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[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 120 (Wednesday, June 23, 2010)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Page 35955]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-15414]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 120 / Wednesday, June 23, 2010 / 
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                Memorandum of June 18, 2010

                
Lobbyists on Agency Boards and Commissions

                Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and 
                Agencies

                My Administration is committed to reducing the undue 
                influence of special interests that for too long has 
                shaped the national agenda and drowned out the voices 
                of ordinary Americans. Special interests exert this 
                disproportionate influence, in part, by relying on 
                lobbyists who have special access that is not available 
                to all citizens. Although lobbyists can sometimes play 
                a constructive role by communicating information to the 
                government, their service in privileged positions 
                within the executive branch can perpetuate the culture 
                of special-interest access that I am committed to 
                changing.

                On the day after my inauguration, I signed Executive 
                Order 13490, which places strict limits on the ability 
                of lobbyists to serve in Government positions related 
                to their prior lobbying activities. Last September, we 
                took another step to close the revolving door through 
                which lobbyists enter and exit Government positions 
                when we announced that my Administration aspires to 
                keep Federal agencies' advisory boards free of 
                federally registered lobbyists. Many departments and 
                agencies are making this aspiration a reality by no 
                longer placing federally registered lobbyists on 
                advisory boards--a practice that I am now establishing 
                as the official policy of my Administration.

                Accordingly, I hereby direct the heads of executive 
                departments and agencies not to make any new 
                appointments or reappointments of federally registered 
                lobbyists to advisory committees and other boards and 
                commissions. Within 90 days of the date of this 
                memorandum, the Director of the Office of Management 
                and Budget shall issue proposed guidance designed to 
                implement this policy to the full extent permitted by 
                law. The final guidance shall be issued following 
                public comment on the proposed guidance.

                This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, 
                create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, 
                enforceable at law or in equity by any party against 
                the United States, its departments, agencies, or 
                entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any 
                other person.

                The Director of the Office of Management and Budget is 
                hereby authorized and directed to publish this 
                memorandum in the Federal Register.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    Washington, June 18, 2010

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