June 08, 2009

The Obama administration plans to require banks and corporations that have received two rounds of federal bailouts to submit any major executive pay changes for approval by a new federal policeman who will monitor pay, according to two government officials.The proposal is part of a broad set of regulations on executive compensation expected to be announced by the administration as early as this week.

Some of the rules are required by legislation enacted in the wake of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, and would only apply to taxpayer money. Others, which are being described as broad principles, would set standards the government would like the entire financial industry to observe as they compensate their highest-paid executives, although it is not clear how regulators will enforce them.