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May 10, 2012 By AMK

No leeway on contractor campaign gifts

A district judge’s rejection of a request by three federal contract employees to temporarily relax a long-standing ban on contractor campaign contributions likely prolongs the uncertainty on the issue during the first full election cycle since the Supreme Court’s landmark 2010 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ruling on corporations and politics.

On April 16, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg denied a request for a preliminary injunction filed by three corporate employees — two under contract with the U.S. Agency for International Development and one who supports the Administrative Conference of the United States, an independent agency that uses research and private sector expertise to improve the government’s rule-making.

Keep reading this article at:  http://www.govexec.com//contracting/2012/04/no-leeway-contractor-campaign-gifts/41850.

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: campaign contributions, conflict of interest, FEC, POGO, political contributions

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