Category: Executive Branch

Bush ethics counsel endorses lobbyist ban on boards and commissions

Richard Painter endorses the Obama administration’s move to ban lobbyists on government boards and commissions in this letter to The Times.

Government employees, think twice before accepting that box of Russell Stover candies

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date December 14, 2009
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Just in time for the holiday season of giving, the Office of Government Ethics issued this annual memorandum reminding government employees and interested parties about gift and fundraising rules. Included in the memo is a poem. The holiday season – a time for good cheer! For egg nog, for parties, for friends to be near. […]

Proposal to mirror ARRA lobbying restrictions for new bills

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date December 11, 2009
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Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood proposed that the administration attempt to apply TARP ARRA lobbying rules to new legislation, according to this report. The White House has sidestepped questions about whether it wants such requirements on the next round of stimulus spending.