EthicsEXECUTIVE ORDERBy the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in the interest of reducing payment errors and eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse in Federal programs, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. When the Federal Government makes payments to individuals and [...]
The Administration announced a new Visitor Access Record disclosure policy today, the most transparent in history. In addition, the White House settled four visitor access cases with Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics (CREW), including those dating from the Bush administration (read the transmittal letter here).
According to Melanie Sloan of CREW, “The Obama administration will have the most open White [...]
The NY Sun reports “Mr. Obama’s “Plan to Restore Trust in Government” calls for mandatory registration of lobbyists seeking presidential pardons and requires disclosure of all donations to presidential libraries.”
His proposals would expand disclosure rules, create a lobbyist database, and create a separate entity to enforce lobbying laws and ethics rules.
“When I am president, we [...]