Bulletin Board
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Van Scoyoc Associates Inc. Posts Record Mid-year Revenue
Van Scoyoc Associates Inc. reported lobbying revenue of nearly $14.53 million during the first six months of 2010, a new firm record for the January-June period.
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Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Will Congress be able to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act this year? Education Week came to VSA Vice President Vic Klatt for an expert opinion.
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Van Scoyoc Employees and Friends Donate $104,000 to Haiti Relief Effort
Employees and friends of the Van Scoyoc companies contributed nearly $104,000 to Haitian relief efforts through a voluntary campaign organized after the catastrophic earthquake in January.
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VSA Launches New Firm
Van Scoyoc Associates, Washington’s largest independent government affairs firm, has launched a new subsidiary to develop non-lobbying activities including Federal marketing and business consulting. To read the entire announcement, click the headline above.
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VSA’s Cybele Dailey Appointed to Board
Cybele Daley, a Vice President at Van Scoyoc Associates and former Acting Assistant U.S. Attorney General, has joined the Board of Directors of RAINN, the Nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization.
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Capitol Decisions Principal Honored for Health Care Work
Carol McDaid, a Principal at Capitol Decisions Inc., VSA’s sister firm, has been awarded the 2010 Award of Excellence for Public Service by the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare.
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Remembering Charlie Wilson
Mark Tavlarides, a VSA Vice President specializing in foreign affairs, remembers former Rep. Charlie Wilson as an insightful expert on Pakistan. Click the headline above to read this appreciation published by Legal Times.
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VSA Reports a Record Year
Van Scoyoc Associates Inc., and its sister firm of Capitol Decisions Inc., reported that 2009 was a record year for lobbying revenue, reflecting intensified activity in the Federal Government. Click the headline above to read details.
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IRS’s “Gutsy” Move?
Jeff Trinca, a VSA tax expert, says he has never seen the IRS do anything as “gutsy” as its proposed new rules for tax preparers. Read the whole story in BNAsoftware.
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Looking for a Preview of President Obama’s Education Plans?
VSA Vice President Vic Klatt is quoted in a new Education Week story on how the Race to the Top program in last year’s stimulus bill may preview the President’s approach to a reauthorized Elementary and Secondary Education Act. “There’s no program quite like it. It encompasses pretty much the whole Obama Administration agenda,” Mr. Klatt says.
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The Value of Washington Representation
Several Oklahoma entities, including the City of Clinton, a client of VSA’s sister firm Capitol Decisions Inc., have discovered the value of Washington representation, according to an article in The Oklahoman.
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Washington Metro Hires Van Scoyoc Associates
The Washington Examiner reported recently on the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s choice of VSA as its new Federal Government relations firm. Click the title above to read the story, or click here to read a fact sheet about Metro, serving the nation’s capital with the second largest rail system and sixth largest bus system in the country.
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San Diego County Picks Van Scoyoc Associates as its New Washington Lobbyist
After a thorough selection process that winnowed through eight applicants and three finalists, San Diego County’s Board of Supervisors selected Van Scoyoc Associates to be the County’s new Federal lobbyist. Click here to read the story in the San Diego Union-Tribune. Or click here for the North County Times version.
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Van Scoyoc Associates Ranked Fourth in New Health-Care Lobbying Revenue
Roll Call newspaper has calculated that Van Scoyoc Associates had the fourth largest increase in health-care revenue since 2008 among Washington lobbying firms.
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VSA client in the news
Medicines for Malaria Venture, a client of VSA Vice President Mark Tavlarides and a leader in the worldwide fight against malaria, is the topic of a story in The Hill newspaper.
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VSA’s Jeff Trinca Coordinates Suggestions to IRS
A group of organizations representing tax return preparers and taxpayers laid out a set of principles for reforming the tax preparer industry. Jeffrey Trinca, Vice President of Van Scoyoc Associates, coordinated the effort. Read the entire story in Web CPA.
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Van Scoyoc Associates Posts Increased Revenue
VSA third quarter 2009 lobbying revenue increased by 8 percent over last year.
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VSA People in the News
Journalists know that Van Scoyoc Associates is the place to find experts on just about every topic. In recent days, news stories have quoted three VSA Vice Presidents as authorities in their respective fields.
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Van Scoyoc Companies Lobbying Income Sets New Record
Van Scoyoc Associates and Capitol Decisions reach new mid-year high
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Vacancies at Treasury Causing “Vacuum”
Health-care reform is suffering from vacancies in Treasury Department tax offices, VSA tax expert Jeff Trinca says in The Hill newspaper front-page article.
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Interns
Eight outstanding interns have joined VSA this summer. They come from schools across the country.
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Paul Nagle Joins Capitol Decisions Inc.
Paul Nagle, an expert on communications law and policy, has become a Vice President at Capitol Decisions Inc., a Van Scoyoc Company.
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Lobbyist has vision across from the Capitol
Profile of H. Stewart “Stu” Van Scoyoc in The Hill.
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Washington, still a great place to make a career
H. Stewart “Stu” Van Scoyoc’s introduction to the Fall 2008 edition of Washington Representatives.
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Dr. Edward Long Joins Van Scoyoc Associates
Edward Long, Ph.D., an expert in health appropriations and policy, has joined Van Scoyoc Associates Inc.