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Multnomah County manages libraries, reduces homelessness, addresses public health and safety concerns, and provides other municipal services with billions of dollars. Nonprofit contractors receive a significant portion of its funding, and they frequently persuade commissioners and department heads to gain a piece of the $4 billion government budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although the legislation takes effect on July 1st, authorities stated that they will gradually implement the new regulations and that it could take some time to set up the reporting system.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Multnomah County adopts first-ever lobbying rules in major transparency push","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"multnomah-county-adopts-first-ever-lobbying-rules-in-major-transparency-push","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7700","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The board is evaluating a number of governance reforms, including these regulations, many of which Brim-Edwards initially supported last year. According to the ordinance, lobbyists who achieve the county's threshold of 10 lobbying hours every calendar quarter are required<\/a> to register within three business days, such who confine their advocacy to public speech at board meetings, spend fewer than ten hours each quarter lobbying elected officials, or are responding to a board request would not be subject to such regulations. According to the rules, government employees who are \"acting in their official capacity\" are likewise excluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Multnomah County manages libraries, reduces homelessness, addresses public health and safety concerns, and provides other municipal services with billions of dollars. Nonprofit contractors receive a significant portion of its funding, and they frequently persuade commissioners and department heads to gain a piece of the $4 billion government budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although the legislation takes effect on July 1st, authorities stated that they will gradually implement the new regulations and that it could take some time to set up the reporting system.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Multnomah County adopts first-ever lobbying rules in major transparency push","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"multnomah-county-adopts-first-ever-lobbying-rules-in-major-transparency-push","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7700","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Since they are independently elected and do not report to the board, the sheriff, district attorney, and auditor will not be governed by the rules, Singleton stated. A $200,000 allocation from the county's general fund contingency account to support an online lobbying registration and calendar reporting system was also approved by the commissioners. According to authorities, the contingency fund, which was used to cover additional security expenses last month, will have $666,917 left over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The board is evaluating a number of governance reforms, including these regulations, many of which Brim-Edwards initially supported last year. According to the ordinance, lobbyists who achieve the county's threshold of 10 lobbying hours every calendar quarter are required<\/a> to register within three business days, such who confine their advocacy to public speech at board meetings, spend fewer than ten hours each quarter lobbying elected officials, or are responding to a board request would not be subject to such regulations. According to the rules, government employees who are \"acting in their official capacity\" are likewise excluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Multnomah County manages libraries, reduces homelessness, addresses public health and safety concerns, and provides other municipal services with billions of dollars. Nonprofit contractors receive a significant portion of its funding, and they frequently persuade commissioners and department heads to gain a piece of the $4 billion government budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although the legislation takes effect on July 1st, authorities stated that they will gradually implement the new regulations and that it could take some time to set up the reporting system.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Multnomah County adopts first-ever lobbying rules in major transparency push","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"multnomah-county-adopts-first-ever-lobbying-rules-in-major-transparency-push","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7700","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
In accordance with Brim-Edwards and Singleton's rule, lobbyists must register and submit a quarterly report detailing their attempts to influence policy and any gifts over $50. Commissioners, department heads, staff members, and volunteers would all be subject to such regulations. Commissioners are required to publish their calendars on a quarterly basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since they are independently elected and do not report to the board, the sheriff, district attorney, and auditor will not be governed by the rules, Singleton stated. A $200,000 allocation from the county's general fund contingency account to support an online lobbying registration and calendar reporting system was also approved by the commissioners. According to authorities, the contingency fund, which was used to cover additional security expenses last month, will have $666,917 left over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The board is evaluating a number of governance reforms, including these regulations, many of which Brim-Edwards initially supported last year. According to the ordinance, lobbyists who achieve the county's threshold of 10 lobbying hours every calendar quarter are required<\/a> to register within three business days, such who confine their advocacy to public speech at board meetings, spend fewer than ten hours each quarter lobbying elected officials, or are responding to a board request would not be subject to such regulations. According to the rules, government employees who are \"acting in their official capacity\" are likewise excluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Multnomah County manages libraries, reduces homelessness, addresses public health and safety concerns, and provides other municipal services with billions of dollars. Nonprofit contractors receive a significant portion of its funding, and they frequently persuade commissioners and department heads to gain a piece of the $4 billion government budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although the legislation takes effect on July 1st, authorities stated that they will gradually implement the new regulations and that it could take some time to set up the reporting system.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Multnomah County adopts first-ever lobbying rules in major transparency push","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"multnomah-county-adopts-first-ever-lobbying-rules-in-major-transparency-push","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7700","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Commissioner Shannon Singleton, who co-sponsored the effort with Commissioner Julia Brim-Edwards, stated, \"This is a really big step for this commission.\" The new county policies are modeled after those of the state, Portland, and the Metro regional government. But according to The Oregonian\/OregonLive, neither Clackamas nor Washington counties keep tabs on lobbyists' meetings or expenditures on visits with public officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In accordance with Brim-Edwards and Singleton's rule, lobbyists must register and submit a quarterly report detailing their attempts to influence policy and any gifts over $50. Commissioners, department heads, staff members, and volunteers would all be subject to such regulations. Commissioners are required to publish their calendars on a quarterly basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since they are independently elected and do not report to the board, the sheriff, district attorney, and auditor will not be governed by the rules, Singleton stated. A $200,000 allocation from the county's general fund contingency account to support an online lobbying registration and calendar reporting system was also approved by the commissioners. According to authorities, the contingency fund, which was used to cover additional security expenses last month, will have $666,917 left over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The board is evaluating a number of governance reforms, including these regulations, many of which Brim-Edwards initially supported last year. According to the ordinance, lobbyists who achieve the county's threshold of 10 lobbying hours every calendar quarter are required<\/a> to register within three business days, such who confine their advocacy to public speech at board meetings, spend fewer than ten hours each quarter lobbying elected officials, or are responding to a board request would not be subject to such regulations. According to the rules, government employees who are \"acting in their official capacity\" are likewise excluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Multnomah County manages libraries, reduces homelessness, addresses public health and safety concerns, and provides other municipal services with billions of dollars. Nonprofit contractors receive a significant portion of its funding, and they frequently persuade commissioners and department heads to gain a piece of the $4 billion government budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although the legislation takes effect on July 1st, authorities stated that they will gradually implement the new regulations and that it could take some time to set up the reporting system.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Multnomah County adopts first-ever lobbying rules in major transparency push","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"multnomah-county-adopts-first-ever-lobbying-rules-in-major-transparency-push","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7700","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Significant modifications to the county's lobbying <\/a>regulations were adopted by the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners. In other words, they will be possessed by the government. The new regulations, which compel entities that lobby the county to report their efforts, were unanimously adopted by the board. Willamette Week was the first to uncover that the county had long functioned without keeping track of its lobbyists. Officials warned that violators of the new rule might face fines of up to $500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Commissioner Shannon Singleton, who co-sponsored the effort with Commissioner Julia Brim-Edwards, stated, \"This is a really big step for this commission.\" The new county policies are modeled after those of the state, Portland, and the Metro regional government. But according to The Oregonian\/OregonLive, neither Clackamas nor Washington counties keep tabs on lobbyists' meetings or expenditures on visits with public officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In accordance with Brim-Edwards and Singleton's rule, lobbyists must register and submit a quarterly report detailing their attempts to influence policy and any gifts over $50. Commissioners, department heads, staff members, and volunteers would all be subject to such regulations. Commissioners are required to publish their calendars on a quarterly basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since they are independently elected and do not report to the board, the sheriff, district attorney, and auditor will not be governed by the rules, Singleton stated. A $200,000 allocation from the county's general fund contingency account to support an online lobbying registration and calendar reporting system was also approved by the commissioners. According to authorities, the contingency fund, which was used to cover additional security expenses last month, will have $666,917 left over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The board is evaluating a number of governance reforms, including these regulations, many of which Brim-Edwards initially supported last year. According to the ordinance, lobbyists who achieve the county's threshold of 10 lobbying hours every calendar quarter are required<\/a> to register within three business days, such who confine their advocacy to public speech at board meetings, spend fewer than ten hours each quarter lobbying elected officials, or are responding to a board request would not be subject to such regulations. According to the rules, government employees who are \"acting in their official capacity\" are likewise excluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Multnomah County manages libraries, reduces homelessness, addresses public health and safety concerns, and provides other municipal services with billions of dollars. Nonprofit contractors receive a significant portion of its funding, and they frequently persuade commissioners and department heads to gain a piece of the $4 billion government budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although the legislation takes effect on July 1st, authorities stated that they will gradually implement the new regulations and that it could take some time to set up the reporting system.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Multnomah County adopts first-ever lobbying rules in major transparency push","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"multnomah-county-adopts-first-ever-lobbying-rules-in-major-transparency-push","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7700","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Bills requiring app store owners to confirm users' ages and obtain parental approval for children before enabling them to download applications were being considered<\/a> by at least nine states, according to a February article. Although legislation requiring internet platforms to verify users' ages has been enacted in a number of states, many of these laws have not yet been put into effect due to legal challenges.\u00a0<\/p>\n","post_title":"Meta & Spotify join forces to lobby against Apple & Google\u2019s app store policies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meta-spotify-join-forces-to-lobby-against-apple-googles-app-store-policies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7699","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7700,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_content":"\n Significant modifications to the county's lobbying <\/a>regulations were adopted by the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners. In other words, they will be possessed by the government. The new regulations, which compel entities that lobby the county to report their efforts, were unanimously adopted by the board. Willamette Week was the first to uncover that the county had long functioned without keeping track of its lobbyists. Officials warned that violators of the new rule might face fines of up to $500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Commissioner Shannon Singleton, who co-sponsored the effort with Commissioner Julia Brim-Edwards, stated, \"This is a really big step for this commission.\" The new county policies are modeled after those of the state, Portland, and the Metro regional government. But according to The Oregonian\/OregonLive, neither Clackamas nor Washington counties keep tabs on lobbyists' meetings or expenditures on visits with public officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In accordance with Brim-Edwards and Singleton's rule, lobbyists must register and submit a quarterly report detailing their attempts to influence policy and any gifts over $50. Commissioners, department heads, staff members, and volunteers would all be subject to such regulations. Commissioners are required to publish their calendars on a quarterly basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since they are independently elected and do not report to the board, the sheriff, district attorney, and auditor will not be governed by the rules, Singleton stated. A $200,000 allocation from the county's general fund contingency account to support an online lobbying registration and calendar reporting system was also approved by the commissioners. According to authorities, the contingency fund, which was used to cover additional security expenses last month, will have $666,917 left over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The board is evaluating a number of governance reforms, including these regulations, many of which Brim-Edwards initially supported last year. According to the ordinance, lobbyists who achieve the county's threshold of 10 lobbying hours every calendar quarter are required<\/a> to register within three business days, such who confine their advocacy to public speech at board meetings, spend fewer than ten hours each quarter lobbying elected officials, or are responding to a board request would not be subject to such regulations. According to the rules, government employees who are \"acting in their official capacity\" are likewise excluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Multnomah County manages libraries, reduces homelessness, addresses public health and safety concerns, and provides other municipal services with billions of dollars. Nonprofit contractors receive a significant portion of its funding, and they frequently persuade commissioners and department heads to gain a piece of the $4 billion government budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although the legislation takes effect on July 1st, authorities stated that they will gradually implement the new regulations and that it could take some time to set up the reporting system.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Multnomah County adopts first-ever lobbying rules in major transparency push","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"multnomah-county-adopts-first-ever-lobbying-rules-in-major-transparency-push","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7700","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\"Hopefully, a way forward will be found this year.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bills requiring app store owners to confirm users' ages and obtain parental approval for children before enabling them to download applications were being considered<\/a> by at least nine states, according to a February article. Although legislation requiring internet platforms to verify users' ages has been enacted in a number of states, many of these laws have not yet been put into effect due to legal challenges.\u00a0<\/p>\n","post_title":"Meta & Spotify join forces to lobby against Apple & Google\u2019s app store policies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meta-spotify-join-forces-to-lobby-against-apple-googles-app-store-policies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7699","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7700,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_content":"\n Significant modifications to the county's lobbying <\/a>regulations were adopted by the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners. In other words, they will be possessed by the government. The new regulations, which compel entities that lobby the county to report their efforts, were unanimously adopted by the board. Willamette Week was the first to uncover that the county had long functioned without keeping track of its lobbyists. Officials warned that violators of the new rule might face fines of up to $500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Commissioner Shannon Singleton, who co-sponsored the effort with Commissioner Julia Brim-Edwards, stated, \"This is a really big step for this commission.\" The new county policies are modeled after those of the state, Portland, and the Metro regional government. But according to The Oregonian\/OregonLive, neither Clackamas nor Washington counties keep tabs on lobbyists' meetings or expenditures on visits with public officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In accordance with Brim-Edwards and Singleton's rule, lobbyists must register and submit a quarterly report detailing their attempts to influence policy and any gifts over $50. Commissioners, department heads, staff members, and volunteers would all be subject to such regulations. Commissioners are required to publish their calendars on a quarterly basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since they are independently elected and do not report to the board, the sheriff, district attorney, and auditor will not be governed by the rules, Singleton stated. A $200,000 allocation from the county's general fund contingency account to support an online lobbying registration and calendar reporting system was also approved by the commissioners. According to authorities, the contingency fund, which was used to cover additional security expenses last month, will have $666,917 left over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The board is evaluating a number of governance reforms, including these regulations, many of which Brim-Edwards initially supported last year. According to the ordinance, lobbyists who achieve the county's threshold of 10 lobbying hours every calendar quarter are required<\/a> to register within three business days, such who confine their advocacy to public speech at board meetings, spend fewer than ten hours each quarter lobbying elected officials, or are responding to a board request would not be subject to such regulations. According to the rules, government employees who are \"acting in their official capacity\" are likewise excluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Multnomah County manages libraries, reduces homelessness, addresses public health and safety concerns, and provides other municipal services with billions of dollars. Nonprofit contractors receive a significant portion of its funding, and they frequently persuade commissioners and department heads to gain a piece of the $4 billion government budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although the legislation takes effect on July 1st, authorities stated that they will gradually implement the new regulations and that it could take some time to set up the reporting system.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Multnomah County adopts first-ever lobbying rules in major transparency push","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"multnomah-county-adopts-first-ever-lobbying-rules-in-major-transparency-push","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7700","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\"Hopefully, a way forward will be found this year.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bills requiring app store owners to confirm users' ages and obtain parental approval for children before enabling them to download applications were being considered<\/a> by at least nine states, according to a February article. Although legislation requiring internet platforms to verify users' ages has been enacted in a number of states, many of these laws have not yet been put into effect due to legal challenges.\u00a0<\/p>\n","post_title":"Meta & Spotify join forces to lobby against Apple & Google\u2019s app store policies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meta-spotify-join-forces-to-lobby-against-apple-googles-app-store-policies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7699","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7700,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_content":"\n Significant modifications to the county's lobbying <\/a>regulations were adopted by the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners. In other words, they will be possessed by the government. The new regulations, which compel entities that lobby the county to report their efforts, were unanimously adopted by the board. Willamette Week was the first to uncover that the county had long functioned without keeping track of its lobbyists. Officials warned that violators of the new rule might face fines of up to $500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Commissioner Shannon Singleton, who co-sponsored the effort with Commissioner Julia Brim-Edwards, stated, \"This is a really big step for this commission.\" The new county policies are modeled after those of the state, Portland, and the Metro regional government. But according to The Oregonian\/OregonLive, neither Clackamas nor Washington counties keep tabs on lobbyists' meetings or expenditures on visits with public officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In accordance with Brim-Edwards and Singleton's rule, lobbyists must register and submit a quarterly report detailing their attempts to influence policy and any gifts over $50. Commissioners, department heads, staff members, and volunteers would all be subject to such regulations. Commissioners are required to publish their calendars on a quarterly basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since they are independently elected and do not report to the board, the sheriff, district attorney, and auditor will not be governed by the rules, Singleton stated. A $200,000 allocation from the county's general fund contingency account to support an online lobbying registration and calendar reporting system was also approved by the commissioners. According to authorities, the contingency fund, which was used to cover additional security expenses last month, will have $666,917 left over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The board is evaluating a number of governance reforms, including these regulations, many of which Brim-Edwards initially supported last year. According to the ordinance, lobbyists who achieve the county's threshold of 10 lobbying hours every calendar quarter are required<\/a> to register within three business days, such who confine their advocacy to public speech at board meetings, spend fewer than ten hours each quarter lobbying elected officials, or are responding to a board request would not be subject to such regulations. According to the rules, government employees who are \"acting in their official capacity\" are likewise excluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Multnomah County manages libraries, reduces homelessness, addresses public health and safety concerns, and provides other municipal services with billions of dollars. Nonprofit contractors receive a significant portion of its funding, and they frequently persuade commissioners and department heads to gain a piece of the $4 billion government budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although the legislation takes effect on July 1st, authorities stated that they will gradually implement the new regulations and that it could take some time to set up the reporting system.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Multnomah County adopts first-ever lobbying rules in major transparency push","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"multnomah-county-adopts-first-ever-lobbying-rules-in-major-transparency-push","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7700","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Kressin told Bloomberg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Hopefully, a way forward will be found this year.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bills requiring app store owners to confirm users' ages and obtain parental approval for children before enabling them to download applications were being considered<\/a> by at least nine states, according to a February article. Although legislation requiring internet platforms to verify users' ages has been enacted in a number of states, many of these laws have not yet been put into effect due to legal challenges.\u00a0<\/p>\n","post_title":"Meta & Spotify join forces to lobby against Apple & Google\u2019s app store policies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meta-spotify-join-forces-to-lobby-against-apple-googles-app-store-policies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7699","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7700,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_content":"\n Significant modifications to the county's lobbying <\/a>regulations were adopted by the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners. In other words, they will be possessed by the government. The new regulations, which compel entities that lobby the county to report their efforts, were unanimously adopted by the board. Willamette Week was the first to uncover that the county had long functioned without keeping track of its lobbyists. Officials warned that violators of the new rule might face fines of up to $500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Commissioner Shannon Singleton, who co-sponsored the effort with Commissioner Julia Brim-Edwards, stated, \"This is a really big step for this commission.\" The new county policies are modeled after those of the state, Portland, and the Metro regional government. But according to The Oregonian\/OregonLive, neither Clackamas nor Washington counties keep tabs on lobbyists' meetings or expenditures on visits with public officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In accordance with Brim-Edwards and Singleton's rule, lobbyists must register and submit a quarterly report detailing their attempts to influence policy and any gifts over $50. Commissioners, department heads, staff members, and volunteers would all be subject to such regulations. Commissioners are required to publish their calendars on a quarterly basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since they are independently elected and do not report to the board, the sheriff, district attorney, and auditor will not be governed by the rules, Singleton stated. A $200,000 allocation from the county's general fund contingency account to support an online lobbying registration and calendar reporting system was also approved by the commissioners. According to authorities, the contingency fund, which was used to cover additional security expenses last month, will have $666,917 left over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The board is evaluating a number of governance reforms, including these regulations, many of which Brim-Edwards initially supported last year. According to the ordinance, lobbyists who achieve the county's threshold of 10 lobbying hours every calendar quarter are required<\/a> to register within three business days, such who confine their advocacy to public speech at board meetings, spend fewer than ten hours each quarter lobbying elected officials, or are responding to a board request would not be subject to such regulations. According to the rules, government employees who are \"acting in their official capacity\" are likewise excluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Multnomah County manages libraries, reduces homelessness, addresses public health and safety concerns, and provides other municipal services with billions of dollars. Nonprofit contractors receive a significant portion of its funding, and they frequently persuade commissioners and department heads to gain a piece of the $4 billion government budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although the legislation takes effect on July 1st, authorities stated that they will gradually implement the new regulations and that it could take some time to set up the reporting system.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Multnomah County adopts first-ever lobbying rules in major transparency push","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"multnomah-county-adopts-first-ever-lobbying-rules-in-major-transparency-push","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7700","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\"It's important to have a bill in place, something to discuss and debate,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kressin told Bloomberg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Hopefully, a way forward will be found this year.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bills requiring app store owners to confirm users' ages and obtain parental approval for children before enabling them to download applications were being considered<\/a> by at least nine states, according to a February article. Although legislation requiring internet platforms to verify users' ages has been enacted in a number of states, many of these laws have not yet been put into effect due to legal challenges.\u00a0<\/p>\n","post_title":"Meta & Spotify join forces to lobby against Apple & Google\u2019s app store policies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meta-spotify-join-forces-to-lobby-against-apple-googles-app-store-policies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7699","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7700,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_content":"\n Significant modifications to the county's lobbying <\/a>regulations were adopted by the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners. In other words, they will be possessed by the government. The new regulations, which compel entities that lobby the county to report their efforts, were unanimously adopted by the board. Willamette Week was the first to uncover that the county had long functioned without keeping track of its lobbyists. Officials warned that violators of the new rule might face fines of up to $500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Commissioner Shannon Singleton, who co-sponsored the effort with Commissioner Julia Brim-Edwards, stated, \"This is a really big step for this commission.\" The new county policies are modeled after those of the state, Portland, and the Metro regional government. But according to The Oregonian\/OregonLive, neither Clackamas nor Washington counties keep tabs on lobbyists' meetings or expenditures on visits with public officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In accordance with Brim-Edwards and Singleton's rule, lobbyists must register and submit a quarterly report detailing their attempts to influence policy and any gifts over $50. Commissioners, department heads, staff members, and volunteers would all be subject to such regulations. Commissioners are required to publish their calendars on a quarterly basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since they are independently elected and do not report to the board, the sheriff, district attorney, and auditor will not be governed by the rules, Singleton stated. A $200,000 allocation from the county's general fund contingency account to support an online lobbying registration and calendar reporting system was also approved by the commissioners. According to authorities, the contingency fund, which was used to cover additional security expenses last month, will have $666,917 left over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The board is evaluating a number of governance reforms, including these regulations, many of which Brim-Edwards initially supported last year. According to the ordinance, lobbyists who achieve the county's threshold of 10 lobbying hours every calendar quarter are required<\/a> to register within three business days, such who confine their advocacy to public speech at board meetings, spend fewer than ten hours each quarter lobbying elected officials, or are responding to a board request would not be subject to such regulations. According to the rules, government employees who are \"acting in their official capacity\" are likewise excluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Multnomah County manages libraries, reduces homelessness, addresses public health and safety concerns, and provides other municipal services with billions of dollars. Nonprofit contractors receive a significant portion of its funding, and they frequently persuade commissioners and department heads to gain a piece of the $4 billion government budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although the legislation takes effect on July 1st, authorities stated that they will gradually implement the new regulations and that it could take some time to set up the reporting system.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Multnomah County adopts first-ever lobbying rules in major transparency push","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"multnomah-county-adopts-first-ever-lobbying-rules-in-major-transparency-push","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7700","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\"It's important to have a bill in place, something to discuss and debate,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kressin told Bloomberg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Hopefully, a way forward will be found this year.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bills requiring app store owners to confirm users' ages and obtain parental approval for children before enabling them to download applications were being considered<\/a> by at least nine states, according to a February article. Although legislation requiring internet platforms to verify users' ages has been enacted in a number of states, many of these laws have not yet been put into effect due to legal challenges.\u00a0<\/p>\n","post_title":"Meta & Spotify join forces to lobby against Apple & Google\u2019s app store policies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meta-spotify-join-forces-to-lobby-against-apple-googles-app-store-policies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7699","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7700,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_content":"\n Significant modifications to the county's lobbying <\/a>regulations were adopted by the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners. In other words, they will be possessed by the government. The new regulations, which compel entities that lobby the county to report their efforts, were unanimously adopted by the board. Willamette Week was the first to uncover that the county had long functioned without keeping track of its lobbyists. Officials warned that violators of the new rule might face fines of up to $500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Commissioner Shannon Singleton, who co-sponsored the effort with Commissioner Julia Brim-Edwards, stated, \"This is a really big step for this commission.\" The new county policies are modeled after those of the state, Portland, and the Metro regional government. But according to The Oregonian\/OregonLive, neither Clackamas nor Washington counties keep tabs on lobbyists' meetings or expenditures on visits with public officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In accordance with Brim-Edwards and Singleton's rule, lobbyists must register and submit a quarterly report detailing their attempts to influence policy and any gifts over $50. Commissioners, department heads, staff members, and volunteers would all be subject to such regulations. Commissioners are required to publish their calendars on a quarterly basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since they are independently elected and do not report to the board, the sheriff, district attorney, and auditor will not be governed by the rules, Singleton stated. A $200,000 allocation from the county's general fund contingency account to support an online lobbying registration and calendar reporting system was also approved by the commissioners. According to authorities, the contingency fund, which was used to cover additional security expenses last month, will have $666,917 left over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The board is evaluating a number of governance reforms, including these regulations, many of which Brim-Edwards initially supported last year. According to the ordinance, lobbyists who achieve the county's threshold of 10 lobbying hours every calendar quarter are required<\/a> to register within three business days, such who confine their advocacy to public speech at board meetings, spend fewer than ten hours each quarter lobbying elected officials, or are responding to a board request would not be subject to such regulations. According to the rules, government employees who are \"acting in their official capacity\" are likewise excluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Multnomah County manages libraries, reduces homelessness, addresses public health and safety concerns, and provides other municipal services with billions of dollars. Nonprofit contractors receive a significant portion of its funding, and they frequently persuade commissioners and department heads to gain a piece of the $4 billion government budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although the legislation takes effect on July 1st, authorities stated that they will gradually implement the new regulations and that it could take some time to set up the reporting system.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Multnomah County adopts first-ever lobbying rules in major transparency push","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"multnomah-county-adopts-first-ever-lobbying-rules-in-major-transparency-push","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7700","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
According to the article, Apple and Google have stated that applications should be in charge of such work, while representatives of app developers have contended that the obligation should fall on their app stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It's important to have a bill in place, something to discuss and debate,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kressin told Bloomberg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Hopefully, a way forward will be found this year.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bills requiring app store owners to confirm users' ages and obtain parental approval for children before enabling them to download applications were being considered<\/a> by at least nine states, according to a February article. Although legislation requiring internet platforms to verify users' ages has been enacted in a number of states, many of these laws have not yet been put into effect due to legal challenges.\u00a0<\/p>\n","post_title":"Meta & Spotify join forces to lobby against Apple & Google\u2019s app store policies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meta-spotify-join-forces-to-lobby-against-apple-googles-app-store-policies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7699","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7700,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_content":"\n Significant modifications to the county's lobbying <\/a>regulations were adopted by the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners. In other words, they will be possessed by the government. The new regulations, which compel entities that lobby the county to report their efforts, were unanimously adopted by the board. Willamette Week was the first to uncover that the county had long functioned without keeping track of its lobbyists. Officials warned that violators of the new rule might face fines of up to $500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Commissioner Shannon Singleton, who co-sponsored the effort with Commissioner Julia Brim-Edwards, stated, \"This is a really big step for this commission.\" The new county policies are modeled after those of the state, Portland, and the Metro regional government. But according to The Oregonian\/OregonLive, neither Clackamas nor Washington counties keep tabs on lobbyists' meetings or expenditures on visits with public officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In accordance with Brim-Edwards and Singleton's rule, lobbyists must register and submit a quarterly report detailing their attempts to influence policy and any gifts over $50. Commissioners, department heads, staff members, and volunteers would all be subject to such regulations. Commissioners are required to publish their calendars on a quarterly basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since they are independently elected and do not report to the board, the sheriff, district attorney, and auditor will not be governed by the rules, Singleton stated. A $200,000 allocation from the county's general fund contingency account to support an online lobbying registration and calendar reporting system was also approved by the commissioners. According to authorities, the contingency fund, which was used to cover additional security expenses last month, will have $666,917 left over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The board is evaluating a number of governance reforms, including these regulations, many of which Brim-Edwards initially supported last year. According to the ordinance, lobbyists who achieve the county's threshold of 10 lobbying hours every calendar quarter are required<\/a> to register within three business days, such who confine their advocacy to public speech at board meetings, spend fewer than ten hours each quarter lobbying elected officials, or are responding to a board request would not be subject to such regulations. According to the rules, government employees who are \"acting in their official capacity\" are likewise excluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Multnomah County manages libraries, reduces homelessness, addresses public health and safety concerns, and provides other municipal services with billions of dollars. Nonprofit contractors receive a significant portion of its funding, and they frequently persuade commissioners and department heads to gain a piece of the $4 billion government budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although the legislation takes effect on July 1st, authorities stated that they will gradually implement the new regulations and that it could take some time to set up the reporting system.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Multnomah County adopts first-ever lobbying rules in major transparency push","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"multnomah-county-adopts-first-ever-lobbying-rules-in-major-transparency-push","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7700","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
According to the research, this legislative obligation may lead to litigation and the necessity to purchase solutions for managing private data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the article, Apple and Google have stated that applications should be in charge of such work, while representatives of app developers have contended that the obligation should fall on their app stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It's important to have a bill in place, something to discuss and debate,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kressin told Bloomberg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Hopefully, a way forward will be found this year.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bills requiring app store owners to confirm users' ages and obtain parental approval for children before enabling them to download applications were being considered<\/a> by at least nine states, according to a February article. Although legislation requiring internet platforms to verify users' ages has been enacted in a number of states, many of these laws have not yet been put into effect due to legal challenges.\u00a0<\/p>\n","post_title":"Meta & Spotify join forces to lobby against Apple & Google\u2019s app store policies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meta-spotify-join-forces-to-lobby-against-apple-googles-app-store-policies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7699","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7700,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_content":"\n Significant modifications to the county's lobbying <\/a>regulations were adopted by the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners. In other words, they will be possessed by the government. The new regulations, which compel entities that lobby the county to report their efforts, were unanimously adopted by the board. Willamette Week was the first to uncover that the county had long functioned without keeping track of its lobbyists. Officials warned that violators of the new rule might face fines of up to $500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Commissioner Shannon Singleton, who co-sponsored the effort with Commissioner Julia Brim-Edwards, stated, \"This is a really big step for this commission.\" The new county policies are modeled after those of the state, Portland, and the Metro regional government. But according to The Oregonian\/OregonLive, neither Clackamas nor Washington counties keep tabs on lobbyists' meetings or expenditures on visits with public officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In accordance with Brim-Edwards and Singleton's rule, lobbyists must register and submit a quarterly report detailing their attempts to influence policy and any gifts over $50. Commissioners, department heads, staff members, and volunteers would all be subject to such regulations. Commissioners are required to publish their calendars on a quarterly basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since they are independently elected and do not report to the board, the sheriff, district attorney, and auditor will not be governed by the rules, Singleton stated. A $200,000 allocation from the county's general fund contingency account to support an online lobbying registration and calendar reporting system was also approved by the commissioners. According to authorities, the contingency fund, which was used to cover additional security expenses last month, will have $666,917 left over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The board is evaluating a number of governance reforms, including these regulations, many of which Brim-Edwards initially supported last year. According to the ordinance, lobbyists who achieve the county's threshold of 10 lobbying hours every calendar quarter are required<\/a> to register within three business days, such who confine their advocacy to public speech at board meetings, spend fewer than ten hours each quarter lobbying elected officials, or are responding to a board request would not be subject to such regulations. According to the rules, government employees who are \"acting in their official capacity\" are likewise excluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Multnomah County manages libraries, reduces homelessness, addresses public health and safety concerns, and provides other municipal services with billions of dollars. Nonprofit contractors receive a significant portion of its funding, and they frequently persuade commissioners and department heads to gain a piece of the $4 billion government budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although the legislation takes effect on July 1st, authorities stated that they will gradually implement the new regulations and that it could take some time to set up the reporting system.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Multnomah County adopts first-ever lobbying rules in major transparency push","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"multnomah-county-adopts-first-ever-lobbying-rules-in-major-transparency-push","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7700","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
According to a Bloomberg article on Wednesday, the CCME's founding coincides with the rising momentum for legislation that would mandate age verification prior to app downloads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the research, this legislative obligation may lead to litigation and the necessity to purchase solutions for managing private data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the article, Apple and Google have stated that applications should be in charge of such work, while representatives of app developers have contended that the obligation should fall on their app stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It's important to have a bill in place, something to discuss and debate,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kressin told Bloomberg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Hopefully, a way forward will be found this year.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bills requiring app store owners to confirm users' ages and obtain parental approval for children before enabling them to download applications were being considered<\/a> by at least nine states, according to a February article. Although legislation requiring internet platforms to verify users' ages has been enacted in a number of states, many of these laws have not yet been put into effect due to legal challenges.\u00a0<\/p>\n","post_title":"Meta & Spotify join forces to lobby against Apple & Google\u2019s app store policies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meta-spotify-join-forces-to-lobby-against-apple-googles-app-store-policies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7699","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7700,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_content":"\n Significant modifications to the county's lobbying <\/a>regulations were adopted by the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners. In other words, they will be possessed by the government. The new regulations, which compel entities that lobby the county to report their efforts, were unanimously adopted by the board. Willamette Week was the first to uncover that the county had long functioned without keeping track of its lobbyists. Officials warned that violators of the new rule might face fines of up to $500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Commissioner Shannon Singleton, who co-sponsored the effort with Commissioner Julia Brim-Edwards, stated, \"This is a really big step for this commission.\" The new county policies are modeled after those of the state, Portland, and the Metro regional government. But according to The Oregonian\/OregonLive, neither Clackamas nor Washington counties keep tabs on lobbyists' meetings or expenditures on visits with public officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In accordance with Brim-Edwards and Singleton's rule, lobbyists must register and submit a quarterly report detailing their attempts to influence policy and any gifts over $50. Commissioners, department heads, staff members, and volunteers would all be subject to such regulations. Commissioners are required to publish their calendars on a quarterly basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since they are independently elected and do not report to the board, the sheriff, district attorney, and auditor will not be governed by the rules, Singleton stated. A $200,000 allocation from the county's general fund contingency account to support an online lobbying registration and calendar reporting system was also approved by the commissioners. According to authorities, the contingency fund, which was used to cover additional security expenses last month, will have $666,917 left over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The board is evaluating a number of governance reforms, including these regulations, many of which Brim-Edwards initially supported last year. According to the ordinance, lobbyists who achieve the county's threshold of 10 lobbying hours every calendar quarter are required<\/a> to register within three business days, such who confine their advocacy to public speech at board meetings, spend fewer than ten hours each quarter lobbying elected officials, or are responding to a board request would not be subject to such regulations. According to the rules, government employees who are \"acting in their official capacity\" are likewise excluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Multnomah County manages libraries, reduces homelessness, addresses public health and safety concerns, and provides other municipal services with billions of dollars. Nonprofit contractors receive a significant portion of its funding, and they frequently persuade commissioners and department heads to gain a piece of the $4 billion government budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although the legislation takes effect on July 1st, authorities stated that they will gradually implement the new regulations and that it could take some time to set up the reporting system.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Multnomah County adopts first-ever lobbying rules in major transparency push","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"multnomah-county-adopts-first-ever-lobbying-rules-in-major-transparency-push","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7700","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
In addition to cutting expenses, Kressin stated that the topics the organization is working on \"will give consumers the power they deserve, providing more freedom and access.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a Bloomberg article on Wednesday, the CCME's founding coincides with the rising momentum for legislation that would mandate age verification prior to app downloads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the research, this legislative obligation may lead to litigation and the necessity to purchase solutions for managing private data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the article, Apple and Google have stated that applications should be in charge of such work, while representatives of app developers have contended that the obligation should fall on their app stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It's important to have a bill in place, something to discuss and debate,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kressin told Bloomberg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Hopefully, a way forward will be found this year.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bills requiring app store owners to confirm users' ages and obtain parental approval for children before enabling them to download applications were being considered<\/a> by at least nine states, according to a February article. Although legislation requiring internet platforms to verify users' ages has been enacted in a number of states, many of these laws have not yet been put into effect due to legal challenges.\u00a0<\/p>\n","post_title":"Meta & Spotify join forces to lobby against Apple & Google\u2019s app store policies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meta-spotify-join-forces-to-lobby-against-apple-googles-app-store-policies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7699","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7700,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_content":"\n Significant modifications to the county's lobbying <\/a>regulations were adopted by the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners. In other words, they will be possessed by the government. The new regulations, which compel entities that lobby the county to report their efforts, were unanimously adopted by the board. Willamette Week was the first to uncover that the county had long functioned without keeping track of its lobbyists. Officials warned that violators of the new rule might face fines of up to $500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Commissioner Shannon Singleton, who co-sponsored the effort with Commissioner Julia Brim-Edwards, stated, \"This is a really big step for this commission.\" The new county policies are modeled after those of the state, Portland, and the Metro regional government. But according to The Oregonian\/OregonLive, neither Clackamas nor Washington counties keep tabs on lobbyists' meetings or expenditures on visits with public officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In accordance with Brim-Edwards and Singleton's rule, lobbyists must register and submit a quarterly report detailing their attempts to influence policy and any gifts over $50. Commissioners, department heads, staff members, and volunteers would all be subject to such regulations. Commissioners are required to publish their calendars on a quarterly basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since they are independently elected and do not report to the board, the sheriff, district attorney, and auditor will not be governed by the rules, Singleton stated. A $200,000 allocation from the county's general fund contingency account to support an online lobbying registration and calendar reporting system was also approved by the commissioners. According to authorities, the contingency fund, which was used to cover additional security expenses last month, will have $666,917 left over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The board is evaluating a number of governance reforms, including these regulations, many of which Brim-Edwards initially supported last year. According to the ordinance, lobbyists who achieve the county's threshold of 10 lobbying hours every calendar quarter are required<\/a> to register within three business days, such who confine their advocacy to public speech at board meetings, spend fewer than ten hours each quarter lobbying elected officials, or are responding to a board request would not be subject to such regulations. According to the rules, government employees who are \"acting in their official capacity\" are likewise excluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Multnomah County manages libraries, reduces homelessness, addresses public health and safety concerns, and provides other municipal services with billions of dollars. Nonprofit contractors receive a significant portion of its funding, and they frequently persuade commissioners and department heads to gain a piece of the $4 billion government budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although the legislation takes effect on July 1st, authorities stated that they will gradually implement the new regulations and that it could take some time to set up the reporting system.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Multnomah County adopts first-ever lobbying rules in major transparency push","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"multnomah-county-adopts-first-ever-lobbying-rules-in-major-transparency-push","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7700","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\"Smartphones have become an indispensable tool in our everyday lives, but the mobile experience has been stymied by gatekeepers who have monopolized the market by stifling competition and choice for consumers.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In addition to cutting expenses, Kressin stated that the topics the organization is working on \"will give consumers the power they deserve, providing more freedom and access.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a Bloomberg article on Wednesday, the CCME's founding coincides with the rising momentum for legislation that would mandate age verification prior to app downloads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the research, this legislative obligation may lead to litigation and the necessity to purchase solutions for managing private data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the article, Apple and Google have stated that applications should be in charge of such work, while representatives of app developers have contended that the obligation should fall on their app stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It's important to have a bill in place, something to discuss and debate,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kressin told Bloomberg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Hopefully, a way forward will be found this year.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bills requiring app store owners to confirm users' ages and obtain parental approval for children before enabling them to download applications were being considered<\/a> by at least nine states, according to a February article. Although legislation requiring internet platforms to verify users' ages has been enacted in a number of states, many of these laws have not yet been put into effect due to legal challenges.\u00a0<\/p>\n","post_title":"Meta & Spotify join forces to lobby against Apple & Google\u2019s app store policies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meta-spotify-join-forces-to-lobby-against-apple-googles-app-store-policies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7699","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7700,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_content":"\n Significant modifications to the county's lobbying <\/a>regulations were adopted by the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners. In other words, they will be possessed by the government. The new regulations, which compel entities that lobby the county to report their efforts, were unanimously adopted by the board. Willamette Week was the first to uncover that the county had long functioned without keeping track of its lobbyists. Officials warned that violators of the new rule might face fines of up to $500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Commissioner Shannon Singleton, who co-sponsored the effort with Commissioner Julia Brim-Edwards, stated, \"This is a really big step for this commission.\" The new county policies are modeled after those of the state, Portland, and the Metro regional government. But according to The Oregonian\/OregonLive, neither Clackamas nor Washington counties keep tabs on lobbyists' meetings or expenditures on visits with public officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In accordance with Brim-Edwards and Singleton's rule, lobbyists must register and submit a quarterly report detailing their attempts to influence policy and any gifts over $50. Commissioners, department heads, staff members, and volunteers would all be subject to such regulations. Commissioners are required to publish their calendars on a quarterly basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since they are independently elected and do not report to the board, the sheriff, district attorney, and auditor will not be governed by the rules, Singleton stated. A $200,000 allocation from the county's general fund contingency account to support an online lobbying registration and calendar reporting system was also approved by the commissioners. According to authorities, the contingency fund, which was used to cover additional security expenses last month, will have $666,917 left over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The board is evaluating a number of governance reforms, including these regulations, many of which Brim-Edwards initially supported last year. According to the ordinance, lobbyists who achieve the county's threshold of 10 lobbying hours every calendar quarter are required<\/a> to register within three business days, such who confine their advocacy to public speech at board meetings, spend fewer than ten hours each quarter lobbying elected officials, or are responding to a board request would not be subject to such regulations. According to the rules, government employees who are \"acting in their official capacity\" are likewise excluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Multnomah County manages libraries, reduces homelessness, addresses public health and safety concerns, and provides other municipal services with billions of dollars. Nonprofit contractors receive a significant portion of its funding, and they frequently persuade commissioners and department heads to gain a piece of the $4 billion government budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although the legislation takes effect on July 1st, authorities stated that they will gradually implement the new regulations and that it could take some time to set up the reporting system.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Multnomah County adopts first-ever lobbying rules in major transparency push","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"multnomah-county-adopts-first-ever-lobbying-rules-in-major-transparency-push","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7700","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\"Smartphones have become an indispensable tool in our everyday lives, but the mobile experience has been stymied by gatekeepers who have monopolized the market by stifling competition and choice for consumers.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In addition to cutting expenses, Kressin stated that the topics the organization is working on \"will give consumers the power they deserve, providing more freedom and access.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a Bloomberg article on Wednesday, the CCME's founding coincides with the rising momentum for legislation that would mandate age verification prior to app downloads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the research, this legislative obligation may lead to litigation and the necessity to purchase solutions for managing private data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the article, Apple and Google have stated that applications should be in charge of such work, while representatives of app developers have contended that the obligation should fall on their app stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It's important to have a bill in place, something to discuss and debate,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kressin told Bloomberg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Hopefully, a way forward will be found this year.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bills requiring app store owners to confirm users' ages and obtain parental approval for children before enabling them to download applications were being considered<\/a> by at least nine states, according to a February article. Although legislation requiring internet platforms to verify users' ages has been enacted in a number of states, many of these laws have not yet been put into effect due to legal challenges.\u00a0<\/p>\n","post_title":"Meta & Spotify join forces to lobby against Apple & Google\u2019s app store policies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meta-spotify-join-forces-to-lobby-against-apple-googles-app-store-policies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7699","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7700,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_content":"\n Significant modifications to the county's lobbying <\/a>regulations were adopted by the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners. In other words, they will be possessed by the government. The new regulations, which compel entities that lobby the county to report their efforts, were unanimously adopted by the board. Willamette Week was the first to uncover that the county had long functioned without keeping track of its lobbyists. Officials warned that violators of the new rule might face fines of up to $500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Commissioner Shannon Singleton, who co-sponsored the effort with Commissioner Julia Brim-Edwards, stated, \"This is a really big step for this commission.\" The new county policies are modeled after those of the state, Portland, and the Metro regional government. But according to The Oregonian\/OregonLive, neither Clackamas nor Washington counties keep tabs on lobbyists' meetings or expenditures on visits with public officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In accordance with Brim-Edwards and Singleton's rule, lobbyists must register and submit a quarterly report detailing their attempts to influence policy and any gifts over $50. Commissioners, department heads, staff members, and volunteers would all be subject to such regulations. Commissioners are required to publish their calendars on a quarterly basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since they are independently elected and do not report to the board, the sheriff, district attorney, and auditor will not be governed by the rules, Singleton stated. A $200,000 allocation from the county's general fund contingency account to support an online lobbying registration and calendar reporting system was also approved by the commissioners. According to authorities, the contingency fund, which was used to cover additional security expenses last month, will have $666,917 left over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The board is evaluating a number of governance reforms, including these regulations, many of which Brim-Edwards initially supported last year. According to the ordinance, lobbyists who achieve the county's threshold of 10 lobbying hours every calendar quarter are required<\/a> to register within three business days, such who confine their advocacy to public speech at board meetings, spend fewer than ten hours each quarter lobbying elected officials, or are responding to a board request would not be subject to such regulations. According to the rules, government employees who are \"acting in their official capacity\" are likewise excluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Multnomah County manages libraries, reduces homelessness, addresses public health and safety concerns, and provides other municipal services with billions of dollars. Nonprofit contractors receive a significant portion of its funding, and they frequently persuade commissioners and department heads to gain a piece of the $4 billion government budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although the legislation takes effect on July 1st, authorities stated that they will gradually implement the new regulations and that it could take some time to set up the reporting system.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Multnomah County adopts first-ever lobbying rules in major transparency push","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"multnomah-county-adopts-first-ever-lobbying-rules-in-major-transparency-push","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7700","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
In the release, CCME Director Brandon Kressin stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Smartphones have become an indispensable tool in our everyday lives, but the mobile experience has been stymied by gatekeepers who have monopolized the market by stifling competition and choice for consumers.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In addition to cutting expenses, Kressin stated that the topics the organization is working on \"will give consumers the power they deserve, providing more freedom and access.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a Bloomberg article on Wednesday, the CCME's founding coincides with the rising momentum for legislation that would mandate age verification prior to app downloads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the research, this legislative obligation may lead to litigation and the necessity to purchase solutions for managing private data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the article, Apple and Google have stated that applications should be in charge of such work, while representatives of app developers have contended that the obligation should fall on their app stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It's important to have a bill in place, something to discuss and debate,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kressin told Bloomberg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Hopefully, a way forward will be found this year.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bills requiring app store owners to confirm users' ages and obtain parental approval for children before enabling them to download applications were being considered<\/a> by at least nine states, according to a February article. Although legislation requiring internet platforms to verify users' ages has been enacted in a number of states, many of these laws have not yet been put into effect due to legal challenges.\u00a0<\/p>\n","post_title":"Meta & Spotify join forces to lobby against Apple & Google\u2019s app store policies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meta-spotify-join-forces-to-lobby-against-apple-googles-app-store-policies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7699","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7700,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_content":"\n Significant modifications to the county's lobbying <\/a>regulations were adopted by the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners. In other words, they will be possessed by the government. The new regulations, which compel entities that lobby the county to report their efforts, were unanimously adopted by the board. Willamette Week was the first to uncover that the county had long functioned without keeping track of its lobbyists. Officials warned that violators of the new rule might face fines of up to $500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Commissioner Shannon Singleton, who co-sponsored the effort with Commissioner Julia Brim-Edwards, stated, \"This is a really big step for this commission.\" The new county policies are modeled after those of the state, Portland, and the Metro regional government. But according to The Oregonian\/OregonLive, neither Clackamas nor Washington counties keep tabs on lobbyists' meetings or expenditures on visits with public officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In accordance with Brim-Edwards and Singleton's rule, lobbyists must register and submit a quarterly report detailing their attempts to influence policy and any gifts over $50. Commissioners, department heads, staff members, and volunteers would all be subject to such regulations. Commissioners are required to publish their calendars on a quarterly basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since they are independently elected and do not report to the board, the sheriff, district attorney, and auditor will not be governed by the rules, Singleton stated. A $200,000 allocation from the county's general fund contingency account to support an online lobbying registration and calendar reporting system was also approved by the commissioners. According to authorities, the contingency fund, which was used to cover additional security expenses last month, will have $666,917 left over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The board is evaluating a number of governance reforms, including these regulations, many of which Brim-Edwards initially supported last year. According to the ordinance, lobbyists who achieve the county's threshold of 10 lobbying hours every calendar quarter are required<\/a> to register within three business days, such who confine their advocacy to public speech at board meetings, spend fewer than ten hours each quarter lobbying elected officials, or are responding to a board request would not be subject to such regulations. According to the rules, government employees who are \"acting in their official capacity\" are likewise excluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Multnomah County manages libraries, reduces homelessness, addresses public health and safety concerns, and provides other municipal services with billions of dollars. Nonprofit contractors receive a significant portion of its funding, and they frequently persuade commissioners and department heads to gain a piece of the $4 billion government budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although the legislation takes effect on July 1st, authorities stated that they will gradually implement the new regulations and that it could take some time to set up the reporting system.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Multnomah County adopts first-ever lobbying rules in major transparency push","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"multnomah-county-adopts-first-ever-lobbying-rules-in-major-transparency-push","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7700","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The group specifically stated that app stores should be in charge of enforcing age-based content restrictions, smartphone providers should make sure that rival apps, hardware, and software work flawlessly with their devices, and app store providers should permit rival app stores to operate on their operating systems without undue interference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the release, CCME Director Brandon Kressin stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Smartphones have become an indispensable tool in our everyday lives, but the mobile experience has been stymied by gatekeepers who have monopolized the market by stifling competition and choice for consumers.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In addition to cutting expenses, Kressin stated that the topics the organization is working on \"will give consumers the power they deserve, providing more freedom and access.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a Bloomberg article on Wednesday, the CCME's founding coincides with the rising momentum for legislation that would mandate age verification prior to app downloads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the research, this legislative obligation may lead to litigation and the necessity to purchase solutions for managing private data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the article, Apple and Google have stated that applications should be in charge of such work, while representatives of app developers have contended that the obligation should fall on their app stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It's important to have a bill in place, something to discuss and debate,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kressin told Bloomberg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Hopefully, a way forward will be found this year.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bills requiring app store owners to confirm users' ages and obtain parental approval for children before enabling them to download applications were being considered<\/a> by at least nine states, according to a February article. Although legislation requiring internet platforms to verify users' ages has been enacted in a number of states, many of these laws have not yet been put into effect due to legal challenges.\u00a0<\/p>\n","post_title":"Meta & Spotify join forces to lobby against Apple & Google\u2019s app store policies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meta-spotify-join-forces-to-lobby-against-apple-googles-app-store-policies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7699","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7700,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_content":"\n Significant modifications to the county's lobbying <\/a>regulations were adopted by the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners. In other words, they will be possessed by the government. The new regulations, which compel entities that lobby the county to report their efforts, were unanimously adopted by the board. Willamette Week was the first to uncover that the county had long functioned without keeping track of its lobbyists. Officials warned that violators of the new rule might face fines of up to $500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Commissioner Shannon Singleton, who co-sponsored the effort with Commissioner Julia Brim-Edwards, stated, \"This is a really big step for this commission.\" The new county policies are modeled after those of the state, Portland, and the Metro regional government. But according to The Oregonian\/OregonLive, neither Clackamas nor Washington counties keep tabs on lobbyists' meetings or expenditures on visits with public officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In accordance with Brim-Edwards and Singleton's rule, lobbyists must register and submit a quarterly report detailing their attempts to influence policy and any gifts over $50. Commissioners, department heads, staff members, and volunteers would all be subject to such regulations. Commissioners are required to publish their calendars on a quarterly basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since they are independently elected and do not report to the board, the sheriff, district attorney, and auditor will not be governed by the rules, Singleton stated. A $200,000 allocation from the county's general fund contingency account to support an online lobbying registration and calendar reporting system was also approved by the commissioners. According to authorities, the contingency fund, which was used to cover additional security expenses last month, will have $666,917 left over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The board is evaluating a number of governance reforms, including these regulations, many of which Brim-Edwards initially supported last year. According to the ordinance, lobbyists who achieve the county's threshold of 10 lobbying hours every calendar quarter are required<\/a> to register within three business days, such who confine their advocacy to public speech at board meetings, spend fewer than ten hours each quarter lobbying elected officials, or are responding to a board request would not be subject to such regulations. According to the rules, government employees who are \"acting in their official capacity\" are likewise excluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Multnomah County manages libraries, reduces homelessness, addresses public health and safety concerns, and provides other municipal services with billions of dollars. Nonprofit contractors receive a significant portion of its funding, and they frequently persuade commissioners and department heads to gain a piece of the $4 billion government budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although the legislation takes effect on July 1st, authorities stated that they will gradually implement the new regulations and that it could take some time to set up the reporting system.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Multnomah County adopts first-ever lobbying rules in major transparency push","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"multnomah-county-adopts-first-ever-lobbying-rules-in-major-transparency-push","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7700","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Joining Meta's continuous attempts to convince politicians that app shops should be in charge of limiting which applications kids may download, so relieving the apps themselves of the burden of age verification, is now the group's top goal. Google claims that Meta is attempting to \"offload\" its obligation to protect children. A law mandating app retailers to check user ages has already been approved in Utah, and the new alliance plans to assist efforts to draft comparable legislation in the House and Senate as well as similar proposals in other states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The group specifically stated that app stores should be in charge of enforcing age-based content restrictions, smartphone providers should make sure that rival apps, hardware, and software work flawlessly with their devices, and app store providers should permit rival app stores to operate on their operating systems without undue interference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the release, CCME Director Brandon Kressin stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Smartphones have become an indispensable tool in our everyday lives, but the mobile experience has been stymied by gatekeepers who have monopolized the market by stifling competition and choice for consumers.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In addition to cutting expenses, Kressin stated that the topics the organization is working on \"will give consumers the power they deserve, providing more freedom and access.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a Bloomberg article on Wednesday, the CCME's founding coincides with the rising momentum for legislation that would mandate age verification prior to app downloads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the research, this legislative obligation may lead to litigation and the necessity to purchase solutions for managing private data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the article, Apple and Google have stated that applications should be in charge of such work, while representatives of app developers have contended that the obligation should fall on their app stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It's important to have a bill in place, something to discuss and debate,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kressin told Bloomberg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Hopefully, a way forward will be found this year.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bills requiring app store owners to confirm users' ages and obtain parental approval for children before enabling them to download applications were being considered<\/a> by at least nine states, according to a February article. Although legislation requiring internet platforms to verify users' ages has been enacted in a number of states, many of these laws have not yet been put into effect due to legal challenges.\u00a0<\/p>\n","post_title":"Meta & Spotify join forces to lobby against Apple & Google\u2019s app store policies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meta-spotify-join-forces-to-lobby-against-apple-googles-app-store-policies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7699","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7700,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_content":"\n Significant modifications to the county's lobbying <\/a>regulations were adopted by the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners. In other words, they will be possessed by the government. The new regulations, which compel entities that lobby the county to report their efforts, were unanimously adopted by the board. Willamette Week was the first to uncover that the county had long functioned without keeping track of its lobbyists. Officials warned that violators of the new rule might face fines of up to $500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Commissioner Shannon Singleton, who co-sponsored the effort with Commissioner Julia Brim-Edwards, stated, \"This is a really big step for this commission.\" The new county policies are modeled after those of the state, Portland, and the Metro regional government. But according to The Oregonian\/OregonLive, neither Clackamas nor Washington counties keep tabs on lobbyists' meetings or expenditures on visits with public officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In accordance with Brim-Edwards and Singleton's rule, lobbyists must register and submit a quarterly report detailing their attempts to influence policy and any gifts over $50. Commissioners, department heads, staff members, and volunteers would all be subject to such regulations. Commissioners are required to publish their calendars on a quarterly basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since they are independently elected and do not report to the board, the sheriff, district attorney, and auditor will not be governed by the rules, Singleton stated. A $200,000 allocation from the county's general fund contingency account to support an online lobbying registration and calendar reporting system was also approved by the commissioners. According to authorities, the contingency fund, which was used to cover additional security expenses last month, will have $666,917 left over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The board is evaluating a number of governance reforms, including these regulations, many of which Brim-Edwards initially supported last year. According to the ordinance, lobbyists who achieve the county's threshold of 10 lobbying hours every calendar quarter are required<\/a> to register within three business days, such who confine their advocacy to public speech at board meetings, spend fewer than ten hours each quarter lobbying elected officials, or are responding to a board request would not be subject to such regulations. According to the rules, government employees who are \"acting in their official capacity\" are likewise excluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Multnomah County manages libraries, reduces homelessness, addresses public health and safety concerns, and provides other municipal services with billions of dollars. Nonprofit contractors receive a significant portion of its funding, and they frequently persuade commissioners and department heads to gain a piece of the $4 billion government budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although the legislation takes effect on July 1st, authorities stated that they will gradually implement the new regulations and that it could take some time to set up the reporting system.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Multnomah County adopts first-ever lobbying rules in major transparency push","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"multnomah-county-adopts-first-ever-lobbying-rules-in-major-transparency-push","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7700","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
A lobbying <\/a>group that was established by IT giants Meta, Spotify, Match Group, and Garmin declared its intention to \"fight anti-competitive practices by smartphone platform owners.\" According to a news release issued on April 29, the Coalition for a Competitive Mobile Experience (CCME) will support age verification at the app store level, hardware and software compatibility, and fair competition in the app industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Joining Meta's continuous attempts to convince politicians that app shops should be in charge of limiting which applications kids may download, so relieving the apps themselves of the burden of age verification, is now the group's top goal. Google claims that Meta is attempting to \"offload\" its obligation to protect children. A law mandating app retailers to check user ages has already been approved in Utah, and the new alliance plans to assist efforts to draft comparable legislation in the House and Senate as well as similar proposals in other states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The group specifically stated that app stores should be in charge of enforcing age-based content restrictions, smartphone providers should make sure that rival apps, hardware, and software work flawlessly with their devices, and app store providers should permit rival app stores to operate on their operating systems without undue interference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the release, CCME Director Brandon Kressin stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Smartphones have become an indispensable tool in our everyday lives, but the mobile experience has been stymied by gatekeepers who have monopolized the market by stifling competition and choice for consumers.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In addition to cutting expenses, Kressin stated that the topics the organization is working on \"will give consumers the power they deserve, providing more freedom and access.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a Bloomberg article on Wednesday, the CCME's founding coincides with the rising momentum for legislation that would mandate age verification prior to app downloads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the research, this legislative obligation may lead to litigation and the necessity to purchase solutions for managing private data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the article, Apple and Google have stated that applications should be in charge of such work, while representatives of app developers have contended that the obligation should fall on their app stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It's important to have a bill in place, something to discuss and debate,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kressin told Bloomberg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Hopefully, a way forward will be found this year.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bills requiring app store owners to confirm users' ages and obtain parental approval for children before enabling them to download applications were being considered<\/a> by at least nine states, according to a February article. Although legislation requiring internet platforms to verify users' ages has been enacted in a number of states, many of these laws have not yet been put into effect due to legal challenges.\u00a0<\/p>\n","post_title":"Meta & Spotify join forces to lobby against Apple & Google\u2019s app store policies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meta-spotify-join-forces-to-lobby-against-apple-googles-app-store-policies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7699","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7700,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_content":"\n Significant modifications to the county's lobbying <\/a>regulations were adopted by the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners. In other words, they will be possessed by the government. The new regulations, which compel entities that lobby the county to report their efforts, were unanimously adopted by the board. Willamette Week was the first to uncover that the county had long functioned without keeping track of its lobbyists. Officials warned that violators of the new rule might face fines of up to $500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Commissioner Shannon Singleton, who co-sponsored the effort with Commissioner Julia Brim-Edwards, stated, \"This is a really big step for this commission.\" The new county policies are modeled after those of the state, Portland, and the Metro regional government. But according to The Oregonian\/OregonLive, neither Clackamas nor Washington counties keep tabs on lobbyists' meetings or expenditures on visits with public officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In accordance with Brim-Edwards and Singleton's rule, lobbyists must register and submit a quarterly report detailing their attempts to influence policy and any gifts over $50. Commissioners, department heads, staff members, and volunteers would all be subject to such regulations. Commissioners are required to publish their calendars on a quarterly basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since they are independently elected and do not report to the board, the sheriff, district attorney, and auditor will not be governed by the rules, Singleton stated. A $200,000 allocation from the county's general fund contingency account to support an online lobbying registration and calendar reporting system was also approved by the commissioners. According to authorities, the contingency fund, which was used to cover additional security expenses last month, will have $666,917 left over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The board is evaluating a number of governance reforms, including these regulations, many of which Brim-Edwards initially supported last year. According to the ordinance, lobbyists who achieve the county's threshold of 10 lobbying hours every calendar quarter are required<\/a> to register within three business days, such who confine their advocacy to public speech at board meetings, spend fewer than ten hours each quarter lobbying elected officials, or are responding to a board request would not be subject to such regulations. According to the rules, government employees who are \"acting in their official capacity\" are likewise excluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Multnomah County manages libraries, reduces homelessness, addresses public health and safety concerns, and provides other municipal services with billions of dollars. Nonprofit contractors receive a significant portion of its funding, and they frequently persuade commissioners and department heads to gain a piece of the $4 billion government budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although the legislation takes effect on July 1st, authorities stated that they will gradually implement the new regulations and that it could take some time to set up the reporting system.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Multnomah County adopts first-ever lobbying rules in major transparency push","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"multnomah-county-adopts-first-ever-lobbying-rules-in-major-transparency-push","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7700","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
As it investigates the Adani issue, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has turned to Indian authorities for assistance.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Indian billionaire Adani lobbies Trump officials to drop U.S. bribery charges","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"indian-billionaire-adani-lobbies-trump-officials-to-drop-u-s-bribery-charges","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-05 20:40:34","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-05 20:40:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7714","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7699,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-04 15:19:06","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-04 15:19:06","post_content":"\n A lobbying <\/a>group that was established by IT giants Meta, Spotify, Match Group, and Garmin declared its intention to \"fight anti-competitive practices by smartphone platform owners.\" According to a news release issued on April 29, the Coalition for a Competitive Mobile Experience (CCME) will support age verification at the app store level, hardware and software compatibility, and fair competition in the app industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Joining Meta's continuous attempts to convince politicians that app shops should be in charge of limiting which applications kids may download, so relieving the apps themselves of the burden of age verification, is now the group's top goal. Google claims that Meta is attempting to \"offload\" its obligation to protect children. A law mandating app retailers to check user ages has already been approved in Utah, and the new alliance plans to assist efforts to draft comparable legislation in the House and Senate as well as similar proposals in other states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The group specifically stated that app stores should be in charge of enforcing age-based content restrictions, smartphone providers should make sure that rival apps, hardware, and software work flawlessly with their devices, and app store providers should permit rival app stores to operate on their operating systems without undue interference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the release, CCME Director Brandon Kressin stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Smartphones have become an indispensable tool in our everyday lives, but the mobile experience has been stymied by gatekeepers who have monopolized the market by stifling competition and choice for consumers.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In addition to cutting expenses, Kressin stated that the topics the organization is working on \"will give consumers the power they deserve, providing more freedom and access.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a Bloomberg article on Wednesday, the CCME's founding coincides with the rising momentum for legislation that would mandate age verification prior to app downloads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the research, this legislative obligation may lead to litigation and the necessity to purchase solutions for managing private data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the article, Apple and Google have stated that applications should be in charge of such work, while representatives of app developers have contended that the obligation should fall on their app stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It's important to have a bill in place, something to discuss and debate,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kressin told Bloomberg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Hopefully, a way forward will be found this year.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bills requiring app store owners to confirm users' ages and obtain parental approval for children before enabling them to download applications were being considered<\/a> by at least nine states, according to a February article. Although legislation requiring internet platforms to verify users' ages has been enacted in a number of states, many of these laws have not yet been put into effect due to legal challenges.\u00a0<\/p>\n","post_title":"Meta & Spotify join forces to lobby against Apple & Google\u2019s app store policies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meta-spotify-join-forces-to-lobby-against-apple-googles-app-store-policies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7699","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7700,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_content":"\n Significant modifications to the county's lobbying <\/a>regulations were adopted by the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners. In other words, they will be possessed by the government. The new regulations, which compel entities that lobby the county to report their efforts, were unanimously adopted by the board. Willamette Week was the first to uncover that the county had long functioned without keeping track of its lobbyists. Officials warned that violators of the new rule might face fines of up to $500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Commissioner Shannon Singleton, who co-sponsored the effort with Commissioner Julia Brim-Edwards, stated, \"This is a really big step for this commission.\" The new county policies are modeled after those of the state, Portland, and the Metro regional government. But according to The Oregonian\/OregonLive, neither Clackamas nor Washington counties keep tabs on lobbyists' meetings or expenditures on visits with public officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In accordance with Brim-Edwards and Singleton's rule, lobbyists must register and submit a quarterly report detailing their attempts to influence policy and any gifts over $50. Commissioners, department heads, staff members, and volunteers would all be subject to such regulations. Commissioners are required to publish their calendars on a quarterly basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since they are independently elected and do not report to the board, the sheriff, district attorney, and auditor will not be governed by the rules, Singleton stated. A $200,000 allocation from the county's general fund contingency account to support an online lobbying registration and calendar reporting system was also approved by the commissioners. According to authorities, the contingency fund, which was used to cover additional security expenses last month, will have $666,917 left over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The board is evaluating a number of governance reforms, including these regulations, many of which Brim-Edwards initially supported last year. According to the ordinance, lobbyists who achieve the county's threshold of 10 lobbying hours every calendar quarter are required<\/a> to register within three business days, such who confine their advocacy to public speech at board meetings, spend fewer than ten hours each quarter lobbying elected officials, or are responding to a board request would not be subject to such regulations. According to the rules, government employees who are \"acting in their official capacity\" are likewise excluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Multnomah County manages libraries, reduces homelessness, addresses public health and safety concerns, and provides other municipal services with billions of dollars. Nonprofit contractors receive a significant portion of its funding, and they frequently persuade commissioners and department heads to gain a piece of the $4 billion government budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although the legislation takes effect on July 1st, authorities stated that they will gradually implement the new regulations and that it could take some time to set up the reporting system.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Multnomah County adopts first-ever lobbying rules in major transparency push","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"multnomah-county-adopts-first-ever-lobbying-rules-in-major-transparency-push","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7700","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
As reported by Bloomberg, a bribery prosecution against two former Cognizant Technology Solutions executives was later abandoned. In 2019, they were accused of approving a $2 million bribe to an Indian official in order to assist in securing a permit for the construction of a Cognizant office complex in Chennai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As it investigates the Adani issue, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has turned to Indian authorities for assistance.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Indian billionaire Adani lobbies Trump officials to drop U.S. bribery charges","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"indian-billionaire-adani-lobbies-trump-officials-to-drop-u-s-bribery-charges","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-05 20:40:34","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-05 20:40:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7714","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7699,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-04 15:19:06","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-04 15:19:06","post_content":"\n A lobbying <\/a>group that was established by IT giants Meta, Spotify, Match Group, and Garmin declared its intention to \"fight anti-competitive practices by smartphone platform owners.\" According to a news release issued on April 29, the Coalition for a Competitive Mobile Experience (CCME) will support age verification at the app store level, hardware and software compatibility, and fair competition in the app industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Joining Meta's continuous attempts to convince politicians that app shops should be in charge of limiting which applications kids may download, so relieving the apps themselves of the burden of age verification, is now the group's top goal. Google claims that Meta is attempting to \"offload\" its obligation to protect children. A law mandating app retailers to check user ages has already been approved in Utah, and the new alliance plans to assist efforts to draft comparable legislation in the House and Senate as well as similar proposals in other states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The group specifically stated that app stores should be in charge of enforcing age-based content restrictions, smartphone providers should make sure that rival apps, hardware, and software work flawlessly with their devices, and app store providers should permit rival app stores to operate on their operating systems without undue interference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the release, CCME Director Brandon Kressin stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Smartphones have become an indispensable tool in our everyday lives, but the mobile experience has been stymied by gatekeepers who have monopolized the market by stifling competition and choice for consumers.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In addition to cutting expenses, Kressin stated that the topics the organization is working on \"will give consumers the power they deserve, providing more freedom and access.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a Bloomberg article on Wednesday, the CCME's founding coincides with the rising momentum for legislation that would mandate age verification prior to app downloads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the research, this legislative obligation may lead to litigation and the necessity to purchase solutions for managing private data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the article, Apple and Google have stated that applications should be in charge of such work, while representatives of app developers have contended that the obligation should fall on their app stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It's important to have a bill in place, something to discuss and debate,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kressin told Bloomberg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Hopefully, a way forward will be found this year.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bills requiring app store owners to confirm users' ages and obtain parental approval for children before enabling them to download applications were being considered<\/a> by at least nine states, according to a February article. Although legislation requiring internet platforms to verify users' ages has been enacted in a number of states, many of these laws have not yet been put into effect due to legal challenges.\u00a0<\/p>\n","post_title":"Meta & Spotify join forces to lobby against Apple & Google\u2019s app store policies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meta-spotify-join-forces-to-lobby-against-apple-googles-app-store-policies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7699","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7700,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_content":"\n Significant modifications to the county's lobbying <\/a>regulations were adopted by the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners. In other words, they will be possessed by the government. The new regulations, which compel entities that lobby the county to report their efforts, were unanimously adopted by the board. Willamette Week was the first to uncover that the county had long functioned without keeping track of its lobbyists. Officials warned that violators of the new rule might face fines of up to $500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Commissioner Shannon Singleton, who co-sponsored the effort with Commissioner Julia Brim-Edwards, stated, \"This is a really big step for this commission.\" The new county policies are modeled after those of the state, Portland, and the Metro regional government. But according to The Oregonian\/OregonLive, neither Clackamas nor Washington counties keep tabs on lobbyists' meetings or expenditures on visits with public officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In accordance with Brim-Edwards and Singleton's rule, lobbyists must register and submit a quarterly report detailing their attempts to influence policy and any gifts over $50. Commissioners, department heads, staff members, and volunteers would all be subject to such regulations. Commissioners are required to publish their calendars on a quarterly basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since they are independently elected and do not report to the board, the sheriff, district attorney, and auditor will not be governed by the rules, Singleton stated. A $200,000 allocation from the county's general fund contingency account to support an online lobbying registration and calendar reporting system was also approved by the commissioners. According to authorities, the contingency fund, which was used to cover additional security expenses last month, will have $666,917 left over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The board is evaluating a number of governance reforms, including these regulations, many of which Brim-Edwards initially supported last year. According to the ordinance, lobbyists who achieve the county's threshold of 10 lobbying hours every calendar quarter are required<\/a> to register within three business days, such who confine their advocacy to public speech at board meetings, spend fewer than ten hours each quarter lobbying elected officials, or are responding to a board request would not be subject to such regulations. According to the rules, government employees who are \"acting in their official capacity\" are likewise excluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Multnomah County manages libraries, reduces homelessness, addresses public health and safety concerns, and provides other municipal services with billions of dollars. Nonprofit contractors receive a significant portion of its funding, and they frequently persuade commissioners and department heads to gain a piece of the $4 billion government budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although the legislation takes effect on July 1st, authorities stated that they will gradually implement the new regulations and that it could take some time to set up the reporting system.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Multnomah County adopts first-ever lobbying rules in major transparency push","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"multnomah-county-adopts-first-ever-lobbying-rules-in-major-transparency-push","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7700","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) has been \"abused in a manner that harms the interests of the United States,\" according to Trump's instructions to halt its implementation in February. He said that the country's \"economic competitiveness\" and \"national security\" are harmed by \"overexpansive and unpredictable FCPA enforcement against American citizens and businesses.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by Bloomberg, a bribery prosecution against two former Cognizant Technology Solutions executives was later abandoned. In 2019, they were accused of approving a $2 million bribe to an Indian official in order to assist in securing a permit for the construction of a Cognizant office complex in Chennai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As it investigates the Adani issue, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has turned to Indian authorities for assistance.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Indian billionaire Adani lobbies Trump officials to drop U.S. bribery charges","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"indian-billionaire-adani-lobbies-trump-officials-to-drop-u-s-bribery-charges","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-05 20:40:34","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-05 20:40:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7714","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7699,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-04 15:19:06","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-04 15:19:06","post_content":"\n A lobbying <\/a>group that was established by IT giants Meta, Spotify, Match Group, and Garmin declared its intention to \"fight anti-competitive practices by smartphone platform owners.\" According to a news release issued on April 29, the Coalition for a Competitive Mobile Experience (CCME) will support age verification at the app store level, hardware and software compatibility, and fair competition in the app industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Joining Meta's continuous attempts to convince politicians that app shops should be in charge of limiting which applications kids may download, so relieving the apps themselves of the burden of age verification, is now the group's top goal. Google claims that Meta is attempting to \"offload\" its obligation to protect children. A law mandating app retailers to check user ages has already been approved in Utah, and the new alliance plans to assist efforts to draft comparable legislation in the House and Senate as well as similar proposals in other states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The group specifically stated that app stores should be in charge of enforcing age-based content restrictions, smartphone providers should make sure that rival apps, hardware, and software work flawlessly with their devices, and app store providers should permit rival app stores to operate on their operating systems without undue interference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the release, CCME Director Brandon Kressin stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Smartphones have become an indispensable tool in our everyday lives, but the mobile experience has been stymied by gatekeepers who have monopolized the market by stifling competition and choice for consumers.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In addition to cutting expenses, Kressin stated that the topics the organization is working on \"will give consumers the power they deserve, providing more freedom and access.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a Bloomberg article on Wednesday, the CCME's founding coincides with the rising momentum for legislation that would mandate age verification prior to app downloads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the research, this legislative obligation may lead to litigation and the necessity to purchase solutions for managing private data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the article, Apple and Google have stated that applications should be in charge of such work, while representatives of app developers have contended that the obligation should fall on their app stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It's important to have a bill in place, something to discuss and debate,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kressin told Bloomberg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Hopefully, a way forward will be found this year.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bills requiring app store owners to confirm users' ages and obtain parental approval for children before enabling them to download applications were being considered<\/a> by at least nine states, according to a February article. Although legislation requiring internet platforms to verify users' ages has been enacted in a number of states, many of these laws have not yet been put into effect due to legal challenges.\u00a0<\/p>\n","post_title":"Meta & Spotify join forces to lobby against Apple & Google\u2019s app store policies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meta-spotify-join-forces-to-lobby-against-apple-googles-app-store-policies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7699","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7700,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_content":"\n Significant modifications to the county's lobbying <\/a>regulations were adopted by the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners. In other words, they will be possessed by the government. The new regulations, which compel entities that lobby the county to report their efforts, were unanimously adopted by the board. Willamette Week was the first to uncover that the county had long functioned without keeping track of its lobbyists. Officials warned that violators of the new rule might face fines of up to $500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Commissioner Shannon Singleton, who co-sponsored the effort with Commissioner Julia Brim-Edwards, stated, \"This is a really big step for this commission.\" The new county policies are modeled after those of the state, Portland, and the Metro regional government. But according to The Oregonian\/OregonLive, neither Clackamas nor Washington counties keep tabs on lobbyists' meetings or expenditures on visits with public officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In accordance with Brim-Edwards and Singleton's rule, lobbyists must register and submit a quarterly report detailing their attempts to influence policy and any gifts over $50. Commissioners, department heads, staff members, and volunteers would all be subject to such regulations. Commissioners are required to publish their calendars on a quarterly basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since they are independently elected and do not report to the board, the sheriff, district attorney, and auditor will not be governed by the rules, Singleton stated. A $200,000 allocation from the county's general fund contingency account to support an online lobbying registration and calendar reporting system was also approved by the commissioners. According to authorities, the contingency fund, which was used to cover additional security expenses last month, will have $666,917 left over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The board is evaluating a number of governance reforms, including these regulations, many of which Brim-Edwards initially supported last year. According to the ordinance, lobbyists who achieve the county's threshold of 10 lobbying hours every calendar quarter are required<\/a> to register within three business days, such who confine their advocacy to public speech at board meetings, spend fewer than ten hours each quarter lobbying elected officials, or are responding to a board request would not be subject to such regulations. According to the rules, government employees who are \"acting in their official capacity\" are likewise excluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Multnomah County manages libraries, reduces homelessness, addresses public health and safety concerns, and provides other municipal services with billions of dollars. Nonprofit contractors receive a significant portion of its funding, and they frequently persuade commissioners and department heads to gain a piece of the $4 billion government budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although the legislation takes effect on July 1st, authorities stated that they will gradually implement the new regulations and that it could take some time to set up the reporting system.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Multnomah County adopts first-ever lobbying rules in major transparency push","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"multnomah-county-adopts-first-ever-lobbying-rules-in-major-transparency-push","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7700","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
According to Bloomberg, Mark Filip of Kirkland & Ellis, a legal company, and members of BGR Group, a government relations business that also represents India in trade negotiations with the Trump administration, are among the individuals working in the United States on behalf of Adani.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) has been \"abused in a manner that harms the interests of the United States,\" according to Trump's instructions to halt its implementation in February. He said that the country's \"economic competitiveness\" and \"national security\" are harmed by \"overexpansive and unpredictable FCPA enforcement against American citizens and businesses.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by Bloomberg, a bribery prosecution against two former Cognizant Technology Solutions executives was later abandoned. In 2019, they were accused of approving a $2 million bribe to an Indian official in order to assist in securing a permit for the construction of a Cognizant office complex in Chennai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As it investigates the Adani issue, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has turned to Indian authorities for assistance.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Indian billionaire Adani lobbies Trump officials to drop U.S. bribery charges","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"indian-billionaire-adani-lobbies-trump-officials-to-drop-u-s-bribery-charges","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-05 20:40:34","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-05 20:40:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7714","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7699,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-04 15:19:06","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-04 15:19:06","post_content":"\n A lobbying <\/a>group that was established by IT giants Meta, Spotify, Match Group, and Garmin declared its intention to \"fight anti-competitive practices by smartphone platform owners.\" According to a news release issued on April 29, the Coalition for a Competitive Mobile Experience (CCME) will support age verification at the app store level, hardware and software compatibility, and fair competition in the app industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Joining Meta's continuous attempts to convince politicians that app shops should be in charge of limiting which applications kids may download, so relieving the apps themselves of the burden of age verification, is now the group's top goal. Google claims that Meta is attempting to \"offload\" its obligation to protect children. A law mandating app retailers to check user ages has already been approved in Utah, and the new alliance plans to assist efforts to draft comparable legislation in the House and Senate as well as similar proposals in other states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The group specifically stated that app stores should be in charge of enforcing age-based content restrictions, smartphone providers should make sure that rival apps, hardware, and software work flawlessly with their devices, and app store providers should permit rival app stores to operate on their operating systems without undue interference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the release, CCME Director Brandon Kressin stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Smartphones have become an indispensable tool in our everyday lives, but the mobile experience has been stymied by gatekeepers who have monopolized the market by stifling competition and choice for consumers.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In addition to cutting expenses, Kressin stated that the topics the organization is working on \"will give consumers the power they deserve, providing more freedom and access.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a Bloomberg article on Wednesday, the CCME's founding coincides with the rising momentum for legislation that would mandate age verification prior to app downloads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the research, this legislative obligation may lead to litigation and the necessity to purchase solutions for managing private data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the article, Apple and Google have stated that applications should be in charge of such work, while representatives of app developers have contended that the obligation should fall on their app stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It's important to have a bill in place, something to discuss and debate,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kressin told Bloomberg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Hopefully, a way forward will be found this year.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bills requiring app store owners to confirm users' ages and obtain parental approval for children before enabling them to download applications were being considered<\/a> by at least nine states, according to a February article. Although legislation requiring internet platforms to verify users' ages has been enacted in a number of states, many of these laws have not yet been put into effect due to legal challenges.\u00a0<\/p>\n","post_title":"Meta & Spotify join forces to lobby against Apple & Google\u2019s app store policies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meta-spotify-join-forces-to-lobby-against-apple-googles-app-store-policies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7699","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7700,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_content":"\n Significant modifications to the county's lobbying <\/a>regulations were adopted by the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners. In other words, they will be possessed by the government. The new regulations, which compel entities that lobby the county to report their efforts, were unanimously adopted by the board. Willamette Week was the first to uncover that the county had long functioned without keeping track of its lobbyists. Officials warned that violators of the new rule might face fines of up to $500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Commissioner Shannon Singleton, who co-sponsored the effort with Commissioner Julia Brim-Edwards, stated, \"This is a really big step for this commission.\" The new county policies are modeled after those of the state, Portland, and the Metro regional government. But according to The Oregonian\/OregonLive, neither Clackamas nor Washington counties keep tabs on lobbyists' meetings or expenditures on visits with public officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In accordance with Brim-Edwards and Singleton's rule, lobbyists must register and submit a quarterly report detailing their attempts to influence policy and any gifts over $50. Commissioners, department heads, staff members, and volunteers would all be subject to such regulations. Commissioners are required to publish their calendars on a quarterly basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since they are independently elected and do not report to the board, the sheriff, district attorney, and auditor will not be governed by the rules, Singleton stated. A $200,000 allocation from the county's general fund contingency account to support an online lobbying registration and calendar reporting system was also approved by the commissioners. According to authorities, the contingency fund, which was used to cover additional security expenses last month, will have $666,917 left over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The board is evaluating a number of governance reforms, including these regulations, many of which Brim-Edwards initially supported last year. According to the ordinance, lobbyists who achieve the county's threshold of 10 lobbying hours every calendar quarter are required<\/a> to register within three business days, such who confine their advocacy to public speech at board meetings, spend fewer than ten hours each quarter lobbying elected officials, or are responding to a board request would not be subject to such regulations. According to the rules, government employees who are \"acting in their official capacity\" are likewise excluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Multnomah County manages libraries, reduces homelessness, addresses public health and safety concerns, and provides other municipal services with billions of dollars. Nonprofit contractors receive a significant portion of its funding, and they frequently persuade commissioners and department heads to gain a piece of the $4 billion government budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although the legislation takes effect on July 1st, authorities stated that they will gradually implement the new regulations and that it could take some time to set up the reporting system.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Multnomah County adopts first-ever lobbying rules in major transparency push","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"multnomah-county-adopts-first-ever-lobbying-rules-in-major-transparency-push","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7700","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Bloomberg's sources claim that Adani's associates also contacted Indian government representatives to ask for guidance on how to handle the matter with Trump. According to the article, Adani has also enlisted the help of renowned American attorneys and lobbyists to further his case against the Trump administration. Prosecutors from the federal Justice Department and Brooklyn's U.S. Attorney's Office met once in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Bloomberg, Mark Filip of Kirkland & Ellis, a legal company, and members of BGR Group, a government relations business that also represents India in trade negotiations with the Trump administration, are among the individuals working in the United States on behalf of Adani.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) has been \"abused in a manner that harms the interests of the United States,\" according to Trump's instructions to halt its implementation in February. He said that the country's \"economic competitiveness\" and \"national security\" are harmed by \"overexpansive and unpredictable FCPA enforcement against American citizens and businesses.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by Bloomberg, a bribery prosecution against two former Cognizant Technology Solutions executives was later abandoned. In 2019, they were accused of approving a $2 million bribe to an Indian official in order to assist in securing a permit for the construction of a Cognizant office complex in Chennai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As it investigates the Adani issue, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has turned to Indian authorities for assistance.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Indian billionaire Adani lobbies Trump officials to drop U.S. bribery charges","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"indian-billionaire-adani-lobbies-trump-officials-to-drop-u-s-bribery-charges","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-05 20:40:34","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-05 20:40:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7714","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7699,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-04 15:19:06","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-04 15:19:06","post_content":"\n A lobbying <\/a>group that was established by IT giants Meta, Spotify, Match Group, and Garmin declared its intention to \"fight anti-competitive practices by smartphone platform owners.\" According to a news release issued on April 29, the Coalition for a Competitive Mobile Experience (CCME) will support age verification at the app store level, hardware and software compatibility, and fair competition in the app industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Joining Meta's continuous attempts to convince politicians that app shops should be in charge of limiting which applications kids may download, so relieving the apps themselves of the burden of age verification, is now the group's top goal. Google claims that Meta is attempting to \"offload\" its obligation to protect children. A law mandating app retailers to check user ages has already been approved in Utah, and the new alliance plans to assist efforts to draft comparable legislation in the House and Senate as well as similar proposals in other states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The group specifically stated that app stores should be in charge of enforcing age-based content restrictions, smartphone providers should make sure that rival apps, hardware, and software work flawlessly with their devices, and app store providers should permit rival app stores to operate on their operating systems without undue interference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the release, CCME Director Brandon Kressin stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Smartphones have become an indispensable tool in our everyday lives, but the mobile experience has been stymied by gatekeepers who have monopolized the market by stifling competition and choice for consumers.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In addition to cutting expenses, Kressin stated that the topics the organization is working on \"will give consumers the power they deserve, providing more freedom and access.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a Bloomberg article on Wednesday, the CCME's founding coincides with the rising momentum for legislation that would mandate age verification prior to app downloads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the research, this legislative obligation may lead to litigation and the necessity to purchase solutions for managing private data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the article, Apple and Google have stated that applications should be in charge of such work, while representatives of app developers have contended that the obligation should fall on their app stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It's important to have a bill in place, something to discuss and debate,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kressin told Bloomberg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Hopefully, a way forward will be found this year.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bills requiring app store owners to confirm users' ages and obtain parental approval for children before enabling them to download applications were being considered<\/a> by at least nine states, according to a February article. Although legislation requiring internet platforms to verify users' ages has been enacted in a number of states, many of these laws have not yet been put into effect due to legal challenges.\u00a0<\/p>\n","post_title":"Meta & Spotify join forces to lobby against Apple & Google\u2019s app store policies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meta-spotify-join-forces-to-lobby-against-apple-googles-app-store-policies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7699","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7700,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_content":"\n Significant modifications to the county's lobbying <\/a>regulations were adopted by the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners. In other words, they will be possessed by the government. The new regulations, which compel entities that lobby the county to report their efforts, were unanimously adopted by the board. Willamette Week was the first to uncover that the county had long functioned without keeping track of its lobbyists. Officials warned that violators of the new rule might face fines of up to $500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Commissioner Shannon Singleton, who co-sponsored the effort with Commissioner Julia Brim-Edwards, stated, \"This is a really big step for this commission.\" The new county policies are modeled after those of the state, Portland, and the Metro regional government. But according to The Oregonian\/OregonLive, neither Clackamas nor Washington counties keep tabs on lobbyists' meetings or expenditures on visits with public officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In accordance with Brim-Edwards and Singleton's rule, lobbyists must register and submit a quarterly report detailing their attempts to influence policy and any gifts over $50. Commissioners, department heads, staff members, and volunteers would all be subject to such regulations. Commissioners are required to publish their calendars on a quarterly basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since they are independently elected and do not report to the board, the sheriff, district attorney, and auditor will not be governed by the rules, Singleton stated. A $200,000 allocation from the county's general fund contingency account to support an online lobbying registration and calendar reporting system was also approved by the commissioners. According to authorities, the contingency fund, which was used to cover additional security expenses last month, will have $666,917 left over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The board is evaluating a number of governance reforms, including these regulations, many of which Brim-Edwards initially supported last year. According to the ordinance, lobbyists who achieve the county's threshold of 10 lobbying hours every calendar quarter are required<\/a> to register within three business days, such who confine their advocacy to public speech at board meetings, spend fewer than ten hours each quarter lobbying elected officials, or are responding to a board request would not be subject to such regulations. According to the rules, government employees who are \"acting in their official capacity\" are likewise excluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Multnomah County manages libraries, reduces homelessness, addresses public health and safety concerns, and provides other municipal services with billions of dollars. Nonprofit contractors receive a significant portion of its funding, and they frequently persuade commissioners and department heads to gain a piece of the $4 billion government budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although the legislation takes effect on July 1st, authorities stated that they will gradually implement the new regulations and that it could take some time to set up the reporting system.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Multnomah County adopts first-ever lobbying rules in major transparency push","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"multnomah-county-adopts-first-ever-lobbying-rules-in-major-transparency-push","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7700","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
During his February visit to the United States, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2014who is known to have a close relationship with Adani\u2014was questioned by a reporter about<\/a> if he spoke with Trump about the matter. PM Modi declined, referring to it as a \"personal matter.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bloomberg's sources claim that Adani's associates also contacted Indian government representatives to ask for guidance on how to handle the matter with Trump. According to the article, Adani has also enlisted the help of renowned American attorneys and lobbyists to further his case against the Trump administration. Prosecutors from the federal Justice Department and Brooklyn's U.S. Attorney's Office met once in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Bloomberg, Mark Filip of Kirkland & Ellis, a legal company, and members of BGR Group, a government relations business that also represents India in trade negotiations with the Trump administration, are among the individuals working in the United States on behalf of Adani.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) has been \"abused in a manner that harms the interests of the United States,\" according to Trump's instructions to halt its implementation in February. He said that the country's \"economic competitiveness\" and \"national security\" are harmed by \"overexpansive and unpredictable FCPA enforcement against American citizens and businesses.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by Bloomberg, a bribery prosecution against two former Cognizant Technology Solutions executives was later abandoned. In 2019, they were accused of approving a $2 million bribe to an Indian official in order to assist in securing a permit for the construction of a Cognizant office complex in Chennai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As it investigates the Adani issue, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has turned to Indian authorities for assistance.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Indian billionaire Adani lobbies Trump officials to drop U.S. bribery charges","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"indian-billionaire-adani-lobbies-trump-officials-to-drop-u-s-bribery-charges","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-05 20:40:34","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-05 20:40:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7714","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7699,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-04 15:19:06","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-04 15:19:06","post_content":"\n A lobbying <\/a>group that was established by IT giants Meta, Spotify, Match Group, and Garmin declared its intention to \"fight anti-competitive practices by smartphone platform owners.\" According to a news release issued on April 29, the Coalition for a Competitive Mobile Experience (CCME) will support age verification at the app store level, hardware and software compatibility, and fair competition in the app industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Joining Meta's continuous attempts to convince politicians that app shops should be in charge of limiting which applications kids may download, so relieving the apps themselves of the burden of age verification, is now the group's top goal. Google claims that Meta is attempting to \"offload\" its obligation to protect children. A law mandating app retailers to check user ages has already been approved in Utah, and the new alliance plans to assist efforts to draft comparable legislation in the House and Senate as well as similar proposals in other states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The group specifically stated that app stores should be in charge of enforcing age-based content restrictions, smartphone providers should make sure that rival apps, hardware, and software work flawlessly with their devices, and app store providers should permit rival app stores to operate on their operating systems without undue interference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the release, CCME Director Brandon Kressin stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Smartphones have become an indispensable tool in our everyday lives, but the mobile experience has been stymied by gatekeepers who have monopolized the market by stifling competition and choice for consumers.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In addition to cutting expenses, Kressin stated that the topics the organization is working on \"will give consumers the power they deserve, providing more freedom and access.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a Bloomberg article on Wednesday, the CCME's founding coincides with the rising momentum for legislation that would mandate age verification prior to app downloads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the research, this legislative obligation may lead to litigation and the necessity to purchase solutions for managing private data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the article, Apple and Google have stated that applications should be in charge of such work, while representatives of app developers have contended that the obligation should fall on their app stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It's important to have a bill in place, something to discuss and debate,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kressin told Bloomberg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Hopefully, a way forward will be found this year.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bills requiring app store owners to confirm users' ages and obtain parental approval for children before enabling them to download applications were being considered<\/a> by at least nine states, according to a February article. Although legislation requiring internet platforms to verify users' ages has been enacted in a number of states, many of these laws have not yet been put into effect due to legal challenges.\u00a0<\/p>\n","post_title":"Meta & Spotify join forces to lobby against Apple & Google\u2019s app store policies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meta-spotify-join-forces-to-lobby-against-apple-googles-app-store-policies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7699","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7700,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_content":"\n Significant modifications to the county's lobbying <\/a>regulations were adopted by the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners. In other words, they will be possessed by the government. The new regulations, which compel entities that lobby the county to report their efforts, were unanimously adopted by the board. Willamette Week was the first to uncover that the county had long functioned without keeping track of its lobbyists. Officials warned that violators of the new rule might face fines of up to $500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Commissioner Shannon Singleton, who co-sponsored the effort with Commissioner Julia Brim-Edwards, stated, \"This is a really big step for this commission.\" The new county policies are modeled after those of the state, Portland, and the Metro regional government. But according to The Oregonian\/OregonLive, neither Clackamas nor Washington counties keep tabs on lobbyists' meetings or expenditures on visits with public officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In accordance with Brim-Edwards and Singleton's rule, lobbyists must register and submit a quarterly report detailing their attempts to influence policy and any gifts over $50. Commissioners, department heads, staff members, and volunteers would all be subject to such regulations. Commissioners are required to publish their calendars on a quarterly basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since they are independently elected and do not report to the board, the sheriff, district attorney, and auditor will not be governed by the rules, Singleton stated. A $200,000 allocation from the county's general fund contingency account to support an online lobbying registration and calendar reporting system was also approved by the commissioners. According to authorities, the contingency fund, which was used to cover additional security expenses last month, will have $666,917 left over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The board is evaluating a number of governance reforms, including these regulations, many of which Brim-Edwards initially supported last year. According to the ordinance, lobbyists who achieve the county's threshold of 10 lobbying hours every calendar quarter are required<\/a> to register within three business days, such who confine their advocacy to public speech at board meetings, spend fewer than ten hours each quarter lobbying elected officials, or are responding to a board request would not be subject to such regulations. According to the rules, government employees who are \"acting in their official capacity\" are likewise excluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Multnomah County manages libraries, reduces homelessness, addresses public health and safety concerns, and provides other municipal services with billions of dollars. Nonprofit contractors receive a significant portion of its funding, and they frequently persuade commissioners and department heads to gain a piece of the $4 billion government budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although the legislation takes effect on July 1st, authorities stated that they will gradually implement the new regulations and that it could take some time to set up the reporting system.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Multnomah County adopts first-ever lobbying rules in major transparency push","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"multnomah-county-adopts-first-ever-lobbying-rules-in-major-transparency-push","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7700","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
According to the SEC, Gautam Adani proposed a $200 million bribe when he met with Y.S. Jagan in 2021. Prior to the indictment in November 2024, Adani had congratulated Trump <\/a>on X and said that the Adani Group would spend $10 billion in energy and other projects in the United States, resulting in the creation of 15,000 jobs once Trump won the election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During his February visit to the United States, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2014who is known to have a close relationship with Adani\u2014was questioned by a reporter about<\/a> if he spoke with Trump about the matter. PM Modi declined, referring to it as a \"personal matter.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bloomberg's sources claim that Adani's associates also contacted Indian government representatives to ask for guidance on how to handle the matter with Trump. According to the article, Adani has also enlisted the help of renowned American attorneys and lobbyists to further his case against the Trump administration. Prosecutors from the federal Justice Department and Brooklyn's U.S. Attorney's Office met once in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Bloomberg, Mark Filip of Kirkland & Ellis, a legal company, and members of BGR Group, a government relations business that also represents India in trade negotiations with the Trump administration, are among the individuals working in the United States on behalf of Adani.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) has been \"abused in a manner that harms the interests of the United States,\" according to Trump's instructions to halt its implementation in February. He said that the country's \"economic competitiveness\" and \"national security\" are harmed by \"overexpansive and unpredictable FCPA enforcement against American citizens and businesses.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by Bloomberg, a bribery prosecution against two former Cognizant Technology Solutions executives was later abandoned. In 2019, they were accused of approving a $2 million bribe to an Indian official in order to assist in securing a permit for the construction of a Cognizant office complex in Chennai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As it investigates the Adani issue, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has turned to Indian authorities for assistance.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Indian billionaire Adani lobbies Trump officials to drop U.S. bribery charges","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"indian-billionaire-adani-lobbies-trump-officials-to-drop-u-s-bribery-charges","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-05 20:40:34","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-05 20:40:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7714","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7699,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-04 15:19:06","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-04 15:19:06","post_content":"\n A lobbying <\/a>group that was established by IT giants Meta, Spotify, Match Group, and Garmin declared its intention to \"fight anti-competitive practices by smartphone platform owners.\" According to a news release issued on April 29, the Coalition for a Competitive Mobile Experience (CCME) will support age verification at the app store level, hardware and software compatibility, and fair competition in the app industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Joining Meta's continuous attempts to convince politicians that app shops should be in charge of limiting which applications kids may download, so relieving the apps themselves of the burden of age verification, is now the group's top goal. Google claims that Meta is attempting to \"offload\" its obligation to protect children. A law mandating app retailers to check user ages has already been approved in Utah, and the new alliance plans to assist efforts to draft comparable legislation in the House and Senate as well as similar proposals in other states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The group specifically stated that app stores should be in charge of enforcing age-based content restrictions, smartphone providers should make sure that rival apps, hardware, and software work flawlessly with their devices, and app store providers should permit rival app stores to operate on their operating systems without undue interference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the release, CCME Director Brandon Kressin stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Smartphones have become an indispensable tool in our everyday lives, but the mobile experience has been stymied by gatekeepers who have monopolized the market by stifling competition and choice for consumers.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In addition to cutting expenses, Kressin stated that the topics the organization is working on \"will give consumers the power they deserve, providing more freedom and access.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a Bloomberg article on Wednesday, the CCME's founding coincides with the rising momentum for legislation that would mandate age verification prior to app downloads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the research, this legislative obligation may lead to litigation and the necessity to purchase solutions for managing private data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the article, Apple and Google have stated that applications should be in charge of such work, while representatives of app developers have contended that the obligation should fall on their app stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It's important to have a bill in place, something to discuss and debate,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kressin told Bloomberg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Hopefully, a way forward will be found this year.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bills requiring app store owners to confirm users' ages and obtain parental approval for children before enabling them to download applications were being considered<\/a> by at least nine states, according to a February article. Although legislation requiring internet platforms to verify users' ages has been enacted in a number of states, many of these laws have not yet been put into effect due to legal challenges.\u00a0<\/p>\n","post_title":"Meta & Spotify join forces to lobby against Apple & Google\u2019s app store policies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meta-spotify-join-forces-to-lobby-against-apple-googles-app-store-policies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7699","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7700,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_content":"\n Significant modifications to the county's lobbying <\/a>regulations were adopted by the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners. In other words, they will be possessed by the government. The new regulations, which compel entities that lobby the county to report their efforts, were unanimously adopted by the board. Willamette Week was the first to uncover that the county had long functioned without keeping track of its lobbyists. Officials warned that violators of the new rule might face fines of up to $500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Commissioner Shannon Singleton, who co-sponsored the effort with Commissioner Julia Brim-Edwards, stated, \"This is a really big step for this commission.\" The new county policies are modeled after those of the state, Portland, and the Metro regional government. But according to The Oregonian\/OregonLive, neither Clackamas nor Washington counties keep tabs on lobbyists' meetings or expenditures on visits with public officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In accordance with Brim-Edwards and Singleton's rule, lobbyists must register and submit a quarterly report detailing their attempts to influence policy and any gifts over $50. Commissioners, department heads, staff members, and volunteers would all be subject to such regulations. Commissioners are required to publish their calendars on a quarterly basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since they are independently elected and do not report to the board, the sheriff, district attorney, and auditor will not be governed by the rules, Singleton stated. A $200,000 allocation from the county's general fund contingency account to support an online lobbying registration and calendar reporting system was also approved by the commissioners. According to authorities, the contingency fund, which was used to cover additional security expenses last month, will have $666,917 left over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The board is evaluating a number of governance reforms, including these regulations, many of which Brim-Edwards initially supported last year. According to the ordinance, lobbyists who achieve the county's threshold of 10 lobbying hours every calendar quarter are required<\/a> to register within three business days, such who confine their advocacy to public speech at board meetings, spend fewer than ten hours each quarter lobbying elected officials, or are responding to a board request would not be subject to such regulations. According to the rules, government employees who are \"acting in their official capacity\" are likewise excluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Multnomah County manages libraries, reduces homelessness, addresses public health and safety concerns, and provides other municipal services with billions of dollars. Nonprofit contractors receive a significant portion of its funding, and they frequently persuade commissioners and department heads to gain a piece of the $4 billion government budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although the legislation takes effect on July 1st, authorities stated that they will gradually implement the new regulations and that it could take some time to set up the reporting system.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Multnomah County adopts first-ever lobbying rules in major transparency push","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"multnomah-county-adopts-first-ever-lobbying-rules-in-major-transparency-push","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7700","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy was among the officials Adani met and offered bribes to in exchange for purchasing solar power from Adani Green Energy through the public sector company SECI, according to a complaint submitted by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the SEC, Gautam Adani proposed a $200 million bribe when he met with Y.S. Jagan in 2021. Prior to the indictment in November 2024, Adani had congratulated Trump <\/a>on X and said that the Adani Group would spend $10 billion in energy and other projects in the United States, resulting in the creation of 15,000 jobs once Trump won the election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During his February visit to the United States, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2014who is known to have a close relationship with Adani\u2014was questioned by a reporter about<\/a> if he spoke with Trump about the matter. PM Modi declined, referring to it as a \"personal matter.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bloomberg's sources claim that Adani's associates also contacted Indian government representatives to ask for guidance on how to handle the matter with Trump. According to the article, Adani has also enlisted the help of renowned American attorneys and lobbyists to further his case against the Trump administration. Prosecutors from the federal Justice Department and Brooklyn's U.S. Attorney's Office met once in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Bloomberg, Mark Filip of Kirkland & Ellis, a legal company, and members of BGR Group, a government relations business that also represents India in trade negotiations with the Trump administration, are among the individuals working in the United States on behalf of Adani.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) has been \"abused in a manner that harms the interests of the United States,\" according to Trump's instructions to halt its implementation in February. He said that the country's \"economic competitiveness\" and \"national security\" are harmed by \"overexpansive and unpredictable FCPA enforcement against American citizens and businesses.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by Bloomberg, a bribery prosecution against two former Cognizant Technology Solutions executives was later abandoned. In 2019, they were accused of approving a $2 million bribe to an Indian official in order to assist in securing a permit for the construction of a Cognizant office complex in Chennai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As it investigates the Adani issue, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has turned to Indian authorities for assistance.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Indian billionaire Adani lobbies Trump officials to drop U.S. bribery charges","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"indian-billionaire-adani-lobbies-trump-officials-to-drop-u-s-bribery-charges","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-05 20:40:34","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-05 20:40:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7714","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7699,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-04 15:19:06","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-04 15:19:06","post_content":"\n A lobbying <\/a>group that was established by IT giants Meta, Spotify, Match Group, and Garmin declared its intention to \"fight anti-competitive practices by smartphone platform owners.\" According to a news release issued on April 29, the Coalition for a Competitive Mobile Experience (CCME) will support age verification at the app store level, hardware and software compatibility, and fair competition in the app industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Joining Meta's continuous attempts to convince politicians that app shops should be in charge of limiting which applications kids may download, so relieving the apps themselves of the burden of age verification, is now the group's top goal. Google claims that Meta is attempting to \"offload\" its obligation to protect children. A law mandating app retailers to check user ages has already been approved in Utah, and the new alliance plans to assist efforts to draft comparable legislation in the House and Senate as well as similar proposals in other states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The group specifically stated that app stores should be in charge of enforcing age-based content restrictions, smartphone providers should make sure that rival apps, hardware, and software work flawlessly with their devices, and app store providers should permit rival app stores to operate on their operating systems without undue interference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the release, CCME Director Brandon Kressin stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Smartphones have become an indispensable tool in our everyday lives, but the mobile experience has been stymied by gatekeepers who have monopolized the market by stifling competition and choice for consumers.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In addition to cutting expenses, Kressin stated that the topics the organization is working on \"will give consumers the power they deserve, providing more freedom and access.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a Bloomberg article on Wednesday, the CCME's founding coincides with the rising momentum for legislation that would mandate age verification prior to app downloads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the research, this legislative obligation may lead to litigation and the necessity to purchase solutions for managing private data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the article, Apple and Google have stated that applications should be in charge of such work, while representatives of app developers have contended that the obligation should fall on their app stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It's important to have a bill in place, something to discuss and debate,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kressin told Bloomberg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Hopefully, a way forward will be found this year.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bills requiring app store owners to confirm users' ages and obtain parental approval for children before enabling them to download applications were being considered<\/a> by at least nine states, according to a February article. Although legislation requiring internet platforms to verify users' ages has been enacted in a number of states, many of these laws have not yet been put into effect due to legal challenges.\u00a0<\/p>\n","post_title":"Meta & Spotify join forces to lobby against Apple & Google\u2019s app store policies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meta-spotify-join-forces-to-lobby-against-apple-googles-app-store-policies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7699","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7700,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_content":"\n Significant modifications to the county's lobbying <\/a>regulations were adopted by the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners. In other words, they will be possessed by the government. The new regulations, which compel entities that lobby the county to report their efforts, were unanimously adopted by the board. Willamette Week was the first to uncover that the county had long functioned without keeping track of its lobbyists. Officials warned that violators of the new rule might face fines of up to $500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Commissioner Shannon Singleton, who co-sponsored the effort with Commissioner Julia Brim-Edwards, stated, \"This is a really big step for this commission.\" The new county policies are modeled after those of the state, Portland, and the Metro regional government. But according to The Oregonian\/OregonLive, neither Clackamas nor Washington counties keep tabs on lobbyists' meetings or expenditures on visits with public officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In accordance with Brim-Edwards and Singleton's rule, lobbyists must register and submit a quarterly report detailing their attempts to influence policy and any gifts over $50. Commissioners, department heads, staff members, and volunteers would all be subject to such regulations. Commissioners are required to publish their calendars on a quarterly basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since they are independently elected and do not report to the board, the sheriff, district attorney, and auditor will not be governed by the rules, Singleton stated. A $200,000 allocation from the county's general fund contingency account to support an online lobbying registration and calendar reporting system was also approved by the commissioners. According to authorities, the contingency fund, which was used to cover additional security expenses last month, will have $666,917 left over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The board is evaluating a number of governance reforms, including these regulations, many of which Brim-Edwards initially supported last year. According to the ordinance, lobbyists who achieve the county's threshold of 10 lobbying hours every calendar quarter are required<\/a> to register within three business days, such who confine their advocacy to public speech at board meetings, spend fewer than ten hours each quarter lobbying elected officials, or are responding to a board request would not be subject to such regulations. According to the rules, government employees who are \"acting in their official capacity\" are likewise excluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Multnomah County manages libraries, reduces homelessness, addresses public health and safety concerns, and provides other municipal services with billions of dollars. Nonprofit contractors receive a significant portion of its funding, and they frequently persuade commissioners and department heads to gain a piece of the $4 billion government budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although the legislation takes effect on July 1st, authorities stated that they will gradually implement the new regulations and that it could take some time to set up the reporting system.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Multnomah County adopts first-ever lobbying rules in major transparency push","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"multnomah-county-adopts-first-ever-lobbying-rules-in-major-transparency-push","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7700","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
According to Bloomberg, since January, Adani and representatives of his businesses have been attempting to persuade Trump administration officials that Adani's prosecution is not in line with his values. According to Bloomberg, which cited unnamed individuals, the discussions have been more heated in recent weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy was among the officials Adani met and offered bribes to in exchange for purchasing solar power from Adani Green Energy through the public sector company SECI, according to a complaint submitted by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the SEC, Gautam Adani proposed a $200 million bribe when he met with Y.S. Jagan in 2021. Prior to the indictment in November 2024, Adani had congratulated Trump <\/a>on X and said that the Adani Group would spend $10 billion in energy and other projects in the United States, resulting in the creation of 15,000 jobs once Trump won the election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During his February visit to the United States, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2014who is known to have a close relationship with Adani\u2014was questioned by a reporter about<\/a> if he spoke with Trump about the matter. PM Modi declined, referring to it as a \"personal matter.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bloomberg's sources claim that Adani's associates also contacted Indian government representatives to ask for guidance on how to handle the matter with Trump. According to the article, Adani has also enlisted the help of renowned American attorneys and lobbyists to further his case against the Trump administration. Prosecutors from the federal Justice Department and Brooklyn's U.S. Attorney's Office met once in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Bloomberg, Mark Filip of Kirkland & Ellis, a legal company, and members of BGR Group, a government relations business that also represents India in trade negotiations with the Trump administration, are among the individuals working in the United States on behalf of Adani.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) has been \"abused in a manner that harms the interests of the United States,\" according to Trump's instructions to halt its implementation in February. He said that the country's \"economic competitiveness\" and \"national security\" are harmed by \"overexpansive and unpredictable FCPA enforcement against American citizens and businesses.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by Bloomberg, a bribery prosecution against two former Cognizant Technology Solutions executives was later abandoned. In 2019, they were accused of approving a $2 million bribe to an Indian official in order to assist in securing a permit for the construction of a Cognizant office complex in Chennai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As it investigates the Adani issue, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has turned to Indian authorities for assistance.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Indian billionaire Adani lobbies Trump officials to drop U.S. bribery charges","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"indian-billionaire-adani-lobbies-trump-officials-to-drop-u-s-bribery-charges","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-05 20:40:34","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-05 20:40:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7714","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7699,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-04 15:19:06","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-04 15:19:06","post_content":"\n A lobbying <\/a>group that was established by IT giants Meta, Spotify, Match Group, and Garmin declared its intention to \"fight anti-competitive practices by smartphone platform owners.\" According to a news release issued on April 29, the Coalition for a Competitive Mobile Experience (CCME) will support age verification at the app store level, hardware and software compatibility, and fair competition in the app industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Joining Meta's continuous attempts to convince politicians that app shops should be in charge of limiting which applications kids may download, so relieving the apps themselves of the burden of age verification, is now the group's top goal. Google claims that Meta is attempting to \"offload\" its obligation to protect children. A law mandating app retailers to check user ages has already been approved in Utah, and the new alliance plans to assist efforts to draft comparable legislation in the House and Senate as well as similar proposals in other states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The group specifically stated that app stores should be in charge of enforcing age-based content restrictions, smartphone providers should make sure that rival apps, hardware, and software work flawlessly with their devices, and app store providers should permit rival app stores to operate on their operating systems without undue interference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the release, CCME Director Brandon Kressin stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Smartphones have become an indispensable tool in our everyday lives, but the mobile experience has been stymied by gatekeepers who have monopolized the market by stifling competition and choice for consumers.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In addition to cutting expenses, Kressin stated that the topics the organization is working on \"will give consumers the power they deserve, providing more freedom and access.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a Bloomberg article on Wednesday, the CCME's founding coincides with the rising momentum for legislation that would mandate age verification prior to app downloads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the research, this legislative obligation may lead to litigation and the necessity to purchase solutions for managing private data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the article, Apple and Google have stated that applications should be in charge of such work, while representatives of app developers have contended that the obligation should fall on their app stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It's important to have a bill in place, something to discuss and debate,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kressin told Bloomberg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Hopefully, a way forward will be found this year.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bills requiring app store owners to confirm users' ages and obtain parental approval for children before enabling them to download applications were being considered<\/a> by at least nine states, according to a February article. Although legislation requiring internet platforms to verify users' ages has been enacted in a number of states, many of these laws have not yet been put into effect due to legal challenges.\u00a0<\/p>\n","post_title":"Meta & Spotify join forces to lobby against Apple & Google\u2019s app store policies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meta-spotify-join-forces-to-lobby-against-apple-googles-app-store-policies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 15:19:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7699","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7700,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:43","post_content":"\n Significant modifications to the county's lobbying <\/a>regulations were adopted by the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners. In other words, they will be possessed by the government. The new regulations, which compel entities that lobby the county to report their efforts, were unanimously adopted by the board. Willamette Week was the first to uncover that the county had long functioned without keeping track of its lobbyists. Officials warned that violators of the new rule might face fines of up to $500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Commissioner Shannon Singleton, who co-sponsored the effort with Commissioner Julia Brim-Edwards, stated, \"This is a really big step for this commission.\" The new county policies are modeled after those of the state, Portland, and the Metro regional government. But according to The Oregonian\/OregonLive, neither Clackamas nor Washington counties keep tabs on lobbyists' meetings or expenditures on visits with public officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In accordance with Brim-Edwards and Singleton's rule, lobbyists must register and submit a quarterly report detailing their attempts to influence policy and any gifts over $50. Commissioners, department heads, staff members, and volunteers would all be subject to such regulations. Commissioners are required to publish their calendars on a quarterly basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since they are independently elected and do not report to the board, the sheriff, district attorney, and auditor will not be governed by the rules, Singleton stated. A $200,000 allocation from the county's general fund contingency account to support an online lobbying registration and calendar reporting system was also approved by the commissioners. According to authorities, the contingency fund, which was used to cover additional security expenses last month, will have $666,917 left over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The board is evaluating a number of governance reforms, including these regulations, many of which Brim-Edwards initially supported last year. According to the ordinance, lobbyists who achieve the county's threshold of 10 lobbying hours every calendar quarter are required<\/a> to register within three business days, such who confine their advocacy to public speech at board meetings, spend fewer than ten hours each quarter lobbying elected officials, or are responding to a board request would not be subject to such regulations. According to the rules, government employees who are \"acting in their official capacity\" are likewise excluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Multnomah County manages libraries, reduces homelessness, addresses public health and safety concerns, and provides other municipal services with billions of dollars. Nonprofit contractors receive a significant portion of its funding, and they frequently persuade commissioners and department heads to gain a piece of the $4 billion government budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although the legislation takes effect on July 1st, authorities stated that they will gradually implement the new regulations and that it could take some time to set up the reporting system.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Multnomah County adopts first-ever lobbying rules in major transparency push","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"multnomah-county-adopts-first-ever-lobbying-rules-in-major-transparency-push","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-04 14:58:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7700","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
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