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Contents 1 Introduction 2 Economic Stimulus 2.1 Stimulus Legislation and Regulations 2.2 Stimulus Lobbying Disclosure Rules Commentary 3 Financial Bailout 3.1 TARP Legislation and Regulations 3.2 TARP Lobbying Disclosure Rules Commentary 4 Lobbying Generally 5 Related White House Blogposts 6 Stimulus and Bailout Web Projects

Introduction

This page discusses both the stimulus lobbying rules and the TARP lobbying rules, and provides links to the primary regulatory documents.

ProPublica tracks and links to agencies' ARRA lobbying disclosure pages:

http://www.propublica.org/special/whos-lobbying-who-on-the-stimulus-515

Economic Stimulus

Stimulus Legislation and Regulations

• "Updated Guidance Regarding Communications with Registered Lobbyists About Recovery Act Funds" M-09-24 (July 24, 2009): http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/asset.aspx?AssetId=1527

• "Interim Guidance Regarding Communications With Registered Lobbyists About Recovery Act Funds" M-09-16 (April 7, 2009): http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/asset.aspx?AssetId=1078

• "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009": http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.uscongress/legislation.111hr1

Stimulus Lobbying Disclosure Rules Commentary

• "Stimulus Lobbying Rules, Take Two" (July 27, 2009): http://blog.sunlightfoundation.com/2009/07/27/stimulus-lobbying-rules-take-two/
  

• "Obama's Stimulus Lobbying Rules: The Movie" (May 12, 2009): http://blog.sunlightfoundation.com/2009/05/12/obamas-stimulus-lobbying-rules-the-movie/
  

• "A Stimulus Lobbying Loophole?" (May 8, 2009): http://blog.sunlightfoundation.com/2009/05/08/a-stimulus-lobbying-loophole/

Financial Bailout

TARP Legislation and Regulations

• Treasury "Financial Stability" website with Lobbying Contact Reports: http://www.financialstability.gov/latest/reportsanddocs.html

• Treasury Regulation "Communications With Registered Lobbyists And Other Persons About Emergency Economic Stabilization Act Funds": http://www.financialstability.gov/docs/Lobbying-Guidelines.pdf

• Press Release "Treasury Secretary Opens Term Opens With New Rules To Bolster Transparency, Limit Lobbyist Influence in Federal investment Decisions" (January 27, 2009): http://www.treasury.gov/press/releases/tg02.htm

• "Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008": http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-110publ343/content-detail.html

TARP Lobbying Disclosure Rules Commentary

• "Where are the TARP lobbying contact disclosures?" (December 3, 2009): http://www.theopenhouseproject.com/2009/12/03/where-are-the-tarp-lobbying-contact-disclosures/

• "Movement on Building an Online TARP Database" (December 2, 2009): http://www.theopenhouseproject.com/2009/12/02/movement-on-building-an-online-tarp-database/

• "Executive Branch Lobbying Disclosure Rules Presentation" (October 22, 2009): http://blog.sunlightfoundation.com/2009/10/22/presentation-executive-branch-lobbying-disclosure-rules/
  

• "TARP Lobbying Disclosure: What a difference a day makes" (October 15, 2009): http://blog.sunlightfoundation.com/2009/10/15/tarp-lobbying-disclosure-what-a-difference-a-day-makes/

• "The TARP Lobbying Rules: What They Say And What They Mean For Transparency" (October 15, 2009): http://blog.sunlightfoundation.com/2009/10/15/tarp-lobbying-rules/

• "Treasury Releases TARP Lobbying Rules" (September 11, 2009): http://blog.sunlightfoundation.com/2009/09/11/treasury-releases-tarp-lobbying-rules/

• "Are the Inspector General’s Financial Bailout Recommendations Out of Date?" (August 20, 2009): http://blog.sunlightfoundation.com/2009/08/20/financial-bailout-ig-recs/
  

Lobbying Generally

• "A Closer Look at CRS’s Recent Report “Lobbying and the Executive Branch” (December 4, 2009): http://blog.sunlightfoundation.com/2009/12/04/a-closer-look-at-crss-recent-report-lobbying-and-the-executive-branch/

• "A Vision of Real Time Lobbying Disclosure" (April 7, 2009): http://blog.sunlightfoundation.com/2009/04/07/a-vision-of-real-time-lobbying-disclosure/

• CRS Report: "Lobbying the Executive Branch: Current Practices and Options for Change" R40947: http://opencrs.com/document/R40947/"

Related White House Blogposts

• "How We Have "Already Changed" Washington" by Norm Eisen (December 4, 2009): http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2009/12/04/how-we-have-already-changed-washington
• "A Washington that is More Reflective of All of America" by Norm Eisen (November 9, 2009): http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2009/11/09/a-washington-that-is-more-reflective-of-all-of-america
• "Update on Recovery Act Lobbying Rules: New Limits on Special Interest Influence" by Norm Eisen (May 29, 200): http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Update-on-Recovery-Act-Lobbying-Rules-New-Limits-on-Special-Interest-Influence/
• "An Update on Waivers" by Norm Eisen (September 4, 2009): http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/An-Update-on-Waivers
• "Update on Lobbyist Contacts Regarding the Recovery Act" by Norm Eisen (April 27, 2009): http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/09/04/26/Update-on-Lobbyist-Contacts-Regarding-the-Recovery-Act

Stimulus and Bailout Web Projects

Crib from here: http://wiki.sunlightlabs.com/index.php/Stimulus_and_bailout_web_projects