OMB’s memo providing guidance to executive branch officials on communications with lobbyists is being attacked as too restrictive and potentially unconstitutional, according to this report. Meanwhile, federal agencies have begun to post the new lobbyist disclosures required by President Obama’s original memo. For example, the Transportation Department posted a March 25 memo from the Ferguson […]
Category: Executive Branch
DOJ: More Training for Prosecutors
Could this DOJ press release announcing increased training for prosecutors be related to the Stevens case? Attorney General Eric Holder today announced comprehensive steps to enhance the Justice Department’s compliance with rules that require the government to turn over certain types of evidence to the defense in criminal cases.
The Executive Branch on Ethics: 404 Page Not Found?
As of this writing, the White House’s “ethics” page lists one Executive Order dating to January 21, 2009. A careful student of executive branch ethics would have to visit about ten websites, at least, across a few government agencies, for all of the relevant pronouncements on the topic.