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Exhibit 771

Political Intelligence: Financial Market Value of Government Information Hinges on Materiality and Timing (GAO-13-389)

Exhibit 771 ยท GAO report

Political Intelligence: Financial Market Value of Government Information Hinges on Materiality and Timing (GAO-13-389)

There are no laws or ethics rules that specifically govern the sale of information by a political intelligence firm.

STOCK Act s.7 report. Finds no law or ethics rule specifically governs the sale of political intelligence, that its prevalence is not known and is hard to quantify, and that materiality and timing are hard to determine. Makes no recommendations.

Source
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Date
4 April 2013
Quoted from
GAO-13-389 (April 2013), p. 5, section 'No Laws or Ethics Rules Specifically Govern Political Intelligence'
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-13-389.pdf
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2026-11-09
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Finding POL-4.14
Primary record GAO reported in April 2013 that no law or ethics rule specifically governs the sale of political intelligence, that its prevalence is not known and is hard to quantify, and that materiality and timing are hard to determine.