Georgia Ethics Commission Picks Veteran State Attorney as Chief Exec

Thursday, April 30th, 2015

The newly hired chief executive of Georgia’s ethics commission said Tuesday that he will ensure the agency is efficient, non-partisan and resistant to outside pressure.

Members of the commission voted Tuesday to hire Stefan Ritter, a senior assistant attorney general, as the agency’s new executive secretary. The commission, officially known as the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission, is tasked with enforcing campaign-finance and other ethics laws.

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