Disclosure of Lobbying: Are White House Visitor Logs Good Enough?

Nope. See John Wonderlich's Sunlight Foundation Blog post, House Oversight Shows More Visitor Logs Evasion, Deals ("[T]he WAVES [official White House visitor record-keeping] systems were designed for security, not tracking influence. Unfortunately, the White House has chosen to use the visitor logs disclosure as a shield whenever their transparency or ethics are questioned, despite numerous shortfalls in their effectiveness."). [JH]