Government Relations
For two decades, we've known it takes more than a lobbyist to affect public policy. It takes a disciplined campaign.

Public Strategies provides our clients with more than just another lobbyist. Our government relations team is composed of bipartisan campaign strategists, media professionals and former government officials, all with extensive experience at every level of government.

Our approach to government relations integrates direct advocacy and public opinion marketing to influence decision-makers. Our campaigns begin with research to determine where decision-makers stand and how people respond to various facts and positions in order to craft compelling, persuasive messages. Once we form the campaign message, we build a solid infrastructure of supporters to back the public affairs initiative through a combination of grassroots marketing and third-party ally recruitment. Through this comprehensive lobby effort, decision-makers hear from multiple constituencies, both inside and outside government.

While the campaign-style strategy for lobbying is a "new tactic" on K street, it has been the standard at Public Strategies for nearly two decades. It is what makes us different — and why we win.

Our government relations team offers:

• Federal, state and local legislative and regulatory representation and coordination
• Legislative initiative and issue management
• Government procurement strategy
• Coalition-based issue advocacy and management
• Crisis management
• Political Action Committee management and employee-based communications and advocacy

The Public Strategies team has a breadth of expertise in:

• Homeland security
• Defense
• Housing
• Telecommunications
• Product safety
• Energy and natural resources
• Transportation
• Healthcare
• Science and technology
• International trade
• Financial Services
• Commercial development
• Appropriations and taxes
• United Nations and its agencies