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Chevron hired Smythe Anderson as a policy, government and public affairs specialist. Her resume includes time in congressional relations and government affairs for the Special Inspector General for...
View ArticleTurkey hires PR firm after coup attempt
The government of Turkey has hired the global public relations firm APCO Worldwide to perform “crisis communications” following the failed coup attempt in the country last month.Turkey has agreed to...
View ArticleThe Poké-lobby comes to Washington
Lawmakers? Gotta catch ’em all. That could well be the motto for The Pokémon Company International’s new lobbying team at Greenberg Traurig.The Pokémon Company has hired Washington lobbyists for the...
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Tetra Tech has named Nilmini Rubin as its vice president for international development with the goal of expanding the company’s power sector business. Most recently, Rubin worked as a senior adviser to...
View ArticleBoehner joins board of tobacco giant Reynolds American
Former Speaker John Bohener (R-Ohio) has joined the board of directors at the tobacco company Reynolds American.He will also be on the board’s corporate governance, nominating and sustainability...
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FOR-PROFIT. Capitol Counsel has signed two new clients: the GEO Group, a for-profit prison company, and Career Education Colleges and Universities (CECU), a trade association that represents for-profit...
View ArticleJohn Boehner joins lobbying firm
Former Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is joining the law and lobby firm Squire Patton Boggs, ending speculation about whether he would return to Washington following his shock retirement last year....
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Jonathan Meyer, a former deputy general counsel at the Department of Homeland Security, has been named a partner at Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton. Squire Patton Boggs hired Lem O. Smith IV, the...
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS. Saudi Arabia has hired three K Street firms as it battles legislation that would allow the families of 9/11 victims to sue the kingdom: Squire Patton Boggs, Glover Park Group and...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia shifts advocacy into overdrive
Saudi Arabia is ramping up its Washington advocacy machine in a desperate attempt to stop legislation that would allow the families of 9/11 victims to sue the country.It recently hired Brownstein Hyatt...
View ArticleLobby firm hires Republican who resigned after ethics investigation
Former Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.), who resigned from Congress earlier this month following an ethics investigation, has landed a job at a lobbying firm.Farragut Partners announced on Thursday that the...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia hires 10th lobby firm
The government of Saudi Arabia is now employing 10 lobbying firms in Washington as it grapples with a new law that would allow families of victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks to sue the country.The...
View ArticleMicronesia hires lobbyists as it seeks to protect US relationship
The Federated States of Micronesia, small island nation in the western Pacific Ocean, has hired Washington lobbyists to ensure a key agreement with the United States remains in place.Law and lobby firm...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia now employing 14 lobby firms as it fights 9/11 law
Saudi Arabia is again expanding its lobbying force as Capitol Hill considers a revision to a law that would allow the families of 9/11 victims to sue the country.Two additional firms are now working on...
View ArticleChamber of Commerce overhauls lobbying operation
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is overhauling its lobbying team in preparation for the departure of its top lobbyist, Bruce Josten, at the end of the year.Josten has worked at the group for 42 years,...
View ArticleFormer GOP rep lobbying for Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia has hired The McKeon Group, a lobbying firm run by former Rep. Buck McKeon (R-Calif.), as it fights to stop lawsuits against the country over the 9/11 attacks.Glover Park Group, which was...
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HEALTHCARE. Physicians for Fair Coverage, which bills itself as a “multi-specialty alliance of physician groups,” registered its president and CEO, Michele Kimball, as a lobbyist. It is advocating for...
View ArticleUkraine hires lobby firm ahead of Trump inauguration
The Ukrainian government has hired the lobbying firm BGR Group as it seeks to strengthen its relationship with the United States under President-elect Donald Trump.The predominantly Republican lobbying...
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• CYBERSECURITY. LifeLock, an identity theft protection company, registered its first in-house lobbyist, Kimberly Allman. The company opened its Washington office last fall and hired Allman as the vice...
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These are some of the recent moves and hires across K Street:Williams and Jensen hired Nick Karellas away from the National Federation of Independent Business, where he served as the tax counsel for...
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