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Ballard Partners has signed on to represent UpToDate Inc., online clinical decision support provider.
The firm will educate the executive branch about the importance of online medical information to the Veterans Affairs Library Network.
VALNET is the largest healthcare library network in the US.
Its staff supplies information, research and education to enhance the quality of care in the VA health system.
Brian Ballard handles the work along with former Republican Congressman Jeff Miller of Florida.
Miller chaired the House Veterans Affairs Committee for three terms and served on the Armed Services Committee.
He helped draw up Donald Trump’s talking points in 2016 to reform the VA.
UpToDate is owned by Wolters Kluwer, which is based in the Netherlands.
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.
