ICMA Executive Director Bob O'Neill discusses his organization's guidelines to ensuring fair compensation.

What professional foul could be so bad that it warrants the same censure as illegal conduct?

A new set of ICMA guidelines advocates ethical standards for establishing and negotiating compensation.

Undoubtedly, no local government desires to be the next Bell, California; accused of paying its appointed and elected officials exorbitant salaries with zero justification.

The ICMA Code of Ethics offers guidance on questions and issues that surface around election time.

Yard signs, political action committees, candidates seeking endorsement pepper the country especially during the late-summer, early autumn.

The number one attribute we demand from our leaders and admire when we see it is honesty.