President Joe Biden walks along the Colonnade of the White House in January. Adam Schultz/White House
GovExec Daily: Biden's Ethics Executive Order
Former Office of Government Ethics Director Walter Shaub and his Project on Government Oversight colleague Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette join the podcast to discuss the president's first-day order.
While campaigning in 2019, President Joe Biden released a plan to restore ethics in the federal government. “The next president must demonstrate with their actions,” it said, “that public servants serve all Americans, not themselves or narrow special interests.” The president's executive order tackles the revolving door, lobbying influence and other ethics concerns around the executive branch. It even notes the role that the Office of Government Ethics will play in the administration, on contrast to the feuds that the previous administration had with OGE early in Trump’s term
In the first part of a two-part interview, Project on Government Oversight Government Affairs Manager Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette and former OGE Director and POGO Senior Ethics Fellow Walter Shaub joined the show to discuss the executive order.
