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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 MoreJuly 29, 2021
Biden's Executive Order Promises Relief For Farmers. Will It Deliver?
The administration’s staffing vacancies could undermine Biden’s promise to help family farms fight Big Ag monopolies.
July 28, 2021
Perdue’s Sweetheart Land Deal Demonstrates Need for Stronger Ethics Rules
Since the Trump administration, the Revolving Door Project has repeatedly brought attention to the importance of strong government ethics rules, including by ensuring that presidential nominees are free from corporate conflicts of interest and forthcoming about their financial ties. But while rules already exist that require nominees to disclose financial information, including assets and recent major purchases, a recent story by the Washington Post illustrates a lingering loophole in our ethics laws for Cabinet nominees. The story centers on Trump’s then-prospective nominee for Agriculture Secretary, Sonny Perdue, and a particularly fishy real estate deal.
July 28, 2021
Revolver Spotlight: Elizabeth Fowler
Fowler, a former Johnson & Johnson executive, is the latest Biden hire to spin through Pharma’s revolving door.
July 27, 2021
FOIA For Staff Lists and Leadership Directories
Transparency surrounding the identities of the country’s senior-most political leaders should be a given. Unfortunately, the federal government presently falls short in this regard. Inconsistent and insufficient standards for publishing and maintaining leadership and senior staff directories makes it difficult, if not impossible, to learn who occupies hundreds of critical roles throughout the federal government.
July 27, 2021
Ben Penn - Bloomberg
Labor Secretary’s Longtime Colleague Racks Up Work Lobbying DOL
July 26, 2021
Chris Prentice - Reuters
Wall Street Enforcement to Get Tougher as SEC's New Top Cop Gets to Work
July 23, 2021
Annie Karni - New York Times
Skilled in Strategy (and Grudges), Top Biden Adviser to Depart White House
July 16, 2021
Amelia Pollard & David Dayen - The American Prospect
Biden Will Nominate Industry Ally for Patent Office
July 13, 2021
Andrew Perez & David Sirota - Jacobin
Biden Boosted a Pipeline; Now His Aide Susan Rice Could Get Richer
July 12, 2021
Andrew Perez & David Sirota - The Daily Poster
Biden Boosted A Pipeline, Now His Aide Could Reap A Windfall
RDP on Twitter
@painter_nancy Very good! https://t.co/9lw7hrp4Us
RT @drvolts: Remember when the Exxon lobbyists were tricked into revealing the truth about Exxon? One thing they mentioned that got slightl…
RT @350_US: We're launching a new campaign for a Fossil Free Federal Reserve. Watch this video to hear why the @federalreserve — the refere…
RT @merryvishmas: Biden's EO promises bold measures to help family farms fight monopolies, but staffing vacancies and Tom Vilsack's close t…
NEW ON THE BLOG: Biden's executive order on competition promises to break up Big Ag and deliver long-awaited relief for family farms, but key personnel vacancies could threaten its implementation. https://t.co/2tqnKuEo4K
RT @ddayen: here's @EleanorEagan from our friends at @revolvingdoorDC on the firing of the Social Security Administration head, and how tha…
RT @TheProspect: "Biden has the power to remove Saul only because of Republicans’ previous advocacy for the president’s removal power... No…
Good news for crypto-related tax enforcement: the bipartisan infrastructure bill advancing through the Senate includes expanded reporting requirements on cryptocurrencies. The measures are expected to raise $28 billion by combatting evasion in the sector https://t.co/H7QSZOtxiF
One of Biden's top health policy appointees is a former Big Pharma executive who helped kill the Affordable Care Act's public option, write @fatou_ndi and @merryvishmas. https://t.co/0yG624NoYU