Inside Google

Google’s influence grows in the W.H.

Consumer groups urged the White House on Wednesday to back off its
reported pick for deputy chief technology officer because he was listed
as a registered lobbyist for Google. Consumer Watchdog and the Center for Digital Democracy said Andrew
McLaughlin, the head of Google’s global public policy, would break
President Barack Obama’s executive order barring lobbyists from serving
in policy areas they lobbied in the previous two years.

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