California Counts on Mercury PA
Wed, Jul. 10, 2019
By Kevin McCauley
Mercury Public Affairs has won the competitive pitch to handle outreach and PR for the California 2020 census.
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Mercury Public Affairs has won the competitive pitch to handle outreach and PR for the California 2020 census.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, White House press secretary, is stepping down at the end of the month, according to a tweet from Donald Trump.
Former White House communications director Hope Hicks has been directed by her former employer not to turn over any documents relating to the time she spent in the White House.
McLarty Inbound is providing strategic communications and advisory services to the African island nation of Mauritius, which is seeking global recognition of its sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago.
Sarah Sinovic, who had been running her own PA, branding and digital marketing firm in Washington, has joined Brooklyn Congresswoman Yvette Clarke's office as communications and digital director.
Hope Hicks, former White House communications director, is expected to cooperate with the House Judiciary Committee’s investigation into whether Donald Trump obstructed justice.
Kasowitz Benson Torres is providing government relations services to Israel's RT Aerostat Systems, maker of surveillance balloons, with a focus on homeland security and defense matters.
CRC Public Relations is providing media support for Stephen Moore, visiting fellow at the Heritage Foundation and former Club for Growth president who is president Trump’s pick for a Federal Reserve Board seat.
The State Dept. has merged its domestic PA bureau with the overseas propaganda arm to form a new global public affairs shop of about 300 staffers.
Eric Phillips, press secretary for New York mayor Bill de Blasio, is joining Edelman as senior VP in its crisis and reputation unit as Hizzoner mulls a long-shot presidential run.
The Health and Human Services Administration slates a review of subcontracting deals flowing from Porter Novelli’s $2.25M contract with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Porter Novelli administers a $2.25M contract for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that has subcontracted with Republican media advisors to buff the image the agency's administrator Seema Verma, according to a report in Politico. Frank Pallone, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee wants probe of CMS' PR spending.
White House deputy chief of staff for communications Bill Shine has resigned. The former Fox News co-president will join Trump’s re-election campaign as a senior advisor.
Lindsay Walters, deputy White House press secretary, is joining Edelman as VP-US PA strategy & development. Sarah Huckabee Sanders says she'll miss a "pillar" of her staff.
Heather Nauert, State Dept. spokesperson and former anchor of president Trump's favorite TV program, "Fox & Friends," has withdrawn her name to succeed Nikki Haley as UN ambassador.
Lobbying powerhouse Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom will pay $4.6M to settle a civil suit, alleging that it failed to register as a foreign agent for Ukraine work that was headed by Paul Manafort, president Trump's former campaign manager.
Dana White, who was chief Pentagon spokesperson, resigned New Year’s Eve evening amid charges that she mistreated staffers.
The US Army announced Nov. 20 that Omnicom’s DDB Chicago has won the $4B ten-year marketing and advertising program that had been at Interpublic for a dozen years.
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