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Army Corps Environmental Infrastructure Assistance
Environmental infrastructure assistance authorities, first authorized in 1992 under the Water Resources Development Act, support projects at publicly owned...
CoStar Ends Lobbying Engagement With Polaris
CoStar Group Inc. terminated its lobbying engagement with Polaris Consulting LLC effective June 30, ending a relationship that had generated $1.01 million...
Xiphos Partners Hires Capital Park Partners For Defense Lobbying
Xiphos Partners Inc. registered Capital Park Partners LLC as its lobbying firm on August 25. The defense contractor has lobbied on defense, budget, and...
Electricity Transmission Corridor Designations Stalled
The Department of Energy announced on August 12 that it would not proceed with designating three proposed National Interest Electricity Transmission...
Supreme Court Rejects Private Nondelegation Challenge
In 2025, the Supreme Court rejected a private nondelegation challenge involving universal service requirements for telecommunications carriers in Federal...
House Bill Provides $521M Less Than Census Bureau Request
The House Appropriations Committee's version of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies appropriations bill, which passed committee on May 13...
NARFE Hires Alignment For Government Issues Lobbying
Alignment Government Strategies registered the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE) as a new lobbying client, with a signed...
Association of Administrative Law Judges Hires Alignment Government Strategies
The Association of Administrative Law Judges switched representation to Alignment Government Strategies on September 3, after the firm acquired Meltsner...
Federal Oversight Gap in License Plate Reader Use
Congress is weighing how to regulate automated license plate readers (ALPR), surveillance technology that law enforcement agencies have deployed across the...
Homeland Security Cuts Fall Short of $10.5B Savings Claims
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) claimed that terminating contracts would save over $10.5 billion in costs, but a U.S. Government Accountability...
Committee Will Examine Covert Foreign Influence Operations
The US government shut down the FBI's Foreign Malign Influence Task Force, the State Department's Global Engagement Center, and the Foreign Malign Influence...
CRDF Global Hires Valcour on Foreign Relations
CRDF Global is registered to lobby on foreign relations issues through Valcour LLC, signing a Sept. 4 filing. However, no specific legislation was...
Gov't Management and Budget Proposes Automatic Grant Rule Changes
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and 41 federal grantmaking agencies have proposed a sweeping overhaul to how roughly $1 trillion in federal...
Bio-Rad Terminates Forbes Tate Lobbying Pact
Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. terminated its lobbying relationship with Forbes Tate Partners LLC on July 27, according to a filing signed September 2.
House Rejects Deep Admin Cuts On Land Management, CRS Says
A stark divide has emerged over the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and what House appropriators are willing to provide, and the outcome will shape how the...
Colorado Hires Bernhardt Group for Federal Lobbying
Colorado has added a second lobbying firm to its roster, bringing Bernhardt Group LLC into the mix alongside Holland & Knight LLP after Squire Patton Boggs...
OXE Marine Ends Capitol Strategies Lobbying Engagement
OXE Marine Inc., a marine motor manufacturer, terminated its lobbying relationship with Capitol Strategies US LLC effective July 31, according to a...
Army Delays XM-30 Infantry Vehicle Decision
The Army's next-generation infantry fighting vehicle faces an uncertain path after leadership delayed a critical milestone decision in February, leaving the...