Monday, December 6, 2010

Federal Documents -- Likely Erroneous -- Say Michelle Rhee Lobbied for Obscure 'Fighting Apartheid' Organization - OpenSecrets Blog | OpenSecrets

Federal Documents -- Likely Erroneous -- Say Michelle Rhee Lobbied for Obscure 'Fighting Apartheid' Organization - OpenSecrets Blog | OpenSecrets

Federal Documents -- Likely Erroneous -- Say Michelle Rhee Lobbied for Obscure 'Fighting Apartheid' Organization


michellerheeheader.jpgMichelle Rhee, the former District of Columbia Public Schools chancellor and education reformer to the stars, was a registered federal lobbyist for an organization called Fighting Apartheid Confrontation Transformation Systems.

At least, that's according to federal lobbying documents that are almost certainly incorrect.

Rhee, who today announced that she's launching a nonprofit education reform group that aims to raise $1 billion and in part lobby governments, is listed as a lobbyist in the obscure, Washington, D.C.-based organization's lobbying report for the first quarter of 2008.

Filed with the Clerk of the House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate, the report