Transition 2009

Kate Klonick, new team member covering the U.S. Department of Justice for our sister site, The Washington Independent, covered the release today of two key reports:

• U.S. Department of Justice Inspector General and Office of Professional Responsibility report, entitled, “An Investigation of Allegations of Politicized Hiring and Other Improper Personnel Actions in the [...]

Wow, what a buzz kill! Last week chatter was strong after unnamed Democratic sources gave up Steve Rattner’s name to Jake Tapper at ABC as likely candidate for “car czar” for the incoming Obama administration. Rattner is one of the founding partners of Quadrangle Group, a private equity firm specializing in media and communications [...]

Michigan’s Rep. John Conyers wrote a letter to his Democratic colleagues in Congress last week regarding his concerns about CNN’s Sanjay Gupta as nominee for Surgeon General under the Obama administration. According to the text of the letter excerpted by Jake Tapper at ABC News, Conyers has reservations about Gupta’s lack of experience and [...]