Monthly Archives: April 2010
Norm Eisen’s Friday dump
Two blog posts on the White House ethics front today. The first notes that another set of data of White House visitor information was released today. As I noted earlier, some of the data seems to mask who visitors are … Continue reading
Texas Ethics Commission levies $100,000 fine
Just a few days ago I noted that North Carolina sought a $111,000 fine in a lobbying disclosure case. Today comes news that the Texas Ethics Commission has fined a judge $100,000 for failing to meet reporting obligations on personal … Continue reading
Palin hacker convicted
The Department of Justice announced via press release that the man who broke into Sarah Palin”s Yahoo email account was convicted. After a week-long trial, a jury found [David C.] Kernell guilty of one count of misdemeanor unauthorized access to … Continue reading
DISCLOSE Act: On the floor before July 4
The Hill reports that Sen. Reid has made a comment on when the DISCLOSE Act might come to the floor. “Leader Reid has pledged this bill will be on the floor before July 4,” Schumer said Thursday, setting a timeline … Continue reading