Global defense, aerospace and security giant Lockheed Martin Corporation has hired consulting and lobbying firm The McKeon Group, Inc. for help with the National Defense Authorization Act.
That annual federal spending bill determines the budget and expenditures of the United States Department of Defense. Lockheed Martin in May hired lobbying firm TheGroup for additional budgetary issues surrounding the NDAA for fiscal year 2017.
The NDAA passed in the House on May 18. A Senate bill, S.2943, introduced by Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), saw amendments that increased the defense budget by about $18 billion to a total $602 billion. It passed the Senate on June 14, though President Obama has said he would veto the bill because it does not authorize the closure of Guantanamo Bay’s detention camp, a goal he’d hoped to accomplish before he leaves office.
Most controversially, S.2943 included a mandate that would require women turning 18 in 2018 or later to register for Selective Service.
McKeon Group chairman and CEO Howard “Buck” McKeon, the retired congressman who was formerly chairman of the House Armed Services Committee (R-CA), leads the account. McKeon, who retired from congress last year, introduced the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2015.
Netflix has hired Avoq for DC representation regarding matters concerning the media and telecommunications sectors.
Scouting America has signed on Alpine Group for matters related to support of the organization from the Department of Defense and Congress.
The City of Miami, which has just elected its first Democratic mayor in 28 years, has hired Trump-connected Continental Strategy to work on federal procurement matters.
Miller Strategies, the well-connected Republican firm, has inked a $1.5M one-year consulting contract from Emirates Global Aluminum, the biggest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside the oil & gas sector.
Anthropic, the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence start-up, has retained Republican powerhouse firm Fierce Government Relations for DC representation.
