Influencing public policy in this country has fundamentally changed, as this Washington Post story points out. Lobbying has become just a part of multi-dimentional advocacy approach that connects grass roots, grass tops, social media and micro-targeted audiences to a single strategy and disciplined messages that influence policy outcomes. A lot of words. But, exactly how [...]
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Public Policy, Politics and Public Affairs – 2013 Predictions
Public Policy, Politics and Public Affairs – 2013 Predictions by Lane Bailey, Advocom CEO
Former Citi CEO Calls for Return of Glass-Steagall; Split-up of Big Banks
Former Citi CEO calls for restoration of Glass Steagall; Break-up of Big Banks
Advocom Group Marks Official Launch; New Approach to Advocacy Offered
New Firm Integrates Government Affairs, Corporate Leadership and Capital Markets to Redefine Advocacy
Is This Any Way to Make Trade Law?
It is interesting to note, and important to understand, that Congress is in the full throws of passing a significant trade bill in the dark of night — without a hearing, without public input, without regard to facts. The Senate and House have introduced legislation, called the GPX trade bill, that may be one of [...]
Trade Legislation Could Unintentionally Harm Tire, Solar Industries
Congress is in a rush to enact legislation aimed at the Chinese, but it is unintentionally impacting American businesses, and costing American jobs. On the one hand, Congress and the Administration are very publicly pushing green technologies, but on the other hand, some are pushing policies that could unintentionally devastate the wind and solar industries. [...]
Tight Flow of Money, Low Revenues Drive Economy; Not Time for Reagan Policies, Says its Author
In an interesting op-ed in the Washington Post, Bruce Bartlett, author of the Reagan and Kemp tax cuts illustrates how times have changed, and reverting back to Reagan’s policies, or the Gold Standard have some have called for, is totally irrelevant to today’s economic conditions. Irrespective of your political views, it’s an interesting and provocative [...]
An Interesting View of the Deficit Situation
Here’s a blog post by Ezra Klein of the Washington Post that offers a fascinating look at the hard numbers that illustrates how we got in our current debt mess — Ken Levinson
