The Securities and Exchange Commission issued a press release yesterday in a matter involving voting machine manufacturer Diebold and some former company executives. “Diebold’s financial executives borrowed from many different chapters of the deceptive accounting playbook to fraudulently boost the company’s bottom line,” said Robert Khuzami, Director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement. “When executives […]
Day: June 3, 2010
Locked, loaded, and read to lobby in Texas
Here’s an interesting story from Texas on lobbyists who prefer not to wait in long lines for entrance to the state Capitol building. Maybe it would work in DC? To avoid getting delayed behind noisy schoolkids waiting in line to pass through new metal detectors at the state Capitol, lobbyists are signing up for concealed […]
Romanoff/Sestak issues in the news
The Post reports on new developments regarding the White House’s contact with Andrew Romanoff. But Romanoff’s statement raises questions about whether the White House accurately described its conversations with him, and whether dangling three potential positions is tantamount to a job offer. The Denver Post first reported last September about a possible job offer to Romanoff […]