Subject: RE: Current government employees as volunteers?
From: "Chris Lu" <[email-masked]>
To: "Cassandra Butts" <[email-masked]>, "John Podesta" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:38:48 -0500

Not sure I have any definitive thoughts on this.  The NSF person struck
me as particularly problematic since he was being considered for the
agency review team examining NSF.  I wouldn't particularly have a
problem with him analyzing another agency.  I guess the theory on Hill
staff is that there's an inherent conflict having a Hill health staffer
analyzing HHS and helping shape our health policies since that person
would later have to interact with an Obama administration on the same
issues.  I suppose it would be less problematic if a Hill health staffer
were tapped to examine the FCC, but of course, that would never happen.

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Chris Lu
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-----Original Message-----
From: Cassandra Butts [mailto:[email-masked]] 
Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2008 10:16 AM
To: John Podesta; Chris Lu
Subject: Current government employees as volunteers?

Given that we have limited the participation of Hill staff, I assume  
we are applying the same standard to other current government  
employees, yes? This has come up with the agency review team and an  
NSF employee. It strikes me as a conflict. Thanks.

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