In September, the administration asked all federal agencies to replace lobbyists serving on federal boards and advisory panels with non-lobbyists as part of the president's ongoing efforts to reduce the influence of special interests in Washington.

"While we recognize the contributions some of those who will be affected have made to these committees, it is an indisputable fact that in recent years, lobbyists for major special interests have wielded extraordinary power in Washington DC, resulting in a national agenda too often skewed in favor of the interests that can afford their services," Eisen wrote on the White House blog on Oct. 21. "It is that problem that the President has promised to change, and this is a major step in implementing that change."

When National Journal asked Eisen if there as a particular situation where a scandal or problem of undue influence by lobbyists occurred at these federal boards and advisory panels, he said no and "we wanted to keep it that way."

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