The NALC, which was founded in 1889, has hired The Keelen Group to push its support of H.Res. 28, which maintains the continuation of door delivery of mail for all business and residential USPS customers.
Under pressure to make cuts to door delivery service, recent changes in postal regulations now allow converting door delivery service to cluster boxes in some locations. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has recently introduced a series of postal reform bills — the Postal Reform Act of 2016 (H.R. 5714) and the Postal Service Financial Improvement Act (H.R. 5707) — in a bid to cut USPS-related costs.
H.Res. 28 was introduced in the House on January 2015 by Rep. Susan Davis (D-CA) and has since received nearly 200 co-sponsors.
The NALC account will be managed by Frank McCarthy, who was previously Aide to former Republican Rep. Sue Kelly (R-NY).
The Keelen Group was founded by Matt Keelen, a Republican operative who has worked on Congressional campaigns for Paul Ryan and South Carolina’s Jim DeMint.
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.
