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Check Out Financial Disclosures for Duncan & Crew - Politics K-12 - Education Week

Check Out Financial Disclosures for Duncan & Crew - Politics K-12 - Education Week

Check Out Financial Disclosures for Duncan & Crew

Financial disclosure forms that top members of the Executive Branch fill out are meant to shed light on, or even prevent, any conflicts of interests by forcing key officials to reveal their assets, gifts, and past jobs. These things rarely yield anything too interesting (although this year we learned that President Obama's dog, Bo, a gift from the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, was valued at $1,600).
But in the interests of keeping you all informed about the goings on at the Education Department—and so that officials know we do read these forms—I present to you the calendar year 2009 financial disclosure statements for Secretary Arne Duncan, now-chief of staff Joanne Weiss (ex-Race to the Top guru), chief messaging and strategy guy Peter Cunningham, and key ESEA reauthorization player Carmel Martin.
I also requested the forms of chief operating officer Tony Miller and innovation and i3 boss Jim Shelton, but the