Howard Marlowe thinks disclosure is important. Technically, the longtime lobbyist will tell you, he didn’t even have to register on behalf of the American League of Lobbyists (ALL), since his position as president is on a volunteer basis. But register he did, on behalf of his own lobbying firm Marlowe & Company, a few months after taking over ALL in January.Marlowe says he decided to register because starting this summer, he will be actually lobbying for changes to lobbying laws, with an aim to “improve the effectiveness” of disclosure requirements. He says some of the suggestions of watchdog groups like the Sunlight Foundation just wouldn’t work.
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