According to an official looking page, Eleanor Acheson was,
or is a
paid lobbyist for the National Railroad Passenger
Corporation. (NRPC) She's listed
from 2007 to the current calender year. Maybe I'm missing
something, or there's another explanation for this, but why would
a lobbyist be Amtrak's VP and legal counsel? . . .
Good question. Dan and I spoke by phone about this last night.
NRPC is the actual corporate name for Amtrak. It appears that
Acheson was being paid a few thousand a year to lobby the
municipal government of New York City on behalf of Amtrak, in
addition to her executive salary. Not necessarily a big scandal,
just another fact that might raise questions, considering that
Amtrak -- whose board of directors includes Hunter Biden, son of
the vice president -- got
$1.3 billion of "stimulus" money.
After I filed
my special report about the Obama administration's evident purge
of inspectors general, I learned a little more about the
circumstances that led Amtrak IG Fred Wiederhold to resign
suddenly last week. The professional staff of the Amtrak IG
office is reportedly now "terrified" about their job security,
because Amtrak put their human resources director in
charge of the IG staff.
As I emphasized in the special report, there are now
multiple investigations going on surrounding the
administration's treatment of inspectors general -- at
Amtrak, at AmeriCorps, at the International Trade Commission and
also the special inspector general for the Troubled Assert Relief
Program -- so
please read the whole thing.
…sources are especially concerned that inquiries by Republican members of Congress should not be portrayed as a partisan “gotcha” game against the popular new president. . . . Expect the IG situation at Amtrak to make news in the near future, and investigations continue into the ousting of the IGs at AmeriCorps and International Trade Commission, but there’s another IG story I’m watching…
…Yeah, good point. The firings (and potential underlying corruption behind them) are more important. So: There’s a Memeorandum thread ; Stacy wrote on the subject at American Spectator here and then more here Dan Riehl here. Those last two links are about somebody named Ellen Acheson, a muckety-muck with Amtrak, and what looks like a bunch of crisscrossing conflicts of interest. And So It Goes In Shreveport has…
…General. Perhaps–just perhaps–an investigation of Amtrak’s relationship with its IG is in order. During the course of that investigation, we might wish to inquire why a paid lobbyist is the current vice president and legal counsel for Amtrak, and whether efforts to protect Amtrak from vigorous IG oversight have anything to do with the fact that the current Vice President of the United States is a longtime…
…General. Perhaps–just perhaps–an investigation of Amtrak’s relationship with its IG is in order. During the course of that investigation, we might wish to inquire why a paid lobbyist is the current vice president and legal counsel for Amtrak, and whether efforts to protect Amtrak from vigorous IG oversight have anything to do with the fact that the current Vice President of the United States is a longtime…
…General. Perhaps–just perhaps–an investigation of Amtrak’s relationship with its IG is in order. During the course of that investigation, we might wish to inquire why a paid lobbyist is the current vice president and legal counsel for Amtrak, and whether efforts to protect Amtrak from vigorous IG oversight have anything to do with the fact that the current Vice President of the United States is a longtime…
…Official’s Stonewall on IG Case July 1: Malkin on IG-Gate: Does the Endangered Species Act Include Watchdogs? June 26: Grassley: Amtrak ‘Systematically Violated’ IG Law June 25: Eleanor Acheson: Lobbyist June 25: Obama Plays Hardball With Watchdogs June 23: Amtrak IG Probe: Who Is Eleanor Acheson? June 19: IG-Gate: Domino Theory June 18: AmeriCorps Scandal Won’t Go Away…
…investigations. Making that report public June 25, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) charged that railroad officials – especially the legal department, under Amtrak vice president and general counsel Eleanor “Eldie” Acheson – had “ systematically violated the letter and spirit of the Inspector General Act,” through what appeared to be “unrelenting interference with the activities and operation” of the IG’s office. Four…
…Official’s Stonewall on IG Case July 1: Malkin on IG-Gate: Does the Endangered Species Act Include Watchdogs? June 26: Grassley: Amtrak ‘Systematically Violated’ IG Law June 25: Eleanor Acheson: Lobbyist June 25: Obama Plays Hardball With Watchdogs June 23: Amtrak IG Probe: Who Is Eleanor Acheson? June 19: IG-Gate: Domino Theory June 18: AmeriCorps Scandal Won’t Go Away Soon Blowback Note…
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pricila| 4.24.10 @ 9:10AM
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