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About the Revolving Door Project
The Revolving Door Project (RDP), a project of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), scrutinizes executive branch appointees to ensure they use their office to serve the broad public interest, rather than to entrench corporate power or seek personal advancement.
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The Agency Spotlight
The Agency Spotlight tracks appointments to leadership positions at thirty-nine independent federal agencies through the confirmation process and beyond. Additionally, for three agencies — the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) — the Spotlight monitors and exhibits key votes.
Read MoreNo Corporate Cabinet
No Corporate Cabinet serves as a central hub for information about, and activism related to, the Biden transition. We seek to ensure that the Biden administration can live up to the commitments his campaign made to the American people: To solve the twin crises of the pandemic and economic collapse and to set our society on a better, more equitable, and more just course.
Learn morePersonnel Map
The Personnel Map aims to demonstrate the breadth and depth of corporate America’s interest in the executive branch of the federal government. The map ties major economic sectors to the individual political positions that have the power to regulate, bring enforcement actions against, or disburse funds to the companies in that sector.
Learn MoreJanuary 16, 2021
Biden’s Antitrust Minefield
January 14, 2021
Joe Biden's Newest Climate Appointees Provide Reason For Cautious Optimism
These personnel additions should leave climate activists cautiously optimistic, and many of these individuals are examples of people we would like to see staffed in every department and agency throughout the federal government.
January 13, 2021 | The American Prospect
Biden Must Close the Revolving Door Between BigLaw and Government
Biden framed his campaign as “Scranton vs. Park Avenue,” promising an end to corporate government. But in order to do that, Biden must seal the revolving door between corporate law firms and the federal government. There is no shortage of brilliant attorneys who have dedicated their careers to serving the public interest and fighting for social justice who are ready to do that work within the new administration.
January 13, 2021 | CODEPINK
WEBINAR: Joe Biden’s BlackRock Cabinet Picks
Our Max Moran joined CODEPINK Campaign Organizer Nancy Mancias to discuss investment management giant BlackRock’s role in influencing President-elect Biden’s executive branch personnel choices.
January 13, 2021
Jeff Hauser - Common Dreams
Impeaching Trump Is Only the Beginning
January 11, 2021
Lee Fang - The Intercept
As The Revolving Door Spins, Lobbyists Hired For Top Jobs In Congress Yet Again
January 11, 2021
Theodoric Meyer and Emily Cadei - Politico
Biden Wants The Senate To Walk And Chew Gum
January 10, 2021
Matthew Cunningham-Cook - The Intercept
Speculative “Blank Check” Companies Surround Tony Blinken, Biden Administration
January 10, 2021
Victoria Guida - Politico
Why Yellen’s Wall Street Windfall Is Getting A Pass
January 8, 2021
- Democracy Now!
Biden Taps Marty Walsh for Labor Sec, Gina Raimondo for Commerce, Isabel Guzman for Small Business Admin
RDP on Twitter
In October, our @EAlsbergas explained why Biden should avoid putting "Never Trump" Republicans like John Kasich or Meg Whitman in his Cabinet, as it would mean accepting the corruption and trickle-down ideology that the GOP knows so well. #2020inReview https://t.co/GyNVRCu301
In September, our @MaxMoranHi and @andreambeaty explained why closing the revolving door between government and Silicon Valley would not only be good anti-corruption policy, but also great politics in our New Gilded Age. #2020inReview https://t.co/Mu4sS156ss
RT @jeffhauser: @MaxMoranHi @revolvingdoorDC @LorenRaeDeJ Privatizing knowledge of government to make more money outside government than yo…
RT @MaxMoranHi: @LorenRaeDeJ The revolving door doesn't mean doing anything besides government is bad, it means doing things that undermine…
RT @kenvogel: BIDEN WH APPOINTEES' BIG TECH TIES: ➡️ex-@Facebook Associate General Counsel (Jessica Hertz) ➡️ex-@Facebook board member (@Je…
RT @jeffhauser: THREAD https://t.co/Q0pDW1NVxs
"The Biden transition's ultimate arbiter for ethics was a senior regulatory official for Facebook until a few months ago [...] I think the Trump admin is insanely corrupt and I’m not equating the two, but this is deeply disappointing.” - @jeffhauser https://t.co/P7Y5dg1qe2
MORE: From 2009 to 2011, Jessica Hertz was Counselor to OIRA Administrator Cass Sunstein. Sunstein, as our @jeffhauser wrote, was a disastrous OIRA chief, killing crucial regulations governing ozone protection, car safety, and carcinogenic silica dust. https://t.co/LIv0QfAKvl
Instead of hiring Big Tech insiders like Hertz, Biden should seize this political moment by closing the revolving door between government and Silicon Valley. As we wrote in September, cracking down on Big Tech is good politics and good policy. https://t.co/Mu4sS156ss