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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.
Carlsbad, a north San Diego County city of 115K people, is looking for a firm to provide government relations and Sacramento lobbying services.
Gordon Sondland, who was US ambassador to the European Union under Donald Trump, has registered as a representative of Ukraine’s cabinet and ministers.
The Daschle Group is representing Santa Monica-based Stand with Hong Kong Action, an advocacy group that fights to end Chinese repression in Hong Kong.
McKinsey & Co. has reached out to Republican shop Harbinger Strategies to educate policymakers about the activities of the embattled management consultancy.
Scotland’s SaxaVord Spaceport, which is the UK’s only facility for vertical rocket launches, has hired Alexandria’s Brian Glackin & Assocs. for Washington representation on aerospace and defense matters.
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