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Medicare Drug Planners Now Lobbyists, With Billions at Stake
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| Today, at least 25 of those key players are
| back, but this time theyâre lobbyists,
| trying to persuade their former colleagues
| to protect the lucrative system during the
| health care reform negotiations.
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http://www.propublica.org/ion/health-care-reform/item/medicare-drug-planners-now-lobbyists-with-billions-at-stake-1020
Newsweek Is Neck Deep in Oil & Conflicts
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| TPM Muckraker has exposed the fact that
| Newsweek is teaming up with the American
| Petroleum Institute (API) to host a
| "briefing" for Members of Congress on
| climate and energy policy. The briefing is
| timed to coincide with, surprise, the
| Senate getting ready to take up climate and
| energy policy in advance of next month's
| COP15 world conference on global warming
| policy.
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http://www.prwatch.org/Newsweek+and+Big+Oil+Team+Up
Recent:
Bloggers, Advertisers Alike Have Obligations under New FTC Guides
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| When the Federal Trade Commission released
| its new guidelines on using testimonials and
| endorsements in advertising, it wasn't clear
| how the rules were going to be enforced or
| what bloggers who did product reviews and
| the like needed to do, other than informing
| their readers when they are being
| compensated to talk about products or events
| on their blogs.
|
| [...]
|
| Though Talcott focuses on the advertisers,
| he does not neglect bloggers/reviewers
| entirely. He cautions that they should not
| blindly pass on advertiser statements about
| the products or services."Internal
| procedures can require that published
| reviews be based not solely on advertiser-
| supplied copy, but also on the author's
| independent evaluation of the product...a
| blogger [can] be liable for the
| misstatements of an advertiser," he says.
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http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/bloggers-advertisers-alike-have-obligations-under-new-ftc-guides/?cs=36894
Ninth Circuit Grants Stay in EFF Case Seeking Telecom Lobbying Documents
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| The order comes after three unsuccessful
| attempts by the government to delay
| disclosure of the documents under the
| Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) pending
| the Solicitor General's decision whether or
| not to appeal.
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http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/10/update-ninth-circuit-grants-stay-eff-case-seeking-
Lobbyists urge FCC to loosen up
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| US wireless lobbyist The CTIA is drawing on UK regulator Ofcom's
| research to convince the FCC that an unregulated market is a competitive
| market.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/11/ctia_ofcom/
Connected Nation One Link To Derail New Broadband Policy -- Connect The Dots
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| Starting this week (Sept. 10), the House Telecom Subcommittee is going
| to start looking at the broadband stimulus program and, perhaps next
| week, examine how the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is doing
| under the new management. The national broadband plan, required under
| the Federal stimulus program, should also be a topic of discussion when
| the Subcommittee holds an oversight hearing.
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http://www.publicknowledge.org/node/2626
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