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President's Memo on Ensuring Responsible Spending of Recovery Act Funds
On March 20, 2009, President Obama issued an Executive Branch-wide Memorandum entitled, "Ensuring Responsible Spending of Recovery Act Funds" to foster transparency and facilitate merit-based decision-making in awarding funds.

In the memo, President Obama provided guidance as to how provide the American people with information regarding lobbyist communications about specific American Recovery and Reinvestment Act projects.

The following is a chronological list of documents detailing DOC's communications with lobbyists. In each, you will find the date and time of contact, the name of the employee contacted and his or her title, a brief description of the communication's substance, the way in which the contact took place, the name of the lobbyist and his or her title, firm and client. If communication is written, the written correspondence will be attached to a form and listed here.
Lobbyist Communication Form: Download

Lobbyist Communications: