Little more than 24 hours after telling the Washington Examiner that it would not release their ethics policy, a spokesman for the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC) has released a statement indicating a change of heart, noting the ethics guidelines would be available on the FCIC website (click here). Still missing, however, is a list of staff positions and salary levels, or a list of those hired by the commission as staff or consultants.
What prompted the change is anyone’s guess — a spokesman responded that “We decided it was appropriate to make public the Commission’s strong ethics policy for Commissioners and staff” – but it may have something to do with today’s editorial, which criticizes the group for a lack of transparency. Other news outlets picked up the thread as well. Dan Indiviglio of the Atlantic wrote:
