Straight from the Whitehouse.gov web site:

First, we will expand the restriction on oral communications to cover all persons, not just federally registered lobbyists.

If you were working for the President of the United States of America, and chose to write that sentence, would that feel correct to you?  And this, from:

Norm Eisen, special counsel to the president for ethics and government reform, in the spirit of transparency as always  [bold in source]

H/T: HotAir