State and Federal Communications is proud to announce that we are unveiling our new website StateandFed.com on November 1st. Clients and visitors to the site will enjoy the same unrivaled compliance expertise but with a brand new web experience.

Features of the new StateandFed.com include a personalized homepage, new bookmarking abilities, mobile optimization, and a new integration of the Compliance Now Newsletter, News You Can Use, Lobby Comply Blog, and all of our social media.

Remember, the new StateandFed.com arrives on Friday, November 1st. You’ll be hearing much more about it soon!

State and Federal Communications is proud to be the Keynote Speaker Sponsor at the Washington Area State Relations Group 2013 WASRG Summit today in Washington, D.C.

Our Federal Compliance Associate Rebecca South and Marketing Manager Melissa Coultas are attending the event.

They Keynote Speakers are Robert Blizzard, a Partner at Public Opinion Strategies and Drew Lieberman with Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, Inc.

State Key Dates and Legislative Sessions for 2014 are now available on State and Federal Communications’ website.

The Key Dates represent registration and reporting dates for those involved in lobbying and election and reporting dates for campaign finance.

Elizabeth Bartz, our president and CEO, invited me to attend Project Grad’s Achieving Dreams Celebration along with a team from our company. This is the first time I have attended the dinner-fundraiser and I admit I was not familiar with Project Grad’s work in Akron. I certainly am familiar now.

Project Grad’s website describes their aim as follows: “The mission of the program is to ensure a quality public school education for all at-risk children in economically disadvantaged communities so that high school graduation rates increase; graduates are closing the achievement gap and preparing to enter and be successful in college.”

I was amazed by the work of this organization – since 2006, they have awarded $1,300,000 in scholarships to Buchtel High School graduating seniors. I heard compelling testimonies by award recipients and former students. I felt proud that our company, State and Federal Communications, is a part of this effort by contributing money and auction items. Elizabeth Bartz was also a member of the Achieving Dreams Steering Committee this year.

Enjoy this picture of John Chames and Elizabeth Bartz at the Achieving Dreams event last night.

October 16   WASRG Summit–Keynote Sponsor, Washington, DC

October 16-18   Public Affairs Council Fall Board Meeting, Paradise Valley, Arizona

November 4   American League of Lobbyists State Lobbying Session, Washington, D.C.

November 21   American League of Lobbyists Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.

November 23-November 26   SGAC Leaders’ Policy Conference Turnberry, Miami Beach, Florida

We are proud to announce that Elizabeth Bartz, President and CEO of State and Federal Communications, is speaking at the Public Affairs Council’s State and Local Government Relations Conference in Washington, D.C. Bartz will be co-presenting the Executive Management session, “Setup for Success: Creating an Internal Compliance Process,” with Steven Tomasic from JPMorgan Chase. It will take place tomorrow, September 27, 2013, at 1:30 p.m.

State and Federal Communications, Inc. is pleased to announce the addition of two more municipalities to its website. Naperville, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago with a population of 143,684, has been added to the Lobbying Laws, Political Contributions, and Procurement Lobbying publications. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada’s capital, becomes the second municipality in the Canadian Compliance publication.

Our clients will find comprehensive, timely, and accurate information that includes: complete calendars of reporting deadlines; critical statutory citations; extensive directories of contact information; summaries of the law; detailed reference charts on goods and services contributions; highlights of every statute; copies of all required forms; and much more.

The number of municipalities and regional governments our research associates track continues to grow. We now cover more than 230 municipalities and local governments. This is part of a continuous effort to better serve the needs of our clients.

State and Federal Communications was very honored this morning to be one of the recipients of the 2013 Pinnacle Awards of Summit County. The company received the award in the “Private Sector, Small Company” category.

According to the United Way of Summit County website, “The Pinnacle Awards of Summit County is Summit County’s exclusive opportunity to honor those individuals and organizations that are serving the greater good.”

The event was sponsored by Cohen & Company and Summa Health System and was hosted by Inside Business Magazine and United Way of Summit County at the Hilton Fairlawn.

Elizabeth Bartz, president and CEO of State and Federal Communications, and all of the company’s staff would like to thank everyone for this honor. We are very pleased to live and work in such a great community, and we consider it a privilege to get out into the community and work for the greater good as best we can!

September 17, 2013   National Press Club – Guest Speaker, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin, Washington, D.C.

September 18, 2013   Ohio Birthday Party, Washington, D.C.

September 18, 2013   PAC Making a Name for Yourself: Branding Advocacy Campaigns, Washington, D.C.

September 19, 2013   Advanced Learning Institute Social Media for Government and NonProfit Communications, Washington, D.C.

September 19-22, 2013   CSG National Conference, Kansas City, Missouri

September 25-27, 2013   PAC State and Local Government Relations Seminar, Washington, D.C.

September 30 – October 1, 2013   PLI Corporate Political Activities Conference, Washington, D.C.

At any given time, more than 1,000 legislative bills, which can affect how you do business as a government affairs professional, are being discussed in federal, state, and local jurisdictions. These bills are summarized in State and Federal Communications’ digital encyclopedias for lobbying laws, political contributions, and procurement lobbying, and can be found in the client portion of our website.

Summaries of major bills are also included in monthly e-mail updates sent to all clients. The chart below shows the number of bills we are tracking in regard to lobbying laws, political contributions, and procurement lobbying.

Team State and Federal Communications is attending National Conference of State Legislatures 2013 National Summit. You’ll find us at Booth #921. Come by and say hello!

Team State and Federal Communications is on its way to the National Conference of State Legislatures Legislative Summit in Atlanta, Georgia! We are looking forward to a full schedule of NCSL and SGAC events.

If you are attending the exciting conference, be sure to say hello at our NCSL headquarters, Booth 921. If you are not attending, keep an eye on our NCSL page for our live webcam.