Shipping giant FedEx Corporation has retained Ogilvy Government Relations for help with federal aviation policy, as well as taxation and trademark issues.
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The Memphis-headquartered delivery service company has hired the WPP lobbying unit for Capitol Hill representation on aviation issues “including Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization,” as well as tax reform and “general transportation issues including trucking,” according to lobbying registration documents filed in December.
The account will be managed by Timothy McGivern, an AT&T veteran who was previously chief of staff to Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS), now governor of Kansas.
FedEx in 2016 has spent more than $9 million in lobbying expenditures related to air transport, according to the Senate Office of Public Records. Other lobbying firms hired by FedEx for air transport issues include Squire Patton Boggs, Prime Policy Group, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, Harbinger Strategies, Capitol Strategies Partners and Van Scoyoc Assocs.
The Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development enrolls Venable for government relations services.
Coinbase has hired Checkmate Government Relations, which has close ties to the Trump administration, to handle matters related to digital assets as the Senate works on the Clarity Act.
Peter Thiel-backed Palantir Technologies has added Democratic firm Ferox Strategies to its DC lobbying line-up to handle data analytics and technology issues.
Former congressmen Joe Crowley (D-NY) and Jeff Denham (R-CA) have signed on to handle the “new” TikTok on issues related to internet technology and learning-enabled platforms.
Knob Petroleum, which is based in Panama City, has retained Ballard Partners to explore opportunities in Venezuela.
