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Defense Industry Gets Defensive With Increased Lobbying Activity

John Foreman — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 17:14:34 +0000

Megan Scully of Government Executive investigates the Defense Industry’s 7% YTD rise in lobbying expenditures in the face of Pentagon warnings of fiscal belt tightening.

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UPS vs. FedEx – The Labor Lobbying Battle Continues

John Foreman — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:02:08 +0000

Politico’s Chris Frates details the ongoing lobbying battle that shipping giants UPS and FedEx have been waging over a proposal that would make it easier for labor to organize FedEx. This week, Congress is scheduled to act on the provision.

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Apple’s Low Profile Has Some Taking Note

John Foreman — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:39:56 +0000

Kim Hart from Politico reports on how the high profile tech star, Apple, inc has, thus far, kept out of the D.C. spotlight. This, as many other superstars from Silicon Valley have an increased presence inside the Beltway. Consider Apple’s lobbying expenditures in 2009, only $1.5 million to lobby the federal government, less than Amazon, Yahoo and IBM. Comparatively, Google spent $4 million, Microsoft $7 million and AT&T $15 million that same year. With the popularity of Apple products growing, will it’s current position in the Capitol continue?

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Alternative Energy’s Lobbying Growth

John Foreman — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:12:29 +0000

Politico’s Alexandra Arkin examines the impressive growth of alternative energy’s lobbying might. Over the past decade, the sector has increased it’s lobbying spend by twelve (12) times. The total spend is still relatively small compared to it’s opponents from the oil industry. But the speed of the growth is noteworthy.

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Tension Created Between Jamaica And U.S. Amidst Lobbying Dispute

John Foreman — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:31:14 +0000

Dann Eggen of the Washington Post investigates why a $400,000 contract with a U.S. Based firm, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, to lobby extradition matters on behalf of the government of Jamaica, with White House and other administration officials, has fallen apart in controversy.

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What’s Behind the Google Lobby?

John Foreman — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:52:13 +0000

With a massive increase in it’s lobbying expenditures, Todd Spangler and John Eggerton of Multichannel News dig into what Google is searching for in D.C.

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Is This The Future Of Lobbyist Compensation?

John Foreman — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:18:29 +0000

Jim Snyder of The Hill reports on a new D.C. Lobbying firm that is using a model of compensation not traditionally used for lobbyists working at a firm. Will this work? Is this the Future?

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“Defensive Lobbying”. Don’t Let Your Clients Get Caught Sleeping

John Foreman — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:25:21 +0000

AP’s, Julie Hirschfeld Davis, reports on the strategy of “Defensive Lobbying” and how the practice has recently been undertaken by various industries. The article highlights several industry examples but focuses on the efforts of the trade association of the soft drink, sports and energy drinks as they have spent substantial dollars pro-actively lobbying despite the lack of immediate harmful legislation.

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Scottsdale Considers Outsourcing It’s Lobbying Efforts

John Foreman — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:22:54 +0000

Lynh Bui from the The Arizona Republic reports on the city of Scottsdale’s proposed plans to downsize it’s government relations department and outsource the work to private lobbyists. The move is being considered in order to save money and increase the efficiency of the city’s efforts in securing state and federal benefits.

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California Lobbyists File Lawsuit To Stop Vote On Proposed Fees

John Foreman — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:00:30 +0000

Andy Furillo from The Sacramento Bee reports on a lawsuit filed to halt a proposed measure that would require California state lobbyists, lobbyist employers and lobbying firms to collectively pay $34 million to fund the statewide secretary of state campaigns in 2014 and 2018.

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