50 years after President Kennedy passed the Equal Pay Act, women in the United States still earn only 81 cents on the dollar compared to men. A new Bloomberg report reveals that it’s even worse on K Street; women CEOs at top lobbying groups earn $600,000 less than their male peers—68 cents to the dollar.
Lobbying activity appears to be picking up; there were 686 lobbying registrations in April 2013 alone, a rate unmatched since mid-2011 according to The Washington Post.
Based on recent events, some in K Street’s political intelligence industry fear that they may soon be required to register as lobbyists and disclose their clients. While ‘political intelligence’ operatives are in the business of information trading, they argue that the information they collect about Congress is public and available to everyone. The Washington Post [...]
Mark Zuckerberg’s nonprofit group is facing its share of scrutiny, and the big names (and deep pockets) involved are not helping it fly under the radar.
In case you missed it, Tom Edsall wrote a lengthy piece in the New York Times on the increasing volume of lobbying activities that elude – via loopholes or exemptions – the 1995 Lobbying Disclosure Act, and therefore are not required to be reported to the public.
After more than six years of fly-ins, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) has learned a thing or two about hosting a successful meeting.
First quarter lobbying revenues are in, and it is clear that K Street did not experience the rebound that experts predicted at the beginning of 2013.
A the urging of New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, a number of Fortune 500 companies have agreed to disclose their political contributions made with corporate funds to shareholders.
There are a range of reasons why people who engage in lobbying activities do not want to publicly register as lobbyists, and the Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) has a number of loopholes that enable some of these people to avoid identification.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is diving head-first into DC politics: he recently announced that he is spearheading the creation of an issue advocacy group that will focus on immigration reform.
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