Top health information technology firms prefer 'revolving door' lobbyists

By Josh Israel

Top health information technology firms want lobbyists with Capitol Hill or executive branch experience

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"… the lobbying services of, among others, Katie Pahner, a former legislative analyst in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Legislation. …"

Does DOJ probe mean the government is finally turning up heat on the rating agencies?

More evidence that Moody's prized profit above accuracy

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"… o Moody’s than sound ratings.“When I joined Moody’s in late 1997, an analyst’s worst fear was that we would contribute to the assignment of a rating …"

"… id Mark Froeba, former senior vice president. “When I left Moody’s, an analyst’s worst fear was that he would do something, or she, that would allow hi …"

Private interests

By Paul Radu

The privatization of Romania's oil industry has enriched the well-connected—and corrupt

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"… Ioan Talpes's main advisors, Larry Watts, a historian and security issues analyst, also became a minority shareholder in the company.According to Romanian o …"

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A penchant for secrecy

By John Dunbar

Why the FCC so determined to keep key data from the public

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"… rce for that report was Kagan World Media Inc., a private research firm.An analyst in the Media Bureau told the Center she did not know much about COALS or w …"

EPA and OMB slow toxic chemical risk studies

By The Center for Public Integrity

Changes to the risk assessment procedures have been delayed, and transparency has been swept away in the process

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"… practice “lack[s] transparency” and “limits . . . credibility.” An analyst at government watchdog OMB Watch summarized the approach as extending the …"

SMOKE2U

By Te-Ping Chen

Tobacco sales take off in cyberspace

Excerpts from this story referencing "analyst":

"… dash right now to get money into state coffers,” said Timothy Quirin, an analyst at CCH, a private research group that tracks tax laws. “States are looki …"

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Recurring red flags failed to slow Obama administration's race to help Solyndra

By Ronnie Greene

Benefits kept flowing to politically connected, now-bankrupt firm: Money, low lending rates - and a presidential visit

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"… yndra from the GOP, criticism sure to escalate as the 2012 election nears. Obama touted the company in a visit to its plant last year, two months after Sol …"

"… and documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act – shows that Obama’s Energy Department pressed forth in the face of abundant red flags in a …"

"… d on the clean technology industry, which has been championed by President Obama. "They were both a technology risk in that this was a new technology," he …"

"… ompany’s venture.For the green energy movement, this was a vital moment. Obama came to office vowing to boost innovative technologies, a pitch with a two …"

White House kept close tabs on Solyndra loan, internal emails show

By Matthew Mosk and Ronnie Greene

Top officials pushed for half-billion-dollar loan to troubled startup

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"… ow the Obama administration keenly monitored progress of the loan, even as analysts voiced serious concerns about the risk involved.With Obama about to take …"

"… e President Joe Biden, in an email sent March 7, 2009.Three days later, an analyst at the Office of Management and Budget cautioned against moving too quickl …"

"… ainst moving too quickly. “This deal is NOT ready for prime time,” the analyst wrote in a March 10, 2009 email.Only 10 days later, the Energy Department …"

"… loan commitment to Solyndra.Even after Obama took office on Jan. 20, 2009, analysts in the Energy Department and in the Office of Management and Budget repea …"

From government service to private practice

By Daniel Lathrop

Writers of telecom law move to K Street

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"… ut some telecom observers have their doubts. Adam Thierer, for example, an analyst at the libertarian Cato Institute, has called it a fundamentally flawed la …"

FACT CHECK: Obamas' tax rate not lower than the average teacher's

By FactCheck.Org

From every angle, the Obamas' tax rate was substantially higher than that of a teacher or firefighter

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"… edit. Those are our calculations, which we confirmed with Nick Kasprak, an analyst at the Tax Foundation.A childless couple making $50,000 would have paid mo …"

"… n his New York Times piece (and in general by economists and tax analysts as well). That is, we have counted the employer-paid portion of both Soci …"

"… ock website. Those calculations agree with the independent calculations of analyst Kasprak at the Tax Foundation. We used the Tax Foundation’s “2011 …"

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