As reported in the NY Times, Meredith Attwell Baker, a former Commerce Department official who worked on telecommunications issues in George W. Bush’s administration, announced that she would leave the F.C.C. when her term expires at the end of June. At Comcast, she will serve as senior vice president for government affairs for NBC Universal, which Comcast acquired in January.

When will the revolving door between the government and corporate lobbyists be slowed down?  During the 2008 campaign, President Obama vowed to “close the revolving door” and “clean up both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue” with “the most sweeping ethics reform in history.”  To his credit, new administrative ethics rules were adopted.  And Ms. Baker is a Bush appointee.  Still, it is high time that Congress got more serious about regulating those who go to Washington hat in hand.

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