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BGR Government Affairs has signed on as DC representative for the Syrian Institute for Progress.
Founded in 2012, the California-based non-profit is working to promote the civil and human rights of all people living in Syria as the civil uprising against Bashar Assad has entered its 11th year.
President Biden, who ordered airstrikes in February against Iran-backed militias in Syria, is reviewing US policy regarding the war-torn country.
There are 900 American troops in Syria, supporting Kurdish fighters and keeping the country’s oil from Assad.
BGR’s Lester Munson, who worked as deputy assistant administrator for the US Agency for International Development during the Bush II administration, and Mark Tavlarides, director of legislative affairs at the National Security Council in the Clinton White House, handle the SIP account.
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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