Recently, I have been having more frequent conversations with organizations about the benefits of integrating public affairs tactics into a government relations and/or communications strategy. And inevitably, every time I begin talking about this approach, the song The Middle starts running through my mind. If you don’t know the tune, consider yourself lucky; it’s very […]
Cogent Strategies’ Managing Director David Adams served in the U.S. Department of State under former Secretary Hillary Clinton. First appointed as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for House Affairs in 2009, Adams later became Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs. Today, Adams guides Cogent clients on their foreign policy priorities from his virtual office amid the pandemic […]
The Capitol is now closed to the public, congressional offices have been scaled back to essential personnel and, as soon as the COVID-19 relief package is finished, all members of Congress will head back to their states and districts. Given the condensed congressional schedule ahead of the November elections, many companies, associations and organizations had […]
By Emily Pappas Last night, the chairmen and ranking members of House Science, Space and Technology Committee and the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee introduced bi-partisan legislation (H.R. 6227 and S. 3143) authorizing the establishment of a National Quantum Initiative. You’re probably scratching your head and asking yourself, a national what?! Rest assured, that’s the common […]