A foreign "disinformation" tracker is looking to hire a policy director aimed at influencing the United States federal government and state governments.

The Global Disinformation Index, a British organization that has received a $100,000 grant from the State Department and another roughly $860,000 from the government-funded nonprofit National Endowment for Democracy, has a job listing for a "U.S. Policy and External Relations Director."

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A group that funnels blacklists of conservative news outlets to advertisers in order to kneecap their revenue and challenge their abilities to exist, GDI is seeking someone who would be charged with developing "policy recommendations and engagement strategies for the U.S. across the federal government.

"Disinformation has become a business," the job description states. "Today’s internet business models reward engagement above all else. These models monetise attention without considering the quality of the content garnering that attention, or the harm that may result."

Some specific agencies listed for engagement are the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, both houses of Congress, and "key state governments and strategic civil society organisations."

It is unclear whether the position is functionally a lobbyist. The Department of Homeland Security says the use of federal funds to lobby the government is prohibited but does not seem to address the issue of money being fungible.

"There’s big money in the Censorship Industrial Complex and a lot of that money comes from the federal government," Michael Chamberlain, director of government ethics watchdog Protect the Public's Trust, told the Washington Examiner. "As recent stories in the Washington Post and New York Times indicate, those who are alleged to have participated are reacting to their activities being exposed to the light of transparency, possibly to keep their gravy train rolling.

"We certainly hope that the public’s elected representatives and agencies that are supposed to act in the public’s interest would avoid granting funding or influence to projects, activities, or entities involved in infringing on the rights of American citizens," he continued.

Recently, House Republicans expanded their "censorship" investigation into the Biden administration, including the State Department's funding of GDI. Even given congressional scrutiny, the State Department doubled down on its funding of GDI, telling Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) they "stand by" their decision.

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The Biden administration previously toyed with the idea of having an in-house "disinformation" czar at the Department of Homeland Security, but its Disinformation Governance Board, with Nina Jankowicz at the helm, was established and abolished in four months.

GDI did not return a request for comment from the Washington Examiner.