USDA Ethics vs Bidder Database

This interactive mobile app provides USDA employees – and other Federal government employees – with short easy-to-read summaries of the Federal ethics rules and the Hatch Act's limitations on political activity. This information is available, at your fingertips, in a well-organized Ethics Library. The app also includes a series of ten short videos in a comprehensive Ethics Video Library, so that employees can quickly become more aware about these important rules, anytime, whether in the office, off-site, or on official travel. The app contains a handy Resources sections for USDA employees to be able to readily contact an Ethics advisor at the USDA Office of Ethics. IMPORTANT NOTICE: Since ethics determinations are often fact-specific, employees are strongly encouraged to contact their respective agency Ethics Advisors with any ethics questions. The app is a useful tool to raise awareness, but is not a substitute for the individual advice provided by an experienced Ethics Advisor.

To assist state agencies, counties, cities, village, towns and other public entities, CBG has collected publicly available information and documents on over 9,000 businesses. Information and documents have been gathered from state and federal agencies, Wisconsin state courts, federal courts, municipal clerks and a variety of other public sources. Is a bidder properly registered with DFI to do business in the State of Wisconsin? Has the bidder been found to have violated OSHA, environmental, or employment regulations? Does the bidder have monetary judgments against them in a Wisconsin state or federal court? All this information and more is available in one convenient location with hyperlinks to downloadable public documents that have been collected by CBG. While CBG endeavors to provide reliable information and reviews all entries annually, the Bidder Database is not a substitute for your own research and due diligence. Furthermore, by giving access to the Bidder Database, CBG is not providing public entities or other users any legal advice or an opinion or a recommendation as to whether an entity listed in the bidder database is or is not “responsible” or should or should not be used, hired, contracted with or awarded work. Those are decisions that must be made by project owners in consultation with their legal counsel.