Poland Picks BGR to Pave Way for More US Troops
Wed, Feb. 13, 2019
By Kevin McCauley
Poland enlists services of BGR Government Affairs in its bid to win big deployment of US troops to garrison Fort Trump. (1 reader comment)
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Poland enlists services of BGR Government Affairs in its bid to win big deployment of US troops to garrison Fort Trump. (1 reader comment)
General Motors, which is laying off thousands of workers, has hired Ballard Partners, which has close ties with the Trump White House, for federal representation on labor and fuel efficiency matters. (1 reader comment)
Brendan Buck, who was a counselor to former House Speaker Paul Ryan and press secretary to his predecessor, John Boehner, is joining DC-based strategic communications and public affairs firm Blue Engine Message & Media + JDA Frontline as a partner.
Jennifer Arangio, former senior director of the White House National Security Council, is joining D.C. lobbying firm Federal Advocates as vice president. (2 reader comments)
The newly elected president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has hired Avenue Strategies Global, which has close ties with the Trump White House, to make the rounds of DC.
The US unit of China Railway Rolling Stock Corp, maker of transit rail cars, is paying Omnicom’s Mercury Public Affairs $25K a month to land a contract for the New York subway system. (1 reader comment)
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck is lobbying on behalf of Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., which has been sanctioned by the Commerce Dept. (3 reader comments)
Spending on lobbyists totaled nearly $3.5 billion last year, the highest levels in nearly a decade, according to a recent report by the Center for Responsive Politics. (2 reader comments)
BGR Government Affairs is representing Altice USA, which markets its broadband communications and video services under the Optimum and Suddenlink brands.
The National Center for Transgender Equality has hired Mercury Media LLC to advocate on behalf of a spate of civil liberties–related legislative issues currently being debated on Capitol Hill.
Defense Dept. veteran Laura McAleer has joined the University of Notre Dame as associate VP for federal and Washington relations.
Subject Matter recruits H&R Block's Cedric Grant, who previously was chief of staff to Democratic up & comer Congressman Hakeem Jeffries of Brooklyn.
Alpine Group is representing immigration reform nonprofit IDEAL Immigration Action on Capitol Hill regarding immigration reform matters.
NJOY has continued its lobbying salvo in response to federal regulators’ crackdown on flavored e-cigarette and vaping products.
Electronic cigarette giant NJOY has hired lobbying firm Card & Associates to handle consumer safety and protection issues on Capitol Hill as they relate to the booming e-cigarette industry.
Juul Labs, which faces public backlash over rise in teenage vaping, recruits Empire Consulting to deal with legislative, FDA push to tighten sales of e-cigarettes, vaping products.
Consumer robotics company iRobot becomes the latest U.S. company to retain lobbying support on Capitol Hill in light of the Trump admin’s escalating trade dispute with China.
Digital camera juggernaut GoPro Inc. has hired Whitaker Strategies to lobby on Capitol Hill in light of President Trump’s ongoing trade war with China. (2 reader comments)
Susan Molinari, former Staten Island/Brooklyn Republican Congresswoman, is stepping down as head of Google's DC office and of its Americas public policy unit.
BGR Government Affairs is representing giant drugstore retailer Walgreens in its Washington push. (2 reader comments)
Roberti Global received $1.2M in lobbying payments for the nine months of 2018 to support the Nord Stream 2 pipeline to bring Russian gas to Europe, which is vehemently opposed by President Trump.
Starbucks hires LOP Strategies, which is headed by its former government affairs director, as federal lobbyist for a raft of corporate social responsibility issues. (1 reader comment)
Henry Waxman, who was a powerful Los Angeles Congressman, is working Washington for a Pennsylvania drug company that is positioning itself as the leader in opioid addiction treatment.
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