Big Business Spent $1.4 Billion On PR and Advertising Over The Last Decade, Reports HuffPost Capitol Communicator March 16, 2019 Advertising, B to G, PRFossil fuel and other corporate trade groups paid public relations and advertising firms at least $1.4 billion from 2008 to 2017 to help them win over the American public, reports the HuffPost, which added...
Possible Withdraws its Bid Protest for the U.S. Army Account Capitol Communicator January 24, 2019 Agency, B to G, Top Center SponsoredWPP's Possible withdrew its bid protest today against the Federal Government from the U.S. Court of Federal Claims after a long review and then legal battle. WPP was protesting the award of the U.S. Army...
D.C. Attorney General to Sue Facebook Over Cambridge Analytica Capitol Communicator December 20, 2018 B to G, Social Media, Top Center SponsoredThe Washington, D.C., attorney general will sue Facebook over the Cambridge Analytica scandal, reports CNBC, which added that "D.C. prosecutors said in the lawsuit that Facebook misled users in violation...
Multi-Billion Dollar U.S. Army Marketing Contract Awarded to Omnicom Capitol Communicator November 21, 2018 Agency, B to G, Marketing, Top Right SponsoredOmnicom emerged victorious in the long, highly contested review for the Army’s marketing contract. WPP was the other finalist in the pitch. According to Adweek, "The news comes less than one week after...
Fors Marsh Group Wins AmeriCorps Contract to Improve Youth Program Recruiting Capitol Communicator November 19, 2018 Agency, B to G, General, Upper Left SponsoredAmeriCorps awarded Fors Marsh Group (FMG) a contract to improve lives, strengthen communities, and foster civic engagement through young adult service in the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps...
GAO Denies McCann Worldgroup Protest Over Elimination from Army Review Capitol Communicator November 16, 2018 Agency, B to G, Marketing, Upper Left SponsoredThe U.S. Government Accountability Office denied a protest that was filed by McCann Worldgroup in August over its elimination from the U.S. Army review, threatening to end what has been a lucrative...
LA-Based Gonring, Spahn and Associates Opens D.C. Office Capitol Communicator July 30, 2018 Agency, B to G, Top Center SponsoredGonring, Spahn and Associates, an Los Angeles-based government relations, public relations, and philanthropy firm, is opening a D.C. office led by Kevin Ryan, reports Variety, which added that the firm has...
Six Lobbying and Public Affairs Firms Join to Create Potomac International Partners Capitol Communicator February 27, 2018 Agency, B to G, General, Top Center SponsoredSix small lobbying and public affairs firms are joining together to create Potomac International Partners. “We’ve merged six small firms together — six small, boutique, I would say top-drawer...
U.S. Army’s Marketing Chief “Briefed Congressional Staff About Adweek’s Coverage of Ongoing Audit”, Reports Adweek Capitol Communicator February 15, 2018 Advertising, B to G, Marketing, Top Center SponsoredStaffers at the U.S. Senate and House Armed Services Committees heard from the new head of the U.S. Army’s in-house marketing division on the organization’s advertising efforts, an Army spokesperson...
“PR, Not Lobbying, Increasingly Choice of Influence in DC”, Reports WTOP Capitol Communicator February 1, 2018 B to G, Communications, Insights, PRThere has been a major shift in the business of public policy influencing in Washington in recent years, and public relations now leads the pack, reports WTOP, citing PRUnderground, an online news release...
