The Hill reports that the Office of Congressional Ethics released a report this afternoon disclosing that it is reviewing ten cases of alleged lawmaker misconduct. As of this writing, the report does not appear to be on the Office of Congressional Ethics’ website. UPDATE: The report is available on OCE’s website here.
Day: April 15, 2009
OMB Lobbying Guidance Attacked, Disclosure Starts
OMB’s memo providing guidance to executive branch officials on communications with lobbyists is being attacked as too restrictive and potentially unconstitutional, according to this report. Meanwhile, federal agencies have begun to post the new lobbyist disclosures required by President Obama’s original memo. For example, the Transportation Department posted a March 25 memo from the Ferguson […]
PMA Group Update
The Hill reports that Rep. John Murtha has received contributions from political action committee’s of former PMA Group clients. Murtha’s campaign finance report, filed Tuesday, shows that Murtha got $5,000 from the political action committee of Advanced Acoustic Concepts Inc.; $2,400 from Terry Collins, president and chairman of Argon ST; and $1,400 from Alan J. […]