Obama team announces new rules on lobbyists
msnbc.msn.com 11/12/2008 — President-elect Obama's aides are announcing new rules to govern the conduct of lobbyists during the transition to power, including steps to limit their involvement in areas where they have sought to influence policy in the past year.

Obama Won't Take Money From Lobbyists
news.aol.com 11/11/2008 — President-Elect Obama's transition team today released ethics rules aimed at curbing the influence of lobbyists in his administration. "Barack Obama's pledged to change the way Washington works and to curb the influence of lobbyists," John Podesta, the head of Obama's transition team, told ...

Podesta promises 'strictest' ethics rules
politico.com 11/12/2008 — Lobbyists will not be able to do transition work in their area of expertise if they lobbied in the past 12 months.

Articles - Obama Announces Transition Ethics Rules
realclearpolitics.com 1/31/2009 — November 11, 2008 Obama Announces Transition Ethics Rules By Kyle Trygstad WASHINGTON -- At an afternoon press briefing in the Transition Team offices for President-elect Barack Obama, transition team co-chairman John Podesta said this would be "the ...

"Delighted" There Are Lobbyists (video)
youtube.com 11/1/2008 — El Tinklenberg Tells A Group He's "Delighted" There Are Lobbyists In D.C.

Obama: Lobbyists Won’t Find a Job in My White House . . . But They Certainly Are Welcome to Work on My Transition!
patterico.com 11/12/2008 — Barack Obama, November 3, 2007: One year from now, we have the chance to tell all those corporate lobbyists that the days of them setting the agenda in Washington are over. I have done more to take on lobbyists than any other candidate in this race ...

The Exceptions To Obama's Ethics Rules
swampland.blogs.time.com 1/23/2009 — Moments after Barack Obama announced new ethics rules Wednesday, the Republican National Committee emailed gleefully emailed reporters with some opposition research. Obama had announced that recently registered lobbyists could not work in either the ...

Some Former Lobbyists Have Key Roles in Obama Transition
washingtonpost.com 11/16/2008 — Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ...

Obama’s Transition Team Restricts Lobbyists’ Role
nytimes.com 11/12/2008 — Lobbyists will be barred from working in areas in which they have worked for clients in the last year. >

Obama Team Plans for Hiring Lobbyists
online.wsj.com 11/1/2008 — WASHINGTON -- Democratic Sen. Barack Obama has said lobbyists won't run his White House. But senior campaign officials are crafting a policy that would clear the way for lobbyists to nonetheless hold important government roles. People familiar with ...

Obama team unveils lobbyist restrictions — First Read 11/11/2008
From NBC's Amna Nawaz and Abby LivingstonJohn Podesta, Obama's White House transition co-chair, today promised the "strictest, most far-reaching" ethics rules "ever applied" to a presidential transition. Podesta made that promise in a press briefing ...

Obama Transition Team Adopts Ethics Rules — NYT > Politics 11/11/2008
President-elect Barack Obama's transition team would raise $7 million to cover costs, but will eschew donations from lobbyists and corporations. >

Obama boosters urge greater role for Web — Reuters: Politics 11/12/2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Barack Obama had a brigade of Web denizens backing his election, from comedy star Obama Girl to throngs of young voters, and now they are clamoring for the Internet to play a big role in his presidency.

Newsweek: Obama plans bipartisan administration — msnbc.com: Politics 11/12/2008
John Podesta, co-chair of the Obama transition team, has said that the president-elect is looking to go beyond the typical token appointment of a member the other party and is looking to bring in people who agree with the direction he wants to take ...

Obama Aide Signals Quick Moves to Change Energy, Environment Policy — WSJ.com: Washington Wire 11/12/2008
Ian Talley reports on energy policy. President-elect Barack Obama will move quickly on climate change policy, a top Obama adviser said Wednesday. “Enjoy the holiday season…and rest up because it’s going to be a very, ...