In creating disclosure requirements on the sourcing on conflict minerals, Dodd-Frank has brought welcome supply chain transparency in the US.
It would be folly for Congress to create disclosure exemptions for the N.R.A. or any other advocacy heavyweight by distinguishing them from corporate and union organizations under the bill.
"Merely taking that step and requiring that type of disclaimer and creating disclosure across the board on the Internet will help put everyone on alert that this is a concern that the Federal Election Commission and others are trying to address," said Craig Holman, government affairs lobbyist for the watchdog group Public Citizen.
In 1993, Greer created The Disclosure Project with the goal of getting the government to fess up its alleged UFO and ET knowledge as well as information about advanced energy and propulsion methods.
"The proposed rule, if implemented, would create a disclosure regime that is burdensome and difficult, if not impossible to comply with, resulting in potentially erroneous disclosure," lobbyists for the group said in a letter to the commission.
Neither use of the purchase accounting method in this analysis, not mere disagreement with a financial advisor's chosen methodology creates a disclosure claim.
Some researchers who study medical conflicts of interest worry, however, that the rules in any final health care legislation may not be comprehensive or ironclad enough to create meaningful disclosure.
The agreement for two weeks of Senate debate on the campaign finance law does not assure passage of Mr. McCain's bill, which would also put new restrictions on issue advertising by unions and business organizations in the last months before an election and create new disclosure requirements.
DisclosurePolicy creates a disclosure policy for bloggers to post on their blogs, based on their answers to a few questions.
In this manner, the securities laws perform in an information-forcing-substance manner, creating a disclosure regime that is backed by due diligence and fiduciary performance.
