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Lyft has booked InSight PA for Washington representation on a range of transportation issues.
Insight is the firm formed in December by Podesta and BGR alums to provide "purpose-driven advocacy and lobbying for companies, nonprofits and causes."
Oscar Ramirez, and Dana Thompson, veterans of Tony Podesta's firm, handle the Lyft effort.
Lyft spent $630K for lobbying in 2017 in areas such as ride-sharing, self-driving cars, commuter tax breaks, future of work and smart cities.
Before cutting ties, Podesta took a $150K chunk of those outlays, while WPP's Glover Park Group accounted for a $100K piece of the business.
Uber Technologies, Lyft's archrival, shelled out $1.9M in 2017 lobbying fees to a collection of firms including The Doerrer Group, Franklin Square Group, Ballard Partners, Federal Hill Group and Invariant.
Anne Kierig, who was senior manager of public policy at Amazon, has joined the American Advertising Federation as VP-government affairs. She takes over for Clark Rector, who is retiring after a 37-year run at AAF.
TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC, which was established in compliance with the executive order signed by President Trump, has hired Valcour LLC, which has close ties with his administration.
Ballard Partners has signed on gunmaker Sturm, Ruger & Co to advocate on behalf of Second Amendment issues.
Sakura Conservation Strategies has registered Japanese American Confinement Sites Consortium as a client.
Sachs Media has signed on to represent the Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund to advocate for public policies proven to reduce tobacco use, which is the No. 1 cause of preventable deaths in the US and the rest of the world.
