For two years, Nate Adams has been a member of our Research Department as a research assistant. An interest in politics and a desire to learn more about the behind-the-scenes work lawmakers do brought him to State and Federal Communications, Inc.

“I’ve always been interested in politics, pretty much since high school. I got my B.A. in political science, and it’s always been a goal of mine to run for political office. I wanted to kind of get a good background and idea and understanding of what it really could be involved in running for office,” he explained.

Nate was particularly interested in learning more about the types of laws that we cover: lobbying, procurement lobbying, and especially campaign finance.

As a research assistant, Nate’s responsibilities include making sure our information on jurisdictions is up to date, the correct documents are in place, and links on our website are working correctly. Research assistants also keep tabs on legislation we cover that affects lobbying, campaign finance or procurement lobbying in different states and at the federal level.

During our busy periods, in January and July, as our research managers assist with compliance needs, research assistants take on some of their responsibilities. This includes tasks like looking up key dates and sharing research updates through blog posts.

While research assistants often don’t directly interact with clients, their work supports our research managers and compliance department in meeting our clients’ needs.

“Most of it is indirectly through keeping the website up to date. We often get a lot of ‘Ask the Expert’ questions. It’s important that when clients do have an ‘Ask the Expert’ question, that the website is up to date, so the research manager who is answering the question can go to that part of the website and point to the answer, rather than have to dig through the website,” he explained.

In addition to this workload, Nate brings a strong knowledge and background in politics, as well as an appreciation for history and good communication skills to the role and Research Department.

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