55 - Responsibilities of covered agencies, state officers and employees.

§  55.  Responsibilities  of  covered  agencies,  state  officers  and  employees. 1. Every state officer or employee in a covered agency  shall  report   promptly   to  the  state  inspector  general  any  information  concerning corruption, fraud, criminal activity, conflicts  of  interest  or  abuse  by  another  state officer or employee relating to his or her  office or employment, or by a person having  business  dealings  with  a  covered  agency  relating  to those dealings. The knowing failure of any  officer or employee to so report shall be cause for removal from  office  or  employment or other appropriate penalty. Any officer or employee who  acts pursuant to this subdivision by reporting to  the  state  inspector  general   improper   governmental   action   as   defined   in   section  seventy-five-b of  the  civil  service  law  shall  not  be  subject  to  dismissal, discipline or other adverse personnel action.    2.  The  head  of  any covered agency shall advise the governor within  ninety days of the issuance of a report by the state  inspector  general  as  to  the remedial action that the agency has taken in response to any  recommendation for such action contained in such report.