Personnel-Capture

Trump Administration Implements Loyalty Tests for Federal Hiring

2025-05-29 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

OPM’s Merit Hiring Plan requires applicants at GS-05 level and above to write four 200-word essays including how they would advance Trump’s policy …

Donald Trump white-house office-of-personnel-management federal-workforce loyalty-tests civil-service personnel-capture democratic-erosion +3 more

SEC Revolving Door: Wells Fargo Hires Enforcement Official Amid Ongoing Investigations

2010-05-15 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

Academic research reveals systemic problems with the SEC’s ‘revolving door’ between regulatory agencies and financial institutions. Between 2001-2010, 419 former SEC employees filed 1,949 disclosure statements for private representation, creating significant conflicts of interest. …

Wells Fargo & Co. Securities and Exchange Commission SEC San Francisco enforcement branch Former SEC enforcement chief Private financial defense attorneys +2 more regulatory-capture sec-revolving-door wells-fargo enforcement-conflicts financial-regulation +1 more