In Transition, Tangle of Ties to Lobbying

President-elect Barack Obama has imposed stricter conflict-of-interest restrictions on his White House transition team than any president before him. But a list of transition team members that his office made public on Friday includes a complicated tangle of ties to private influence-seekers. Full Story »

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3.8
by Fabrice Florin - Nov. 15, 2008

Informative report about members of the Obama transition team and how the new administration is living up to its commitment to prevent conflicts of interest related to prior lobbying activity from its members. The article is factual, fairly presented, though its sourcing is a bit weak, largely based on written documents recently released by the administration. I applaud the correction notice about the error in a previous version of the article, a good sign that the authors and editors are serious about transparency and accuracy.

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