Google’s influence grows in the W.H.: "CHRIS FRATES
Politico
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Consumer groups urged the White House on Wednesday to back off its reported pick for deputy chief technology officer because he was listed as a registered lobbyist for Google.
Consumer Watchdog and the Center for Digital Democracy said Andrew McLaughlin, the head of Google’s global public policy, would break President Barack Obama’s executive order barring lobbyists from serving in policy areas they lobbied in the previous two years.
McLaughlin was mistakenly listed in Senate records as a lobbyist in 2007 and the company amended the reports in 2008, said Google spokesman Adam Kovacevich, adding that McLaughlin is leaving the company."
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