Sentences with phrase «osterman as a lobbyist»

Despite Lynn's years as a lobbyist for Raytheon, a defense contractor, the administration appointed him as Deputy Secretary of Defense.

In his appearance before a parliamentary committee, Facebook Canada's public policy head Kevin Chan was questioned by New Democrat MP Charlie Angus on why he had yet to register as a lobbyist, given the fact he's met senior cabinet members, including Finance Minister Bill Morneau.

Fenwick McKelvey, an assistant professor in information and communication technology policy at Concordia University, said it's intriguing Facebook is not registered as a lobbyist, given that it's the most - popular social network.

Jiles registered as a lobbyist starting in December 2007, and then only for some clients.

And in 2004, Sean Holman, who got the Washington documents causing the latest scuffle through an FOI request, wrote about Kinsella's failure to register as a lobbyist.

He has previously worked with AT&T, as a lobbyist for the company from 2007 to 2008, but he has also opposed the telecom giant, as a lawyer who fought AT&T's unsuccessful bid to buy T - Mobile on behalf of companies like Dish.

Trump has alleged the Amazon CEO has operated the Post as a lobbyist and that he takes an active role in the paper's editorial direction, which includes attacking the Trump administration.

Delrahim's other, older clients included AT&T, which he represented as a lobbyist in 2007 and 2008, federal records show.

Whatever the case, Mr. Freedlander wasn't registered as a lobbyist.

A: The central bank's role should be to regulate commercial banks and their lending policies, not serve as their lobbyist as presently is the case.

The Katz Group has hired long - time PC - insider Peter Elzinga as a lobbyist and launched a political campaign to «Revitalize Downtown» in advance of the election.

Smithfield Foods paid at least $ 280,000 in lobbying fees in 2017 to Hart's firm, and Hart was listed by name as representing Smithfield as its lobbyist when he wrote the email, according to federal lobbying records.

If he has political ambitions, he works on Hillary Clinton's senate campaign in New York, and ends up living in suburban Washington, working as a lobbyist.

«As Lobbyists and Politicians Shout It Out Over School Lunch, Can Parents Be Heard?»

(In the meantime, I'll link to my New York Times piece from October, «As Lobbyists and Politicians Shout It Out Over School Lunch, Can Parents Be Heard?»)

As I discussed in my piece for the New York Times Motherlode last October («As Lobbyists and Politicians Shout it Out Over School Lunch, Can Parents Be Heard?

Of particular note to me are the direct ties of two of the appointees to Big Food: Tkacz most recently worked as a lobbyist for the Corn Refiners Association, the trade group representing manufacturers of high fructose corn syrup, and previously lobbied for the Snack Food Association.

The City Council last February ordered that anyone working to influence city business register as a lobbyist in Highland Park.

Serve as lobbyist for a day when you visit personally with Federal lawmakers and share your passion, expertise and stories during LAC's annual «Charge to the Hill!»

Vanecko, who also works as a lobbyist, did not play any role in the new deal, although he was involved in arranging the current five - year contract with the district, the spokeswomen said.

Join SNA for the annual «Charge to the Hill» where you'll serve as lobbyist for a day, as you visit personally with legislators and share your passion, expertise and stories.

CSNY registered as a lobbyist with the CPI and also has retained Allison Lee, of DKC's lobbying arm.

The two former ministers» faces were splashed across the front page of the Telegraph, after they were caught on camera speaking to undercover reporters posing as lobbyists.

Duffy won't be registering as a lobbyist, but he's still adhering to a two - year ban on lobbying his old colleagues in the administration — a ban that includes Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

King never registered as a lobbyist for these minority firms but he did register, through one of his lobbying firms, for a company that was picked to manage $ 30 million of pension funds, Plainfield Asset Management.

He has not been afraid to shake things up as a lobbyist either, refusing to sign Bell Pottinger up to the industry body, the APPC, because of its requirement for client lists to be disclosed.

In addition to having their own business interests, these deputies have also behaved as lobbyists for economic interests in previous Duma sessions.

Of the 988 meetings ministers held with outside organisations in 2012 just two were with companies which are formally defined as lobbyists, the Guardian reported.

The race had hinged in large part on two different visions: Faso was knocked by Teachout for his work as a lobbyist and tenure as a state lawmaker in the Democratic - led Assembly.

Another investment they make is that when a legislator is a «friend,» both in the general voting, but, especially, as a member of committees, they get rewarded afterwards with 7 - and 8 - figure «consulting» contracts after they leave office for jobs as lobbyists for companies they were supposed to oversee, lobbying their former colleagues.

Both Jacobs and Levy spokesman Josh Hills scoffed at Lazio's criticism and brought up his past as a lobbyist for JP Morgan.

One of Howe's tasks as a lobbyist was securing meetings with government officials for his clients, and he told jurors Monday that he did just that, meeting frequently with Glaser and Percoco.

Howe also worked as a lobbyist on behalf of COR Development, the Syracuse - based commercial real estate firm whose executives, Aiello and Gerardi, are accused of bribing Percoco with $ 35,000 for his help on a host of issues related their projects in Syracuse and Central New York.

The ex-congressman now has a lucrative gig as a lobbyist in former U.S. Senator Al D'Amato's lobbying and consulting firm, Park Strategies.

Individuals who have registered with the state as lobbyists within the past year are also prohibited from serving on the commission.

«I had had a discussion with Howard Glaser and Howard's sense was I shouldn't register as a lobbyist,» Howe testified.

No longer commanding a billionaire's war chest, Pigeon's last endeavor as a lobbyist for the Seneca Nation of Indians ended quietly a few months after it began.

After they were elected, Ms. Cunningham deregistered as a lobbyist to «avoid even the appearance of a conflict» of interest and resigned her job at a top lobbying firm.

He never registered as a lobbyist with Potomac Strategies, which was unsurprising since he kept the existence of the entity totally secret from WOH.

But emails with anyone outside of the administration — such as lobbyists, company executives, or reporters — usually have to be made public upon request.

Trump had been publicly discussing ending the agreement, so one could argue that Kerry may have broken the spirit of the law, (or you could argue that he was simply acting as a lobbyist and 100 % legally because the meeting was regarding existing policy), but even if you take the argument that he deliberately went against what Trump was proposing as a likely outcome, Kerry didn't violate the Logan act because it was still policy at the time.

A West Side neighborhood group has filed an ethics complaint against Kristen John Foy, a top lieutenant of Al Sharpton's National Action Network, for failing to register as a lobbyist even though he's promoting Airbnb.

While he has lobbied the federal government for years, Howe only registered as a lobbyist with the state's Joint Commission on Public Ethics in December.

Senior European public affairs professionals have delivered withering verdicts on Brexit, as lobbyists across Europe try to get to grips with the referendum result.

Howe, the star witness in the corruption trial of a top governor's aide, worked as a lobbyist in Albany.

A spectrum of New York p.r. firms filed suit Tuesday to force the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics to drop its lunatic bid to treat them as lobbyists.

Sikora said his experience as a lobbyist gave him insight into state government.

While the earlier lawsuits concerned Terry's personal dealings, Sidney B. Bowne & Son LLP, a Mineola engineering firm that has had public contracts with North Hempstead Town and Nassau County, filed a lawsuit against Terry, who worked for the firm as a lobbyist, and others in 2007.

Powers is well - connected in city and state politics, having been employed by former City Council Speaker Peter Vallone as a lobbyist and chief of staff for former Assemblymember Jonathan Bing, and endorsed by Bing and neighboring Upper East Side City Council Member Ben Kallos.

He worked for Andrew Cuomo for two years at HUD before leaving for a career as a lobbyist in the private sector.