Controversy surrounds efforts in Pennsylvania’s to require lobbyist disclosure. A decade-long odyssey to put an effective lobbying disclosure law on the books continues in Pennsylvania. A state commission last week rejected a regulation saying lobbyists must file reports once they are paid for services. This is not in the public interest, the Independent Regulatory Review […]
Day: November 10, 2008
Improve Public Financing?
Improving public financing is one proposal to arise out of the 2008 presidential election. The mountain of money raised by this year’s political candidates has spurred campaign-finance watchdogs to agree on a set of principles and start lobbying to improve the public financing of presidential elections. In particular, a group of seven nonpartisan organizations wants […]
Transitions
A new administration must, before inauguration, pay attention to every legal detail regarding staffing the transition, the funding and logistics of the candidate’s move to Washington, if necessary, the inauguration, and, of course, merely settling in to run the federal government and implement policies. But wait… there’s a government website. According to this report, the […]