The Times endorses the SEC’s proposed pay to play rules for public pension funds today. The Securities and Exchange Commission long ago barred underwriters of municipal bonds from contributing to candidates and then doing business with them. But 10 years ago, the commission balked at expanding that order to pension funds. Finally, last week the […]
Day: July 28, 2009
Sen. Dodd and the Lobbyists
The Times examines Sen. Dodd’s connections to the drug industry here. Over his decades in Congress Mr. Dodd has raised more than $550,000 from drug company representatives, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. In addition, Mr. Dodd’s wife, Jackie Clegg, was paid nearly $80,000 as a member of the board of Cardiome Pharma Corporation, […]
Governing and Social Networking
The Washington Times features an article on an interesting social networking website for government workers called GovLoop. The site was founded a year ago by Steve Ressler, 28, an information-technology specialist at the Department of Homeland Security. Already, more than 14,000 people have joined, creating nearly 500 subcommunities and more than 1,000 discussion forums. Brainstorming […]