Four years after the government won power and ushered in its celebrated Federal Accountability Act, a number of Ottawa insiders say the act has slammed shut the "revolving door" between ministerial offices and lobbyists and is deterring many talented and experienced people from taking jobs as exempt political staffers in ministerial offices.

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