Lobbyists Removed from Advisory Panels
OPS_admin | Dec 08, 2009 | Comments 0
According to The Washington Post, the new policy may result in hundreds, or even thousands, of lobbyists being ejected from federal panels upon which they serve.
A new policy by the White House ethics counsel may have a huge impact on the way lobbyists interact with federal advisory panels.
According to The Washington Post, the new policy may result in hundreds, or even thousands, of lobbyists being ejected from federal panels upon which they serve.
Right now the federal government is riddled with paid lobbyists who serve on dozens of congressional, judiciary, and executive panels. There are perhaps 1,000 or more advisory panels, with nearly 60,000 sitting members. The new law will bar all of Washington’s 13,000 registered lobbyists from serving, or continuing to serve, on any of these panels.
In his initiative to retake the political system from the special interests, this move is perhaps the most sweeping policy to come out of the Obama White House.
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