White House Kicks Off New Wave of Reforms

摘要

President Obama pledged to make procurement reform a priority through increased transparency and oversight, calling for more frequent audits, increased federal procurement staff, stricter "revolving-door" rules, and fewer sole-source contracts, with restrictions on the role of lobbyists. These pledges, as well as other actions in the president's first few weeks in office, signal that increased ethics restrictions on government appointees, lobbyists and contractors have arrived.rnThe new focus on government reform is evidenced by his appointment of Norman Eisen, special counsel to the president for ethics and government reform. Eisen was an ethics advisor to the transition team and co-founder of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics, a non-profit organization focused on government reform.