Late last week, the Treasury Department announced lobbying guidelines for communications regarding bailout funds, a year after the bailout package was passed by Congress.

The guidelines state that communications about Troubled Asset Relief Program funds between an outside person, registered lobbyist or not, and a Treasury Department official are not permitted once a formal application for funds has been submitted. Communications concerning logistics and communications at a "widely attended gathering" are allowed.

William Minor, a partner at DLA Piper said the guidelines appear to have been modeled on the rules the White House laid out for lobbying on the stimulus package.

The Hill reports on the guidelines also. See here.

Read the Treasury guidelines in full here.