Jane Mobley Associates - PRNewser http://www.mediabistro.com/prnewser Your Daily PR Release Copyright 2013 Fri, 24 May 2013 00:51:11 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Senators Launch an Investigation Into the White House’s PR, Advertising Activities Today is the deadline for 11 government agencies to submit information about contracts they have with PR and advertising firms to the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management.

Democratic Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill and Republican Sen. Rob Portman (OH) have launched an investigation into how the White House has spent federal dollars on PR and advertising. Leaders of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Housing and Urban Development, and the Departments of Energy and Labor were among the agency heads who received the request for details. They’ve been asked for information going back to October 2008.

According to Roll Call, there is precedent for this sort of investigation but the the two Senators here “concede that what the administration is doing likely is legal.” Makes sense right?

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