Is the Clerk's Office Ready For More Disclosure?

Will the House Clerk's office implode on Feb. 14? According to an article in Roll Call, the new electronic filing rule is making for some delay. Organizations and firms getting ready to file their Feb. 14 Lobby Disclosure Act forms might want to factor in some time for delays. According to the article, lobbyists that have attempted to file early say the process is nothing short of painful. Karen Blitz, office director with Davidson & Co. for 18 years, said she not only had to download new software, she also had to get a new Internet browser and obtain a digital-signature guarantee a month ago, just to file the firm’s forms. “What normally takes me three hours, to do the entire company’s lobbying reports, took me over three days with my ... IT guy — and that doesn’t even count getting the electronic signature, which I did a month ago,” Blitz said.
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