The following article was posted on the TrumpAccountable.org website May 22, 2017:
In January, President Trump issued an executive order to prevent lobbyists from holding positions in agencies where they have actively lobbied for the interests of an industry. The executive order mirrored the Obama White House policy intent on keeping advocates for a particular industry out of the agencies responsible for enforcing budgets and writing policies. Both the Obama and Trump policies, however, allow the president to grant waivers to hire staff for positions that are particularly difficult to fill.
President Obama immediately publicized the few waivers he granted in the interest of transparency. Continue reading “Transparency and Honesty?”