AP reports on the Florida Public Service Commission’s focus on ethics matters. The commission’s lobbyist resigned in September after disclosing he attended a party hosted by an FPL executive. Other staffers were disciplined for giving utility officials personal identification numbers, or PINs, so they could exchange smartphone text messages with employees or commissioners.
Month: November 2009
What’s next for lobbyist disclosure? Here’s one answer
The Sunlight Foundation’s Ellen Miller has written this interesting post about what might be next for lobbyist disclosure. Imagine a world where the entire influence economy in Washington were available to the public, online and in real time. The coverage of the health care debate would be far different if newspapers featured widgets on their […]
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina taking fire for healthcare mail and robocalls
The Raleigh News & Observer reports that lawmakers have written a letter to the state attorney general regarding Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina’s activities on healthcare reform. State lawmakers and attorneys are scrutinizing Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina for its attempt to influence the national health care debate through […]