Friday night brings word that the White House has made a number of changes to rules on stimulus lobbying. First, we will expand the restriction on oral communications to cover all persons, not just federally registered lobbyists. For the first time, we will reach contacts not only by registered lobbyists but also by unregistered ones, […]
Month: May 2009
Obama Bundler to Court of Saint James’s
President Obama announced his intent to nominate one of his fundraisers and bundlers to be Ambassador to the Court of Saint James’s, according to this CNN report.
Cybersecurity, Obama for America, and the President’s Lawyer’s Website
The White House announced a cybersecurity initiative. In doing so, President Obama announced: What isn’t widely known is that during the general election hackers managed to penetrate our computer systems. To all of you who donated to our campaign, I want you to all rest assured, our fundraising website was untouched. (Laughter.) So your confidential […]