A memorandum from Greg Craig to the President-elect describing various contacts between the transition and Gov. Blagojevich or his chief of staff is online. The memorandum provides no transcript or affidavit for statements by the President-elect, Rahm Emanuel, Valerie Jarrett, David Axelrod, and Dr. Eric Whitaker.
Category: Executive Branch
“Change.gov” Controversy
The General Services Administration approved Change.gov as the domain name of the Obama-Biden transition despite questions about its compliance with existing standards in such matters and fears that the domain name was “political.” Guidelines for .gov domains are here.
Safavian Found Guilty
A jury returned a guilty verdict in the trial of David Safavian. The AP has a list of some of the individuals convicted in the Abramoff scandal in the article, “People Convicted in Lobbying Scandal.”