- The Deregistration Dilemma
Center for Responsive Politics
Are Lobbyists Quitting the Business as Federal Disclosure Rules Tighten?
- Revolving Door Lobbyists
Centre for Economic Performance
- Is it Whom You Know or What You Know?
Bertrand, Bombardini and Trebbi
An Empirical Assessment of the Lobbying Process.
- Lobbying Disclosure Act Guidance
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
- Federal Election Commission
- Senate Rules
- House Rules
- House Committee on Ethics
- Senate Select Committee on Ethics
- Office of Government Ethics
- Office of Congressional Ethics
- Post Employment Database
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
- Post Employment Lobbying Restrictions
Secretary of the Senate
- Lobbying Disclosure Act Databases
Senate Office of Public Records
- Follow the Money
FollowTheMoney.org
The nation’s most complete resource for information on money in state politics.
- Transparency Data
TransparencyData.com
A central source for federal lobbying disclosure, federal grants and contracts, earmarks and federal and state campaign contributions.
- The American Bar Association Lobbying Task Force’s draft report “Lobbying Law in the Spotlight: Challenges and Proposed Improvements”
The American Bar Association
- Sunlight’s Real Time Online Lobbying Transparency Act
Sunlight Foundation
The Sunlight Foundation’s draft “Real Time Online Lobbying Transparency Act” and short description
- Lobbying Reform Bills
OpenCongress.org
A list of lobbying reform bills introduced in the 111th congress, compiled by the Sunlight Foundation
- Projects tracking TARP and 2009 stimulus
OpenCongress.org
Compiled by the Sunlight Foundation
- Lobbying Reform
Sunlight Foundation
- Editorial Memo: When Political Money is too Hard to Track, Follow the Lobbyists
Gabriela Schneider, Communications Director, Sunlight Foundation
- Disinformation on Lobbying
John Wonderlich, Policy Director, Sunlight Foundation
- Following the Activity One Year After Citizens United
Ellen Miller, Executive Director, Sunlight Foundation
- Lobbying Database
Open Secrets
- American League of Lobbyists’ “Statement of Principles on the 1995 Lobbying Disclosure Act”
American League of Lobbyists
- Search Lobbying Reports
Lobbyists.info, a division of Columbia Books & Information Services (CBIS)
TheLobbyingReports.com is a free database which allows users to easily search the LD-203 filings of lobbyists and lobbying entities, lobbying firms, PACs, associations and corporations. The LD-203 filing was mandated by the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act (HLOGA). The law requires lobbying entities to report certain political contributions they have made.
- Foreign Agents Registration Act
Department of Justice
- Lobbying Disclosure Resources
OpenCongress.org
Compiled by the Sunlight Foundation
- The Lobbying Manual: A Complete Guide to Federal Lobbying Law and Practice (4th Ed. 2009)
American Bar Association (ABA)
- Lobbying and Advocacy: Winning Strategies, Resources, Recommendations, Ethics and Ongoing Compliance for Lobbyists
Deanna Gelak
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- Lobby Comply Blog
- State Lobbying Disclosure Requirements
National Conference of State Legislatures
- Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995
- Lobbying Disclosure Act Guidance
Senate