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New York Drafting Guidance on Social Media and Lobbying (Bloomberg BNA)
Bloomberg BNA, January 7, 2016
New York Drafting Guidance on Social Media and Lobbying
The Government Ethics Committee of the New York City Bar Association and Common Cause, in separate prepared comments, said JCOPE’s definitions of direct and grassroots lobbying are too limited. The bar association recommended a definition that requires reporting by “all persons participating substantially in lobbying communications with public officials or in artificially stimulating letter, and now e-mail, campaigns.”
