By Kevin McCauley
IBM has signed up Burson-Marsteller affiliated Prime Policy Group to handle corporate tax reform, patents, cyber-security issues, trade and labor matters.
Big Blue shelled out $2M in D.C. lobbying outlays during the first-half of the year, according to its federal filings.
It sought input on matters related to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Korea/Panama/Colombia free trade agreements, digital economy trade pacts and conflict minerals.
PPG has nine staffers handling IBM including chairman Charlie Black, former Republican National Committee spokesman; Gardner Peckham, ex-national security advisor to House Speaker Newt Gingrich; Pam Turner, former assistant secretary for legislative affairs at the Dept. of Homeland Security and Keith Smith, alum of United Technologies Corp.
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