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Squire Patton Boggs has signed on to do Congressional outreach for the Palestine Monetary Authority.
It will especially focus on members of the House Financial Services and Foreign Affairs Committees, and Senate Banking and Foreign Relations Committees, according to the engagement letter.
SPB also will provide PMA and the Association of Banks in Palestine with strategic guidance relating to reputational risk and recommendations on PMA’s in-person visits to Washington.
The one-year engagement, which kicked off July 1, is worth $500K to SPB. The contract automatically renews for another year.
Gassan Baloul, SPB partner and co-chair of its Middle East practice, oversees work for the PMA.
The PMA team includes Ed Newberry, global managing parter, public policy, compliance, investigatory and regulatory solutions; Paul Jones, international affairs specialist; Dominic Braithwaite, public policy specialist; and David Schnittger, former aide to House Speaker John Boehner.
The Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq, which has been hit hard by the US/Iran war, has retained Continental Strategy to promote its interests among US policymakers, business leaders and key decision-makers.
Qorvis has signed a $35K per-month agreement to provide strategic communications to Morocco to further its effort to enhance its relationship with the US.
Ontario has retained Capitol Counsel to support its interests related to the free trade agreement between Canada, Mexico and the US. 
Mercury Public Affairs has agreed to perform PR, communications and government relations services for the 
Manchester Trade is working to promote US investment in the minerals-rich Democratic Republic of the Congo.
