{"616329":{"#nid":"616329","#data":{"type":"news","title":"State Business Transactions Disclosure Reports Due Jan. 31","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia law requires that all Institute employees disclose business transactions \u0026mdash; conducted by themselves or family members \u0026mdash; with the state or any state agency.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPublic officials and employees are required to disclose all business transactions occurring during the previous calendar year. Reports for 2019 transactions are due Jan. 31.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\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, it is not necessary for that employee to file the State Business Transaction Disclosure Report.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe report is required to be filed electronically (E-File) with the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.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\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EGeorgia law requires that all Institute employees disclose business transactions \u0026mdash; conducted by themselves or family members \u0026mdash; with the state or any state agency. Reports for 2019 transactions are due Jan. 31.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia law requires that all Institute employees disclose business transactions \u2014 conducted by themselves or family members \u2014 with the state or any state agency. Reports for 2019 transactions are due Jan. 31."}],"uid":"27164","created_gmt":"2019-01-14 16:48:41","changed_gmt":"2020-01-31 14:36:15","author":"Rachael Pocklington","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-01-27T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2020-01-27T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"616012":{"id":"616012","type":"image","title":"Georgia State Capitol","body":null,"created":"1546890617","gmt_created":"2019-01-07 19:50:17","changed":"1546890617","gmt_changed":"2019-01-07 19:50:17","alt":"Georgia State Capitol. Photo courtesy of Getty Images","file":{"fid":"234481","name":"golddome.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/golddome.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/golddome.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1511101,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/golddome.jpg?itok=xtfLxmhT"}}},"media_ids":["616012"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/ethics.ga.gov\/state-business-transactions\/","title":"State Business Transactions Report"},{"url":"http:\/\/ethics.ga.gov\/","title":"Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission"}],"groups":[{"id":"64319","name":"Administration and Finance"},{"id":"64303","name":"Human Resources"},{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"},{"id":"311541","name":"Staff Council"},{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"180168","name":"state business transactions"},{"id":"1496","name":"Ethics"}],"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":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOffice of Legal Affairs\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:asklegal@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Easklegal@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nPhone:\u0026nbsp; 404-894-4812\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}