<div dir="ltr"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="690" style="width:517.5pt"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:11.25pt 7.5pt"><div style="text-align:center"><u>COELIG'S Ethics Spotlight Newsletter:</u></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="text-align:start">Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government (</span>COELIG) has asked all Ethics Officers to share a new resource. COELIG created the <i>Ethics Spotlight</i> <span style="text-align:start">communication to spread the word about the state’s ethics rules and actions of the Commission. This edition</span><span style="text-align:start"> features Commission news, updates on the upcoming training schedule, and reminders of pending deadlines.</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="text-align:start"><br></span></div><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:670px"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="border:2.25pt solid rgb(247,186,62);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;padding:0in"><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:664px;background:rgb(4,54,91)"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" valign="top" style="width:664px;padding:0in"><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:664px"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" valign="top" style="width:664px;padding:7.5pt 0in"><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:664px"><tbody><tr style="height:0.75pt"><td style="background:rgb(247,186,62);padding:0in 0in 3pt;height:0.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black"><img border="0" width="5" height="1" id="m_3865851570986625383_x0000_i1113" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" class="gmail-CToWUd" style="width: 0.052in; height: 0.0104in;"></span><u></u><u></u></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"></p><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:664px"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" valign="top" style="width:664px;padding:0in"><div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"> <u></u><u></u></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><u></u> <u></u></p><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:664px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><tbody><tr><td width="35%" valign="top" style="width:232.391px;padding:0in"><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:232.391px"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 7.5pt 0in 15pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015Po_bVIcGyAUGDHZKzCquSfdK2hd27Hw5_hUZlhJd1y1Mzs16zwQDk0Z4guniMWcmwOYOV7E_DpqU4lqomJm48Kj2ZXg-t1iLQeKUU9TTvhb0lZ1jozsAzB9kvfiZGHIyHxPQbRasvM=&c=MNV3NFq-zRjoTZu-iXzFOwlxfkcfAlDw5bLm7lBea1Q-WPgGXEHN7Q==&ch=Kdhw-DTRJ8k9xS6taTgsHNK2QBdhuR8QnOvkHdYBINfFnjzjhCc52w==" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration-line:none"><img border="0" width="188" height="116" id="m_3865851570986625383_x0000_i1112" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/cf0ccf07901/d5f712e6-e4c7-4482-af56-95f57ed7ced3.png?rdr=true" class="gmail-CToWUd" style="width: 1.9583in; height: 1.2083in;"></span></a><u></u><u></u></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td width="65%" valign="top" style="width:431.609px;padding:0in"><div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black"> </span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black"> </span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:431.609px"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:7.5pt 15pt 7.5pt 7.5pt"><p><b><span style="font-size:24pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(4,54,91);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">THE ETHICS SPOTLIGHT</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:rgb(93,93,93)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p><i><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(4,54,91)">Shining a spotlight on the state's ethics rules</span></i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:rgb(93,93,93)"><u></u><u></u></span></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