Ka cika wannan jumla:
a lokacin yakin neman zabensa, Obama ya bayyana cewa masu fafutuka "ba za su sami aiki a Fadar White House ba", amma ya sassauta matsayinsa bayan ya hau mulki. A ranar 21 ga Janairu, 2009, Obama ya ba da umarnin zartarwa ga duk waɗanda za a nada a nan gaba a cikin gwamnatinsa, wanda ya ba da umarnin cewa babu wani wanda aka nada wanda ya kasance mai rijista mai fafutuka a cikin shekaru biyu kafin nadin sa zai iya shiga cikin al'amuran da ya yi fafutuka a cikin shekaru biyu bayan ranar nadin. An ba da izini uku na farko a farkon shekara ta 2009, daga cikin mukamai 800 na zartarwa: Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics a Washington sun soki gwamnatin, suna iƙirarin cewa Obama ya janye daga ƙa'idodin ɗabi'arsa na hana masu fafutuka yin aiki a kan batutuwan da suka yi fafutuka a kansu a cikin shekaru biyu da suka gabata ta hanyar ba da izini. Binciken Politico na 2015 ya gano cewa, yayin da Obama ya kafa gyare-gyare na cigaba kuma adadin masu fafutuka ya ragu a lokacin shugabancin Obama, Obama ya kasa rufe "ƙofar juyawa" na jami'an da ke motsawa tsakanin gwamnati da kasuwanci. Koyaya, gwamnatin Obama ta guji "rikice-rikice na sha'awa" abin kunya da gwamnatocin da suka gabata suka fuskanta, a wani ɓangare saboda dokokin masu fafutukar gwamnati.