After an intense campaign by the lobbying community in Washington, the Obama Administration has relaxed its very strict restrictions on lobbyists’ interactions with agencies issuing money from the stimulus program designed to revive the economy. The original proposal would have required every communication to executive agencies be in writing and available to the public.
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White House Gives on Lobbying Restrictions
How Soon Will Electric Cars Dominate The Hybrid Car Market?
A new study released on Monday by the University of California, Berkeley held exciting news for the burgeoning electric car market: electric car sales could jump to 86 percent of U.S. light vehicle sales in 2030 if consumers don’t have to buy their batteries themselves.
Considering that auto emissions are one of the largest contributors of [...]
Curbing the Influence of Lobbyists in Washington
One of the dominant themes of Barack Obama’s campaign for President last year was the need to reduce the influence of lobbyists on politics and policy. So it has been no surprise that as President he has issued a number of rules that follow through on that same theme – sometimes reinforcing the public’s (unfair) [...]
Four Things to Know About Green Jobs
Green energy jobs. Green collar jobs. Green technology jobs. Environmental jobs.
Call them what you will but the economic downturn, resurgence in popularity of alternative energy, and glut of stimulus funding has pushed the concept of “green” jobs to the tip of many American’s tongues. But, opinions differ on the topics of what exactly a green [...]
Public Affairs Campaigns Continue Move to Search Engine Marketing
That’s not a stop-the-presses headline. We’ve been seeing this trend, especially since it worked so well in last year’s Presidential campaigns.
Still it’s interesting to watch some of the signs of how public affairs campaigns are continuing their move to the online environment. A story this week in National Journal offers a glimpse of this trend [...]
A Closer Look at the Stimulus Package: Education
Now that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 – a.k.a. The Stimulus Package – has been passed, Fleishman-Hillard’s public affairs team is taking turns examining what its implications are for specific sectors. Here FH’s Juliet Johnson looks at the implications of the education provisions in the bill.
The commitment to education widely communicated during [...]
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