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Revolving Regulators
The Project on Government Oversight filed a Freedom of Information Act request for all post-employment statements filed by former SEC employees and analyzed the statements and other documents.
Tags: SEC; employment; FOIA
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"Cash Committee"
In this story, Huffington Post reporters show the "revolving door" between Congress and "industry," and how both use the House Financial Services Committee to raise money for lawmakers, especially in the private sector.
Tags: House Financial Services Committee; lawmakers; House; Congress; lobbyists; private sector; Wall Street; the Hill
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The DeParle Portfolio
"The DeParle Portfolio" explore the Obama administration's health czar's moneyed connections with the health care industry.
Tags: DeParle; Obama; health care; health czar; special interests; ties; revolving door;
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All Mine
"All Mine" details how the U.S. government facilitated a modern-day land grab by a politically connected American company in one of the world's poorest countries. Phoenix-based mining company Freeport McMoRan was able to purchase the world's largest copper mine from the the government of Congo at an extremely cheap rate because it made its play under the cloud of the world's deadliest conflict site since World War II, a climate of corruption and desperation. It did so with the help of $400 million in U.S. government financing, and intense lobbying from an employee of the U.S. Embassy in Congo -- a career diplomat who rushed through the revolving door to work for the mining company just weeks after the deal was finalized. Freeport McMoRan has a generously paid spokesman, not to mention millions in lobbying dollars, to get its story out. The report also includes interviews with Congolese people who were forced from their land and threatened with arrest for speaking with reporters.
Tags: copper; Congo; Freeport McMoRan; embassy; diplomat; mining
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Aftershock: Death by Electrocution
"Tasers have been highly controversial less-than-lethal (usually) weapons since law enforcement first began to embrace them less than a decade ago. This analysis and reassessment of the device concluded that, when used properly, the Taser has saved untold lives and reduced the frequency of serious injuries suffered by both law enforcement personnel and the general public. However when employed improperly, the weapon can prove to be as lethal as a service revolver."
Tags: tasers; law enforcement; public safety; taser safety; correct use of taser; lawsuits
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From senate job to nuclear lobbyist-- twice
"This story traced how Alex Flint, a protégé of unabashed nuclear industry booster Senator Pete Domenici, parlayed his post as clerk of Domenici's powerful appropriations subcommittee into a lucrative lobbying job for the nuclear power industry. When Domenici ascended to the chairmanship of the Senate's Energy Committee, he lured Flint back at about one-third his lobbyist's salary to spend three years pushing the Energy Policy Act of 2005 through Congress." Afterwards, Flint was "rewarded with the nuclear industry's top lobbying job."
Tags: nuclear energy; lobbying; congress; Energy Policy Act of 2005; Senate Energy Committee; revolving door
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Statehouse Revolvers
The Center for Public Inegrity's investigation found that in 2003, 2004 and 2005, "nearly 1,600 former lawmakers were registered as lobbyists at some point." Inevitably, these were often the most well-connected lobbyists.Supplemental material includes local reactions from across the country.
Tags: lobbyists; lawmakers; lawmakers turned lobbyists; politics; revolving door
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Revolving door for fired workers
This series investigates private contractors in Florida who hire counselors fired from similar jobs for inappropriate behavior. The reporters found that the these counselors had a history of abusing juveniles they were hired to protect. Using public records laws, the reporters collected information on the staff members working with each of the 40 private contractors. The juvenile justice agency is presently investigating the problems that were exposed.
Tags: FOIA; private contractors in Florida; private contractors for juvenile homes; juvenile justice; public records laws in Florida; juvenile justice in Florida
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Budgets Revolve Around Football
For high schools, fall Fridays are dedicated to football. Grim examines how football "is the center of the athletic budget's universe," and attracts the majority of revenue for high school activities. Athletic directors face a $20,000 deficit at the beginning of each season. The story focuses on how the money is distributed and how the tight budget is dealt with.
Tags: high school sports; high school budget; Virginia high schools
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Firing Back
60 Minutes examined the contention that the gun industry's marketing and sales practices allow guns to fall into the hands of criminals. In an exclusive interview, they spoke with a former senior firearms industry executive and lawyer who spent much of his career defending gun manufacturers against critics who blame the industry for the violence caused by guns. Now, the man who was once a top lawyer for the National Rifle Association and then the chief spokesman representing the major gun manufacturers is firing back at the gun industry, calling it a "dirty little secret."
Tags: TAPE; National Rifle Association; NRA; guns; criminals; gun industry; firearms; gun manufacturer; distribution; retailer; whistleblower; handgun; revolver; Bureau of Alcohol; Tobacco; and Firearms