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FTI Government Affairs is monitoring DC developments related to transportation and infrastructure legislation for FlixBus Inc.
The Los Angeles-based intercity bus company is a unit of Munich’s FlixBus GMbH, which launched in 2013 with the deregulation of Germany’s bus market.
FlixBus expanded to France, Italy, Denmark and Croatia in 2015 and launched in 2018 in the US.
It currently serves 187 American destinations, offering one-way $29 New York-Boston fares and $44 for San Francisco-Los Angeles rides.
FTI Government Affairs managing director Russ Kelley, a former counsel on the House committee on transportation & infrastructure; and John Whitcomb, managing director in FTI’s strategic communications practice’s industrials sector, handle FlixBus.
Ballard Partners has signed to a represent the US unit of Rheinmetall, Germany’s biggest defense contractor, on Army procurement issues.
BGR Group signs on to provide lobbying and PR services for Terzo, an AI financial intelligence platform. Douglas Lute, chair of BGR’s international and defense practices, will join Terzo’s board of directors.
Avoq has landed Palantir Technologies, the controversial surveillance company founded by right-wing billionaire Peter Thiel, as a client.
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.
