“President-elect Barack Obama has pledged to change the way Washington works and curb the influence of lobbyists,” said top transition aid John Podesta.  “[I]f someone has lobbied in the last 12 months, they are prohibited from working in the fields of policy on which they lobbied” is a statement released by the Transition office yesterday.

“President-elect Barack Obama has pledged to change the way Washington works and curb the influence of lobbyists,” said Podesta in another statement. 

“During the campaign, federal lobbyists could not contribute to or raise money for the campaign…the president-elect is taking those commitments even further by announcing the strictest, and most far reaching ethics rules of any transition team in history.”

Looks like President-elect Obama has already begun to keep his campaign promises.