Monday, July 27, 2009 11:38 AM
Eliza Newlin Carney: Rules of the Game
OMB Releases Official Stimulus Lobbying Rules
UPDATE @ 11:38 AM to add comment from Dave Wenhold, president of the American League of Lobbyists
In May, Norm Eisen, White House special counsel to the President for ethics and government reform, wrote on the White House blog that the administration would be revising its rules on lobbyist communications with executive branch officials with regard to the stimulus package.
K Street has been waiting ever since for written confirmation of those changes. Now the White House Office of Management and Budget has released the written guidance on what the revised rules now say.
The key graph from the OMB memo is here:
"The prohibition on oral communications between Federal agency officials and federally registered lobbyists regarding specific Recovery Act projects that was contained in the President's Memorandum has been clarified. That restriction applies in the context and at the stage where concerns about merit-based decision-making are greatest - the period beginning after the submission of formal applications for, and up through awards of, competitive grants or other competitive forms of Federal financial assistance under the Recovery Act. The restriction also has been expanded to cover, generally, all persons outside the Federal Government (not just federally registered lobbyists) who initiate oral communications concerning pending competitive applications under the Recovery Act."
At least one person on K Street is pleased with the final guidance: David Wenhold, president of the American League of Lobbyists:
"We appreciate the formalization of the revised policy on interactions with registered, compliant and law abiding lobbyists and feel that these changes will allow for a more constructive dialogue which in turn will provide administration personnel with information that will allow them to make the best merit based decisions possible."
He add: "We look forward to the full implementation of the revised policy and ensuring that the departments and personnel are able to meet with lobbyists as specified in the revised guidance and gather the information from the lobbyists and their clients needed to make good government decisions on stimulus funding projects."
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