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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 MoreApril 21, 2021
Education Department Must Rein In For-Profit College Industry Mergers And Reclassifications
The Education Department controls almost every aspect of regulating for-profits, from certifying the accrediting agencies to the enforcement of student protections like the gainful employment rule and the borrower defense rule.
April 19, 2021
In Latest Disappointment From Yellen, John Morton Is Treasury's New Climate Counselor
The U.S. Treasury Department announced today that John Morton would be appointed as its first Climate “Counselor,” tasked with organizing financial-related climate work across the executive branch’s financial regulators.
April 19, 2021 | The Daily Beast
Silicon Valley’s Favorite Fixer Aims to Stop the Rising Left
But the old guard continues to wield significant power and will be hard pressed to admit defeat, as exemplified by political strategist Bradley Tusk’s continued success. Some might recall Tusk as New York Mayor Bill De Blasio’s biggest critic. Others know him best as Silicon Valley’s favorite political fixer. Teachers’ unions probably remember him comparing them to the NRA. Tusk’s particular brand of politics—lobbying against regulation on behalf of companies he then invests in—in some ways represents the last gasp of corporate control over government that has run rampant since the Reagan era.
April 19, 2021
The Trump Administration Made a Mockery of the Law. Why Hasn't Biden Tossed its Cases?
Donald Trump and his Department of Justice consistently made a mockery of the law throughout his four years in power. And while their laughable reasoning and indefensible positions were struck down at a historic rate, many cases were still waiting for Biden. The new administration tossed out a handful immediately but an alarming number remain, either in some form of pause or advancing forward with the Biden administration adopting Trump’s position.
April 19, 2021
Zachary Warmbrodt - Politico
Yellen Picks Investor As Treasury Climate Czar, Sparking Backlash From The Left
April 15, 2021
Emily Birnbaum - Politico
What Tech Can Do To Drown Out Vaccine Lies
April 9, 2021
Dan Friedman - Mother Jones
An Ex-Google Lobbyist Who Backed Jim Jordan Is Leading Big Tech’s Bid to Court the Left
April 8, 2021
Jonathan Larsen - TYT
Small Farmers Balk At Another Big Agriculture Appointment
April 7, 2021
Rebecca Beitsch - The Hill
Biden Relies On Progressive Foe To Lead Immigration Rollbacks
April 6, 2021
Alex Gangitano - The Hill
White House Meets Little Resistance In Hiring Former Lobbyists
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