Lobbyists United In Dismay Over Disclosure Rules
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The lobbying disclosure bill passed by the House last week hadn't been voted on yet when Kenneth Gross stood at the head of a block-long conference room in New York, supplying 148 lobbyists and lawyers with the new congressional definition of a friend.
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Drug makers are worried that calls  for greater disclosure of early-stage clinical trials might  lead to the release of scientific information that could help  competitors, an industry lobbyist said on Monday.
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A bill moving through Congress designed to clarify rules for advertising via fax machines could expose consumers to a flood of unwanted solicitations, according to consumer groups and activists battling against junk faxes.
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Business interests, seizing on concerns that a law passed in the wake of the Enron scandal has overreached, are advancing a broad agenda to limit government oversight of private industry, including making it tougher for investors to sue companies and auditors for fraud.
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Movie industry lobbyists quietly push California lawmakers to quash a measure that would have outlawed HP-style tactics designed to fraudulently obtain private information about consumers. The MPAA argues its antipiracy efforts would be harmed. By Ryan Singel.
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As the Federal Trade Commission wraps up deliberations on whether to approve the $3.1 billion deal, consumer advocates argue privacy issues must be front and center.
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The A.C.L.U. is collecting information in a fund-raising effort that has ignited a debate over its commitment to privacy rights.
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The secret lobbying campaign your phone company doesn't want you to know about
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The Entertainment Software Association -- better known as the lobby for video game producers -- thought it was living in an alternate reality last week when a major public relations firm released the results of a national poll about its industry.
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Two-thirds of scientists working for the US medicines regulator have expressed a lack of confidence in the federal safety monitoring of prescription drugs, according to documents disclosed by two lobby groups.
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WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators working on rules to secure the calling records and other private information of telephone customers are running into resistance from phone companies and law enforcement agencies.
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Angry members of Congress  took federal health officials to task yesterday for what they said was a pattern of being "soft" on government scientists found to have violated ethics rules.
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The past several months have seen increasing public scrutiny of federal government contractors. The concerns raised by Congress and highlighted in the news media include organizational conflicts of interest, inappropriate outsourcing and excess profits.
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The passage of a major U.S. tax bill containing a buyout for tobacco farmers has frustrated advocates who had hoped to link the funding to new laws regulating cigarettes.
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House Democrats hope to breathe new life into open-government legislation, marking Sunshine Week with votes to protect whistle-blowers, smooth freedom of information requests and compel presidential libraries to disclose more about their donors. Efforts to shield reporters from revealing their sources are not faring so well.
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Soon after Rep. Eric Cantor called a meeting of lobbyists two weeks ago, his aides had to find a larger room. Instead of the couple dozen they had expected, 75 showed up.
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BRUSSELS, Dec 22 (IPS) - There is an urgent need to regulate the âmurky  world of corporate lobbyingâ in Brussels, say campaigners and  social non-governmental organisations.