[IP] Ethics Questions Hound Telecom Advisor

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 22:19:26 -0500
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Subject: Ethics Questions Hounnd Telecom Advisor


     Ethics Questions Hounnd Telecom Advisor
     - Jan 24, 2003 06:50 PM (AP Online)

    A second telephone lobbyist disclosed Friday that his
    company paid for part of a $3,000 reception for 80 guests
    honoring President Bush's top telecommunications adviser,
    contrary to federal ethics rules.

    Rich Barth of Motorola Inc. said his employer reimbursed him
    in 2001 for the $487 personal check he wrote to organizers of
    the party for Nancy Victory, an assistant secretary at the
    Commerce Department.

    Earlier this week, SBC Communications Inc. disclosed that it
    sent a corporate check directly to the event's organizers on
    behalf of its lobbyist, Priscilla Hill-Ardoin, who was a
    co-host for the party.

    Federal ethics rules prohibit officials from accepting gifts
    from corporations that may be affected by the officials'
    decisions. Victory heads the National Telecommunications and
    Information Administration, which oversees
    communications-spectrum matters.

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     - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=31127327



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