Government Operations

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...

Government Operations

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...

Government Operations

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...

Government Operations

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...

Government Operations

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...

Follow the Money

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...

Government Operations

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...

Government Operations

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...

Finance

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...

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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.

Congress

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...

Government Operations

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...

Follow the Money

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...

Government Operations

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...

Congress

U.S. Withholds UN Funds Amid Competing Reform Visions

The Trump administration's approach to reshaping the United Nations has created a widening gap with other major powers, according to a new Congressional...

Environment

Geos Institute Ends 17-Year Lobbying Campaign

Geos Institute, which operates in environment, conservation, and scientific research, signed a termination of its lobbying registration on September 4.

Law and Order

Meltsner Strategies Ends Judges' Union Lobbying Deal

Meltsner Strategies LLC terminated its representation of the Association of Administrative Law Judges, showing $19,000 in charges in the third quarter of...