In a little-noticed blog post published on the White House website in September, President Obama’s special counsel for ethics and government reform Norm Eisen announced that the administration no longer wanted federally-registered lobbyists appointed …
Read Original Story: Obama Pushes Lobbyists Off Federal Advisory Boards – Huffington Post (blog)
The bureaucrats may have the titles but government runs by committee. Thousands of advisory panels and commissions set up to keep government relevant and moving could change next year. The Obama administration, which has long insisted that lobbyists …
Read Original Story: Washington lobbyists booted from federal advisory panels – Norman Transcript
President Barack Obama is being accused of cutting off his nose to spite his face by moving to ban lobbyists from serving on Uncle Sam’s vast array of technical advisory committees. But there are definitely two sides to this issue. …
Read Original Story: Ban on lobbyists hurts — and helps – Paris Post Intelligencer
By W. mccahill| Posted Nov 26, 09 11:06 PM CST| Share (Newser) – An Obama administration rule taking effect over the next few months will take potentially thousands of those oh-so-evil Washington lobbyists off panels advising federal officials on …
Read Original Story: Lobbyists See Advisory Roles Clipped by New Obama Rule – Newser
Hundreds, if not thousands, of lobbyists are likely to be ejected from federal advisory panels as part of a little-noticed initiative by the Obama administration to curb K Street’s influence in Washington, according to White House …
Read Original Story: Lobbyists pushed off advisory panels – Washington Post
The Obama administration’s efforts to limit lobbyists’ influence in Washington could force thousands of them from federal advisory panels, the Washington Post is reporting. A new policy, announced quietly in the fall and now being phased in, …
Read Original Story: Ethics Policy Expected to Push Lobbyists From Advisory Panels – Politics Daily (blog)
(chattahbox)–President Obama is making good on his promise to limit the influence of corporate lobbyists on government policy. In a new anti-K street initiative, lobbyists are no longer welcome at the table of nearly a thousand federal advisory panels, …
Read Original Story: Lobbyists no Longer Welcome on Federal Advisory Panels – ChattahBox
Lobbyists have been furiously lobbying the ObamaWhite House to oppose restrictions on their ability to lobby. The kafuffle began on September 23 when special counsel to the president for ethics and government reform Norm Eisen wrote that "the White…
Read Original Story: Lobbyists Furiously Lobby White House to Preserve Lobbyist Power – ABC News
