No Strong Indication that Restrictions on Executive Branch Lobbying Should be Expanded

Abstract

Although laws that restrict the use of appropriated funds for lobbying by executive branch employees are ambiguous, GAO found little support for amending or strengthening them in 44 interviews with senior congressional committee staff members and federal agency legislative liaison officials. GAO believes that while the existing framework of both formal and informal sanctions does not guarantee prevention of improper lobbying incidents, available alternatives to deter such incidents with more certainty could have the undesirable effect of inhibiting constructive and legitimate relationships between the executive and legislative branches of government.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 20, 1984
Accession Number
AD1119509

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