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ERC Fellows Meeting: A Briefing by Policymakers

ERC Fellows Meeting: A Briefing by Policymakers

July 21, 2009

Three senior Administration officials briefed the ERC Fellows July 15-17 on ethics and compliance in the federal government's handling of the economy, the stimulus, oversight of emergency spending and the President's agenda for financial reform.

Norm EisenNorm Eisen, special counsel to the President on ethics and government reform, described his role, from 90-minute ethics training sessions for the President, First Lady, Vice President and Cabinet members to chasing staffers down the hall to remind them of required ethics training for all White House employees.
 
Kayla GillanKayla Gillan, deputy chief of staff to Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro, discussed recent and proposed rule changes to increase transparency and accountability, new safeguards to protect investors and internal initiatives underway to strengthen the SEC.
 
Norm EisenTurning to the Troubled Asset Relief Program, Kevin Puvalowski, deputy special inspector general for TARP, explained how the IG is policing what are actually 12 individual programs expected to total approximately $3 trillion – while building a staff at the same time.
 
ERC Fellows MeetingThe ERC Fellows Program includes chief ethics and compliance officers from major U.S. corporations, federal agency ethics officials and academic experts. They meet twice a year to identify emerging ethics issues, hear from experts in the field and identify research topics involving organizational ethics.