Guest Post – From Publications to Policy: How Research Is Driving Progress on the SDGs - The Scholarly Kitchen
Today's guest bloggers share analysis on the relationship between impact and policy during Global Goals Week 2025.| The Scholarly Kitchen
One recent issue of note is the backsliding on ethical guidelines for public officials and those who seek to influence them. Have you ever considered how reporters might frame their questions on this concern? There is no time like the present, so let’s delve into a handful of such issues along with questions that shrewd […]| C-suite Blueprint
“Did I help fix an election? Yes.” Or so claims foreign lobbyist Robert Stryk in “Devils’ Advocates: The Hidden Story of Rudy Giuliani, Hunter Biden, and the Washington Insiders on the Payrolls of Corrupt Foreign Interests,” a new book by New York Times reporter Kenneth Vogel about the inner workings of American lobbyists working for foreign governments. In Stryk’s telling, he paved the way for the first Trump administration to accept a power sharing agreement for then-DRC Preside...| Responsible Statecraft
The post Council of Canadian Innovators launches for-profit lobbying firm appeared first on The Logic.| The Logic
The merchants are very much still here, and they’re making terrible decisions for the rest of us| The Independent
Today's guest bloggers share analysis on the relationship between impact and policy during Global Goals Week 2025.| The Scholarly Kitchen
At the Australian Anti-Corruption Summit, Clancy Moore outlines three bold solutions to rebuild trust in democracy, curb corruption, and safeguard climate action: a global asset register to tackle financial secrecy, stronger federal lobbying laws to restore public confidence, and a clean COP31 to ensure integrity in climate negotiations.| Transparency International Australia
Federal contractors, grantees, borrowers, and others receiving federal funds face a variety of restrictions on their use of those funds for political purposes, including for lobbying. A new presidential memorandum issued last week by President Trump highlights one of those restrictions, 31 U.S.C. § 1352, also known as the Byrd Amendment, and singles out grantees for additional scrutiny... Continue Reading…| Inside Political Law
New analysis shows federal lobbying regulations lagging all states on key measures of transparency, stopping the ‘revolving door’ and enforcement creating a risk of corruption and undue influence in federal parliament.| Transparency International Australia
Senate Democrats who signed a letter calling for urgent delivery of humanitarian aid in Gaza voted last week for the sale of offensive bombs to Israel’s military and assault rifles for Israel's police force.| Sludge
Why are the people being paid to fix the problems DOGE created also taking money from Musk?| Revolving Door Project
395 volunteers met with 51 lawmakers or their representatives in 26 states last week, pushing for greater legislative efforts to address climate change| eJewishPhilanthropy
474 groups spent more than $9.3 million to influence lawmakers as they decided the fates of hundreds of pieces of legislation.| Montana Free Press
Employees in the investor relations departments of hedge fund managers and private equity firms typically do not consider themselves "lobbyists." But| Inside Political Law
Music week in NYC kicks off with a bang. The Songwriters Guild of America, the Society of Composers & Lyricists, and Music Creators North America (led respectively by music creators Rick Carnes, Ashley Irwin and Eddie Schwartz), have released a statement kicking off Music Week in New York asserting that the songwriter and composer community...| Music Creators North America
The London-based policy analyst and commentator talks to Michael E. Hartmann about the politicization of charities in the U.K., the role of the Charity Commission and other “quangos” there, and cross-Atlantic similarities in challenges being both presented by and facing nonprofit groups.| the Giving Review
On April 29, 2025, MCNA co-chair Ashley Irwin and board member Charles J. Sanders traveled to Washington DC to join a World IP Day panel at the US House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Titled “The journey of music: from the human heart to the human ear”, the panel was hosted by the The Copyright Alliance... The post U.S. Copyright Office panel report: “The awesome soft-power of American music” appeared first on Music Creators North America.| Music Creators North America
The GOP head of the Arizona Freedom Caucus is advancing legislation that would bar fellow Republican Karrin Taylor Robson from becoming the next governor.| Arizona Capitol Times | Your Inside Source for Arizona Government, Politics a...
In a poll that should surprise absolutely no one, most republicans support the right to protest- unless it is Israel. Claims from the party of Freedom Fries that they were now the defenders of free…| The Trickster's Guide to Geopolitics
Auto industry analysts say Tesla, which is losing market share in EVs, stands to win from Trump's 25% tariff plan on foreign-made cars.| Sludge
7Regarding the Executive Order 14179 Issued On January 23, 2025 by President Donald J. Trump titled: “Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence”1 Submitted Pursuant to Federal Register Notice 90 FR 90882 (Request for Information) by: The Songwriters Guild of America, the Society of Composers & Lyricists, and the United States’ affiliate members of...| Music Creators North America
The former Fulbright Scholar and research fellow talks to Michael E. Hartmann about the upward trend in foreign funding of American think tanks, the applicability of the Foreign Agents Registration Act and lobbying-disclosure law to U.S. think tanks, and some recommendations in the new report he’s co-authored on think-tank funding for policy reform and a “culture shift.”| the Giving Review
Longtime health care leader Scott Tittle has been tapped to be the next president of the Indiana Hospital Association.| Indiana Capital Chronicle
The exception is a powerful tool allowing 501(c)(3)s to contribute to informed public debate without running afoul of lobbying restrictions.| Charity Lawyer Blog
Surprise! The former Secretary of State and his co-writer could financially gain from this pro-Ukraine proposal| Responsible Statecraft
Major Wall Street donors have mounted a push to oust the FTC chair over her crackdowns on corporate power.| Truthout
Looking to glean what the rise of DAFs means for our troubled voluntary sector and civil society in general.| the Giving Review
