San Diego Contracting Chief Under Investigation

San Diego has hired a private firm to investigate the city's contracting chief, Hildred Pepper, Jr. who joined the city in March 2008 after serving as head of contracting for the Detroit school system from 2001 to 2007.

At issue are critical audits of Pepper's performance in Detroit and some questionable transactions he may have authorized. The FBI is also conducting an investigation.

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Public officials, especially elected officials and those responsible for procurement and contracting, must be totally transparent when it comes to ethical issues. While in one sense, this is obvious, it's clear from the repeated ethical lapses we all read about, that additional discussion and training is necessary when it comes to ethics in public contracting.

That's why I've created a training class on the subject: Ethics in Public Contracting: Integrity, Transparency, and Appearances. If you're interested in learning more about this training class, please contact me.