The Washington Times reports that the Office of Government Ethics was recently consulted regarding a government employees’ ability to earn deferred compensation. President Obama’s nominee for the Treasury Department’s top legal job still can receive almost $3 million in pay over the next three years from one of the nation’s largest financial-services companies under a […]
Category: Executive Branch
Lobbyist Rules’ 60 Day Evaluation Period
White House counsel Norm Eisen reminded the audience at last week’s GSPM event that the administration’s lobbyist rules are open for a 60-day evaluation period and this Post editorial endorses a close examination of the rules. The Obama administration is also making a mistake by barring lobbyists from, well, lobbying it in some circumstances. The […]
Norm Eisen Addresses New Horizons for Reform
Special Counsel to the President Norm Eisen spoke at Friday’s Brennan Center event and The Politico covers his remarks here. Eisen, a law school classmate of Obama who volunteered for his presidential campaign, said “having witnessed the small donor revolution taking place firsthand over the past two years, I will point out that … like […]