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Mergers & Acquisitions: Why You Must Think Politically
Governing is hard. It’s no great secret. Any student of American history knows our nation’s founders structured the federal government to be a slow, deliberative body on purpose. But in a time characterized by partisan gridlock, some may wonder: Is it still important to have a government affairs strategy? If Congress can’t get anything done,…
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What You Didn’t Realize Was Hidden In The Tax Code
We’ve seen an alarming string of news stories about women in the workplace being treated differently than their male peers – from Google’s diversity memo crisis to offensive statements directed at high-profile board members. The fallout of those incidents has spiraled into many cultural conversations and facets of blame. But if the goal is to…
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Press Release: Forbes Tate Partners Expands Public Affairs Practice
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SEPTEMBER 4, 2017 FORBES TATE PARTNERS EXPANDS PUBLIC AFFAIRS PRACTICE Former Treasury Department Communications Strategist Sabrina Siddiqui Joins FTP as Vice President WASHINGTON – Forbes Tate Partners (FTP) today announced the addition of Sabrina Siddiqui as a Vice President in its strategic communications and public affairs practice. Sabrina joins FTP as the…
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Repeal & Replace: From One Republican To Another, How Did It Fail And What Can We Learn?
Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), commonly referred to as Obamacare, went down in flames this past month. But, why did their efforts fail? What lessons did we learn from this failure? And how can those lessons learned be applied to current and future advocacy campaigns? You Must Own Your Message From…
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Paid Pays Off: Integrating Paid Media into Your Advocacy Strategy
Our world is driven by content, but in our current content-saturated environment, your message can get lost without asking two critical questions: Meaningful content is essential to telling your story, but it loses its impact if not consumed by your target audiences. If you are not leveraging a targeted, promoted paid media strategy, then you…
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Free Trade Isn’t Free
With so much happening in the 140-character, 24-hour news cycle these days, it can be easy for the general public and reporters to lose sight of the legislative and regulatory goings-on in Washington. Remember when the Trump Administration posted a notice to the Federal Register that the United States intends to “modernize” the North American…
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Legislative Action In The States: Part Two
This is the second of a multi-series blog on nation-wide trends. See part one here. Over the last two months, an additional 28 state legislatures – Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee,…
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Forbes Tate Partners Expands State Government Relations And Public Affairs Practice
FORBES TATE PARTNERS EXPANDS STATE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS PRACTICE Steven Palmer Joins FTP as Partner, Helping To Lead FTP’s State Practice WASHINGTON – Forbes Tate Partners (FTP) today announced the addition of Steven Palmer as a Partner in its state and local government and public affairs practice. Palmer joins Forbes Tate Partners as…
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Washington desperately needs a win: How about paid family leave?
We have had Governors, business leaders, Members of Congress, Presidential candidates and Administrations from both parties call for paid family leave but it still can not break through in Washington. Just this past month, in true bipartisan fashion, AEI and Brookings released a report on how a national paid family leave policy is needed in the United…
