JCOPE Launches Mandatory Training for Lobbyists

The Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) has launched its online ethics training program, called Ethics for Lobbyists, as required under the Lobbying Act.

Anyone who is (or was) registered to lobby in New York since 2011 must take the course by Dec. 31^st.

Going forward, lobbyists will have to take the course every three years.

Before a lobbyist can take the program, she or he must sign up for the Statewide Learning Management System (SLMS).