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The Environmental Protection Agency has hired Definers Public Affairs, which was founded by GOP insider Matt Rhoades, to monitor media coverage of it and its embattled head Scott Pruitt.
The no-bid contract covers media monitoring and newsclip collection and is worth $120K for DA.
Rhodes was campaign manager for Romney-Ryan 2012 and had earlier served as VP at DCI Group and research director for George W. Bush's re-election campaign.
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(L to R) Joe Pounder & Matt RhoadesJoe Pounder, who was senior advisor for Marco Rubio's presidential effort and rapid response director for the Romney and John McCain White House runs, is DPA's president.
Pruitt has taken plenty of heat for his close ties to the energy sector and frequent trips using military and private flights.
He returned from a four-day visit to Morocco on Dec. 13, where he talked with government officials about importing natural gas and areas of "continued cooperation," according to an EPA release.
The Energy Dept and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, not the EPA, maintain oversight of the export of American natural gas.
Erik Hotmire has rejoined the Securities and Exchange Commission as chief external affairs officer and director of the Office of Public Affairs.
California seeks a firm to handle a $3.5M marketing/ad program to promote awareness of, and increase sign-ups in, its job corps program. 
The National Highway Safety Administration has awarded its public education to Stratacomm following a competitive re-compete process.
Congress wants the FTC to probe whether TikTok violated child privacy laws when it launched a last-ditch lobbying blitz to defeat the bill requiring its owner, ByteDance, to divest it.
Jeffrey Nesbit, who served as communications director for former vice president Dan Quayle, is named assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Health and Human Services.
