business-transactions\/\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia law requires that all Institute employees disclose business transactions by themsleves or family members with the State or any State agency. Reports for 2014 transactions are due on Jan. 31.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia law requires that all Institute employees disclose business transactions by themsleves or family members with the State or any State agency. Reports for 2014 transactions are due on Jan. 31."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2015-01-12 15:14:27","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:17:50","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-01-12T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-01-12T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.ethics.ga.gov\/","title":"Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission"},{"url":"http:\/\/ethics.ga.gov\/state-business-transactions\/","title":"State Business Transaction Report"}],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"171150","name":"State Business Transaction Disclosure Reports"},{"id":"171151","name":"State of Georgia"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}