Excerpted as indicated by [...]. Date: 13 Apr 2005 20:29:17 -0000 Message-ID: <20050413202917.80697.qmail@cr.yp.to> Automatic-Legal-Notices: See http://cr.yp.to/mailcopyright.html. From: "D. J. Bernstein" To: Rpaine@ILSOS.NET Cc: Pcooper@ILSOS.NET, nmaddox@ilsos.net Subject: replacement for statement of economic interests I sent a letter dated 3 April 2005 to ``Office of the Secretary of State, Ethics Section, Index Department, 111 E. Monroe, Springfield, IL 62756'' with the following text: > Dear Sirs: > > Donna McNeely, the new University Ethics Officer at the University of > Illinois, has told you that I am required to file a Statement of > Economic Interests under 5 ILCS 420 Sec. 4a-101. > > I am writing to you to formally notify you that, in fact, I am not in > any of the categories listed in 5 ILCS 420 Sec. 4a-101, so I am not > required to file a Statement of Economic Interests. The University > Ethics Officer gave you incorrect information. > > You might ask why I do not file the Statement of Economic Interests > anyway. There are three reasons. First, signing the form would > mean---among other things---falsely asserting that my statement is > ``required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act''; this false > assertion would expose me to imprisonment and a $1000 fine. Second, it > would take a considerable amount of time for me to collect the > information demanded by the form. Third, your collection and publication > of the information would invade my privacy. (I realize that the law > requires some people to give up their privacy; but I'm not one of those > people.) > > Please send me prompt confirmation---by electronic mail to > djb@math.uic.edu, and by mail to the address below---that you will > accept this notification in lieu of the Statement of Economic Interests. > [ ... ] Did the office receive the letter? I haven't received a response. ---D. J. Bernstein, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science, University of Illinois at Chicago