Boeing adds a new outside firm

Apr 22, 2024

Presented by NATCA

With help from Daniel Lippman

NEW BUSINESS: Boeing added a new outside firm to its bench of lobbyists last month, as lawmakers ramped up scrutiny of the planemaker and its safety and manufacturing practices. Boeing retained The Doerrer Group’s Paul Doerrer, a former Senate Appropriations staffer, on March 7 to lobby on issues related to commercial planes, according to a disclosure filing.

— A pair of Senate committees held dueling hearings last week that featured whistleblower and expert testimony about safety lapses at the company while also critiquing the FAA’s oversight ability with regard to Boeing.

— A disclosure filed last week revealed that in addition to parting ways with Cornerstone Government Affairs not long after the January door plug incident that plunged the planemaker into its latest crisis, Boeing split up with another longtime lobbying firm, Washington Council Ernst & Young, at the end of December.

— The U.S. arm of Chinese solar panel manufacturer JinkoSolar also picked up a new outside firm amid a heightened focus on the clean energy industry’s links to China. BGR Group’s Joe Lai, a former trade official and adviser to former President Donald Trump; Maya Seiden, a former State and Energy Department official; and Scott Eisner will provide the firm “strategic counsel” and lobby on issues related to domestic solar panel manufacturing, according to a disclosure filing.

— JinkoSolar set up shop in the U.S. amid a trade fight during the Trump administration, and its parent company has faced heat over alleged links to forced labor, which the company has denied. JinkoSolar U.S. has just one other outside lobbying firm on retainer, Miller & Chevalier Chartered — but the firm hasn’t reported any lobbying activity on JinkoSolar’s behalf since 2021.

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DEPT. OF ODD BEDFELLOWS: “A senior aide to House Speaker Mike Johnson decamped with other Capitol Hill staff to Maryland’s Eastern Shore in early April for a weekend hosted by American Compass, a conservative think tank with surprising patrons,” NOTUS’ Maggie Severns and Claire Heddles write.

— “Oren Cass, American Compass’ executive director, gave a talk on tailoring conservative economics to the ‘economic and cultural concerns of ordinary Americans,’ a topic he’s pushed enthusiastically, and increasingly successfully, into the Washington debate in recent years. A former Trump administration aide facilitated a mock legislative negotiation for attendees titled: How hard could it really be?”

— “The agenda for the event did not mention that American Compass has received a substantial amount of its funding from two foundations best known for boosting progressive causes, Hewlett Foundation and the Omidyar Network, the philanthropic firm run by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar” — an example of cross-partisan partnerships that “are becoming more common” as “think tanks and publications that advocate for strong antitrust enforcement and the replacement of free market capitalism are booming.”

COMCAST’S HIRING SPREE: Comcast has brought on five new lobbying firms so far this year — four of which were retained since March alone — as Congress hustles to keep funding flowing for a key broadband subsidy program and the FCC prepares to vote to reinstate Obama-era net neutrality rules later this week.

— Comcast retained Ballard Partners earlier this month, as PI reported Friday. In March, the telecom giant also hired former Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle and his firm the Daschle Group, as well as Fierce Government Relations and Guidepost Strategies. According to a disclosure filed in March, Comcast retained Smart Policy Group as well.

— The new hires push Comcast’s roster of outside firms past three dozen as internet providers brace for a lapse in funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program, which helps subsidize broadband internet for tens of millions of low-income households and is slated to run out of money next month.

— Separately, the FCC is set to vote on a net neutrality proposal that would reclassify broadband service providers as telecommunications services subject to greater regulation, the latest volley in a regulatory battle between telecom and tech companies that’s stretched nearly two decades.

— Comcast spent more than $13.5 million on federal lobbying last year, the most of any individual telecom company, according to OpenSecrets. It has yet to disclose its total spending for the first quarter of this year, which is due tonight. Comcast didn’t respond to a request for comment.

TECH LOBBY GOES TRANSATLANTIC: The Chamber of Progress, the left-leaning tech industry group launched in 2021, is planting a flag across the pond as Europe becomes an increasingly critical forum for shaping tech regulation.

— Kayvan Hazemi-Jebelli is joining the group as a senior director for Europe. Jebelli will be based in Brussels and lead European and transatlantic tech policy work for the Chamber, whose “corporate partners” include Google, Uber, Meta, Snap, Intuit, Amazon and Apple. Jebelli joins from another tech industry group, the Computer & Communications Industry Association, where he served as competition and regulatory counsel.

TIKTOK GC DEPARTING: “TikTok is preparing to remove a key executive responsible for convincing the US government that the company was doing enough to stave off national security concerns about its connections to China,” people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg’s Jennifer Jacobs, Kurt Wagner and Alex Barinka.

— “Erich Andersen, the US-based general counsel for TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance Ltd., has led years-long talks with the American government meant to show that the app was doing enough to prevent China from accessing US users’ data or influencing what they see on their feeds.”

— “Those efforts failed to win over an interagency government panel conducting a security review of the app and lawmakers in Washington weighing legislation that would force its divestiture. On Saturday, the US House approved a bill requiring TikTok to be sold by its Chinese parent or face a ban in the US.”

— Andersen, who joined the company in 2020 from Microsoft and oversaw TikTok’s U.S. government relations until last year, “sent an email to his legal team and other senior leaders at the company on Sunday, which confirmed that he is planning to step down from his role as general counsel, according to a report in The Information.”

— “In the email, Andersen wrote that the decision was his, and that he first initiated conversations about leaving ‘months ago.’ He told colleagues that he will remain at the company until ‘we can be assured that there will be no drop off in focus and attention,’ and will then serve as a legal adviser.”

MEANWHILE, IN CALIFORNIA: “For years, governments around the world have waged a bitter fight with Google and Meta over whether the Big Tech giants should pay for the news stories and videos that show up in search results and on social media,” The Washington Post’s Gerrit De Vynck and Laura Wagner report. “Now that fight has come to their home turf — the United States.”

— “California politicians are advancing a bill that would force Google and Meta — which owns Facebook and Instagram — to pay news publishers each time they display pieces of their articles or show links to them in search results or on social media. The companies are lobbying furiously to block it, saying the law would enact a ‘link tax’ and upend the free flow of information online.”

— “Now, Google is taking its resistance a step further, by completely blocking news links for California-based news organizations from showing up in search results for some Californians. Google won’t say how many people it is blocking news for, but called the move a ‘short-term test’ in a blog post announcing it earlier this month.”

— “Over 350 news publishers signed an April 18 letter supporting the bill, including the Los Angeles Times and the San Francisco Chronicle. … After years of shrinking advertising revenue, layoffs and newspaper bankruptcies, news organizations are increasingly turning to governments to enact new rules forcing the tech platforms to share some of the money they make from the web with journalism organizations.”

Jobs Report

— Jessica Monahan has joined Cozen O’Connor as a senior principal working on transportation issues. She was most recently a policy adviser at Arnold & Porter.

— Ursa Major has added Jason Kello as director of marketing and strategic communications. Kello was most recently senior director, head of global public affairs and corporate affairs at Cisco.

— Jennifer Rust is now a principal at Rich Feuer Anderson. She previously was senior vice president and counsel at Porterfield, Fettig & Sears and is a House Financial Services Committee and Maxine Waters alum.

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New Lobbying REGISTRATIONS

Actum I, LLC: Fire Island Association

Actum I, LLC: First 5 California

Actum I, LLC: Seaview Association

Ajw, Inc.: Breakthrough Energy Action

Alpine Group Partners, LLC.: Aura Sub, LLC

Alpine Group Partners, LLC.: Hotwire Communications

Atlantic Strategies Group: Rampart Aviation LLC

Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz: Fleet Space

Ballard Partners, LLC: Caresource Mission

Ballard Partners, LLC: Comcast Corporation

Ballard Partners, LLC: Riverside Recovery Of Tampa

Bgr Government Affairs: Aar Government Services, Inc.

Bgr Government Affairs: Advanced Diagnostics Healthcare System

Bgr Government Affairs: Biomerieux, Inc.

Bgr Government Affairs: Globalstar

Big Fire Law & Policy Group, LLP: Ho-Chunk, Inc

Brody Group L.L.C. Public Affairs: Sekisui Aerospace

Capitol Hill Consulting Group: Ocular Threpeutix

Center Road Solutions: Reset Tech Action

Chartwell Strategy Group LLC: Sk Americas, Inc

Colton Street Group: The Blackstone Group

Congressional Partners: Cen-Clear Child Services

Congressional Partners: Mary Washington Healthcare

Congressional Partners: Richard Bland College Of William & Mary

Congressional Partners: Tennessee State University

Congressional Partners: University Of Arkansas - Cossatot Community College

Congressional Partners: Van Buren County Hospital

Congressional Partners: Virginia Peninsula Community College

Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies: Medicaid Health Plans Of America

Dillard & King, Ltd: National Organization Of Minority Architects

Dillard & King, Ltd: Princeton Commercial Holdings

Earl Stockdale: The Ferguson Group, LLC For City Of Oceanside Ca

Earl Stockdale: The Ferguson Group, LLC On Behalf Of Ward & Smith (For Bald Head Island)

Earl Stockdale: The Ferguson Group, LLC On Behalf Of Ward & Smith, Pa (For Holden Beach, Nc)

Eastport Strategies LLC: Smart Energy, LLC (Fka Clean Energy, LLC)

Elevate Government Affairs, LLC: The Donohoe Companies, Inc.

Foley & Lardner LLP: Crcd Enterprises

Greenberg Traurig, LLP: Deacero S.A.P.I. De C.V.

Greenmet Consulting: Electralith

Health Policy Source, Inc.: Enovis

Health Policy Source, Inc.: Premier Healthcare Solutions, Inc.

Holland & Knight LLP: Winward Fund On Behalf Of Rewiring America Inc.

Jeffrey J. Kimbell And Associates: Medical Device Manufacturers Association

Jeffrey J. Kimbell And Associates: Sparc

Jgb & Associates, LLC: Cornerstone Government Affairs Obo Sierra Space Corporation

Jim Massie & Partners, LLC: Phinia, Inc.

J M Burkman & Associates: Bentley, Wolfe & Peters LLC

King & Spalding LLP: Advocate Health Advisors

Lee Sanders Strategy Group, LLC: Food Marketplace Inc.

Lighthouse Point Government Relations: Tai Engineers, LLC

Mayer Brown LLP: Coalition For Regulated Hfcs Inc.

Michael Best Strategies LLC: Dober Chemical Corp.

Michael Best Strategies LLC: Guardian Access & Door Hardware

Michael Best Strategies LLC: Primex Family Of Companies

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough: Blue Ridge Healthcare System, Inc.

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough: Kronos Knife Company LLC

Platform Government Strategies: The Primary Care Collaborative

Quill Advisers LLC: Chg Healthcare

Rock Creek Counsel: Catf Action, Inc

Sk Americas, Inc.: Sk Americas, Inc.

Smbc Americas Holdings, Inc.: Smbc Americas Holdings, Inc.

Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC

Strategic Marketing Innovations: Alkegen

Strategic Marketing Innovations: Energy Source Minerals

Strategic Marketing Innovations: Enginuity Power Systems (Fka Enginvity Power Systems, Inc.)

Strategic Marketing Innovations: J.H. Whitney Data Services

Strategic Marketing Innovations: Mabus Group Behalf Atmo

Strategic Marketing Innovations: Skyways Air Transportation

Strategic Marketing Innovations: Surf Air Inc.

Strategic Marketing Innovations: Xerion Advanced Battery Corp.

The Doerrer Group LLC: The Boeing Company

Townsend Public Affairs, Inc: City Of Atascadero

Townsend Public Affairs, Inc: City Of Citrus Heights

Townsend Public Affairs, Inc: City Of Kingsburg

Townsend Public Affairs, Inc: City Of La Palma

Townsend Public Affairs, Inc: City Of Los Alamitos

Townsend Public Affairs, Inc: City Of Malibu

Townsend Public Affairs, Inc: City Of Oakley

Townsend Public Affairs, Inc: City Of Pacifica

Townsend Public Affairs, Inc: City Of Palm Desert

Townsend Public Affairs, Inc: City Of Pinole

Townsend Public Affairs, Inc: City Of Santa Barbara

Townsend Public Affairs, Inc: City Of Sierra Madre

Townsend Public Affairs, Inc: City Of Soledad

Townsend Public Affairs, Inc: Filoli

Townsend Public Affairs, Inc: Midway City Sanitary District

Townsend Public Affairs, Inc: Rodeo Hercules Fire Protection District

Valcour LLC: Research Service Bureau (For Kocho Angjushev)

Vnf Solutions, LLC: Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government

Williamson Law + Policy Pllc: Primary Products Ingredients Americas LLC D/B/A Primient

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New Lobbying Terminations

535 Group, LLC: Vmware, Inc.

Actum I, LLC: Seiu Local 32Bj

Actum I, LLC: Southeastern Universities Research Association, Inc.

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld: Alliance For Trade Enforcement (Afte)

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld: Amazon Corporate, LLC

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld: Brownstone Consultants LLC

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld: Constellis Holdings LLC

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld: Ebay Inc.

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld: Financial Services Forum

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld: Illumina, Inc.

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld: Indigo Ag

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld: Missouri Cobalt LLC

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld: Nippon Telegraph And Telephone Corporation

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld: Rp Management, LLC

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld: Senseonics Incorporated

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld: Ses Ai Corporation

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld: Teradyne, Inc.

Alpine Group Partners, LLC.: Cormedix, Inc.

Alpine Group Partners, LLC.: Nucor Corporation

Alpine Group Partners, LLC.: Origin Materials

American Defense International, Inc.: Bear Systems

American Defense International, Inc.: Cross Potomac Consulting LLC (For Daniel Defense)

American Defense International, Inc.: Eastern Medwaste, LLC

American Defense International, Inc.: Spartanburg Community College

Anndyl Policy Group, LLC: Electric Power Research Institute (Epri)

Baker & Hostetler LLP: Change Home Mortgage

Baker & Hostetler LLP: Gamida

Best Best & Krieger LLP: Cucamonga Valley Water District

Big Fire Law & Policy Group, LLP: Crow Creek Sioux Tribe

Big Fire Law & Policy Group, LLP: Oglala Lakota Housing Authority

Bloom Strategic Counsel: Doordash

Bloom Strategic Counsel: Fresenius Medical Care North America

Bl Partners Group, LLC: Ligado Networks, LLC

Bose Public Affairs Group: Irg Erie, Inc.

Bridge Public Affairs, LLC: Disability Rights International

Bridge Public Affairs, LLC: Seven States Power Corporation

Bridgeway Advocacy: City Of Memphis, Tennessee

Bridgeway Advocacy: Grid Market Research

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP: Rtx Corporation And Affiliates

Broydrick & Associates: Samaritan Healthcare

Broydrick & Associates: Uico

Capital Park Partners LLC: Meld Manufacturing

Capitol Counsel LLC: Astellas Pharma US, Inc.

Capitol Counsel LLC: Business Council Of Canada

Capitol Counsel LLC: Figs

Capitol Counsel LLC: Teraexchange

Capitol Hill Consulting Group: Atea Pharmaceuticals

Capitol Hill Policy Group LLC: Ravn Alaska

Capitol Integration: Sparton

Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered: Efficiency Energy, LLC

Cavarocchi Ruscio Dennis Associates, L.L.C.: Asthma & Allergy Foundation Of America

Chartwell Strategy Group LLC: American Friends Of Kosovo - An Ad Hoc Coalition

Chartwell Strategy Group LLC: Sk Hynix America, Inc.

Clark Street Associates: Biomason, Inc.

Clyburn Consulting, LLC: City Of Charleston, Sc

Congressional Partners: Virginia Foundation For Community College Education

Cornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.: Cez, A. S.

Cornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.: Hoover Circular Solutions

Cornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.: Integrated Energy Materials LLC

Cornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.: Mental Health America

Cornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.: Nutanix, Inc. And Its Affiliates

Cornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.: Twin Pines Minerals, LLC

Cornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.: Urbix, Inc.

Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies: Amazon Web Services

Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies: Blue Haven Initiative

Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies: Eastern Effects, Inc.

Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies: Hornblower Group

Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies: Parsons & Whittemore Enterprises Corp.

Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies: Snapmedtech, Inc.

Crestwood Strategies: One Hemp

David L. Horne, LLC: Bergmann & Moore

David L. Horne, LLC: W.V. Hydro, Inc.

Dla Piper LLP (US): Rai Services Company

Ehrlich & Associates: Silver Star Communications

Ernst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young): Pfizer, Inc.

Ervin Graves Strategy Group, LLC: Apollo Holding Company, LLC

Ervin Graves Strategy Group, LLC: U.S. Energy Products LLC

Farragut Partners LLP: Organize Action Network

Federal Hall Policy Advisors, LLC: Iceye

Ferox Strategies: Center For Artificial Intelligence Policy

Ferox Strategies: Food Corps

Fierce Government Relations: Activision Blizzard, Inc.

Foley & Lardner LLP: Larry Pulkrabek

Foley & Lardner LLP: Octagos Health, Inc.

Foley & Lardner LLP: Omegaflex

Foley & Lardner LLP: Wasabi Technologies

Fti Government Affairs: The Dow Chemical Company

Fti Government Affairs: Veon Ltd.

Fulcrum Public Affairs LLC: Equitable Housing Access Partnership

Fulcrum Public Affairs LLC: Ligado Networks

Fulcrum Public Affairs LLC: Qualtrics International Inc. (Formerly Known As Qualtrics LLC)

Grayrobinson Pa: Empire Strykers

Grayrobinson Pa: U. S. Travel Association

Greenberg Traurig, LLP: Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center

Greenberg Traurig, LLP: Green Point Farms, LLC

Greenberg Traurig, LLP: Maximus, Inc.

Healthsperien: Altarum

Healthsperien: Rosalynn Carter Institute

Holland & Knight LLP: American Battery Solutions, Inc.

Holland & Knight LLP: Factorial, Inc.

Holland & Knight LLP: Marathon Petroleum Corporation

Husch Blackwell Strategies: Edp Enterprises Inc

Husch Blackwell Strategies: Pathfinder International

Ikon Public Affairs: Arduro Sustainable Rubber

Imperium Global Advisors: Payscout

Imperium Global Advisors: Quintessence Marine Obo Inversa Leathers

Imperium Global Advisors: Tanium

Imperium Global Advisors: Virsec

Innovative Advocacy LLC: Epoxy Interest Group

Invariant LLC: Carrot Fertility

Invariant LLC: Finkelstein Metals USa

Invariant LLC: Sk Hynix America Inc.

Ivy Green Consulting: L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

Jeffrey J. Kimbell And Associates: Enzyvant Therapeutics Gmbh

J M Burkman & Associates: Rockdale Farmers

John Mckechnie LLC: Digital Federal Credit Union

Jones Walker, LLP: Fairwinds Technologies

Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP: Quantifind

Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP: Sentrycs

King & Spalding LLP: Novelis Corp.

King & Spalding LLP: Taurx Pharmaceuticals Ltd

King & Spalding LLP: US Magnesium, LLC

K&L Gates, LLP: Environmental Defense Action Fund

K&L Gates, LLP: Nextdecade Corporation

Kts Strategies LLC F/K/A Kilpatrick Townsend And Stockton: Signature Flight Support

Laura Eugster Doyle: Arent Fox On Behalf Of The Cooper Union For The Advancement Of Science And Art

Liberty Partners Group, LLC: Brown, Goldstein & Levy

Liberty Partners Group, LLC: Sound Inpatient Physicians, Inc.

Lincoln Park Group L.L.C.: Powerseal Pipeline Products Corporation

Lne Group: Burke Rehabilitation Hospital

Lne Group: Next Steps Chicago

Lne Group: Push To Walk

Maynard Nexsen Pc: Sio2 Material Science (Fka Sio2)

Missy Edwards Strategies, LLC: Southern Company

Mr. Matthew G. Kallner: Netjets

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough: Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc.

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough: The Federation Of Bangladesh Chambers Of Commerce And Industry

Oakley Capitol Consulting LLC: National Association Of Children’s Hospitals

Ogr: Fluid Sealing Association

Ogr: Meta Platforms, Inc.

Origin Advocacy LLC: Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC

Polaris Government Relations, LLC: Jetblue Airways Corporation

Polaris Government Relations, LLC: Ligado Networks

Polaris Government Relations, LLC: Rock Central

Policy Navigation Group: Astellas Pharma US Inc.

Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville, P.C.: American Academy Of Dermatology Association

Public Strategies Washington, Inc.: Zero Emissions Transportation Association (Zeta)

Putalastrategies: Ligado Networks

Rich Feuer Anderson: Federal Home Loan Bank Of San Francisco

Rising Tide Associates: London Bridge Trading Company, Inc.

Ritts Law Group, Pllc: National Environmental Development Association’s Clean Air Project

Rock Creek Counsel: Clean Air Task Force

S-3 Group: U.S. Travel Association

Securus Technologies, LLC: Securus Technologies LLC

Sidley Austin LLP: Medela LLC

Sidley Austin LLP: Web Bank

Sorini, Samet & Associates, LLC: Applied Dna Sciences, Inc.

Sorini, Samet & Associates, LLC: Haggar Clothing Co.

Spinlaunch, Inc.: Spinlaunch, Inc.

Squire Patton Boggs: Sk Hynix America, Inc.

Steptoe LLP: Medicaid And Medicare Advantage Products Association Of Puerto Rico

Strategic Marketing Innovations: 6K, Inc. (Fka Amastan Technologies, Inc.)

Strategic Marketing Innovations: Advent Technologies

Strategic Marketing Innovations: Emrgy, Inc.

Strategic Marketing Innovations: Holo Inc.

Strategic Marketing Innovations: Ncd Technologies

Strategic Marketing Innovations: Origin Materials Operating

Sullivan Strategies LLC (Fka Sb Capitol Solutions): Meridiam Infrastructure North America Corporation (Fka Meridiam Infrastructure)

Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.(Formerly Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.): Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. (Formerly Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.)

Summit Public Affairs: City Of Memphis, Tennessee

The Bennett Consulting Group: Metalcraft

The Bennett Consulting Group: Texas Water Trade

The Hobbs Group, LLC: Ford Motor Company

The Kpm Group Dc LLC: Chiesi USa, Inc.

The Kpm Group Dc LLC: Jeremy Levin

The Kpm Group Dc LLC: Stealth Biotherapeutics Inc.

The Kpm Group Dc LLC: The Brain Donor Project

The Livingston Group, LLC: Visionary Private Equity Group

The Normandy Group, LLC: Awareness Is Prevention

The Normandy Group, LLC: Center For Disease Detection, LLC

The Normandy Group, LLC: Tig Insurance

The Peterson Group Inc: Combest, Sell And Associates On Behalf Of National Alfalfa & Forage Alliance

The Roosevelt Group: Dish Wireless

The Roosevelt Group: Friends Of Seymour Johnson Air Force Base

The Roosevelt Group: Matrix Design Group On Behalf Of The State Of Arkansas

The Vogel Group: 21 Proud

The Vogel Group: A. O. Smith Corporation

The Vogel Group: Fix The Debt Coalition, Inc.

The Vogel Group: Itutor.Com, Inc.

The Vogel Group: Mr. Andrei Baronov

The Vogel Group: Mr. Ratmir Timashev

The Vogel Group: Resilient Enterprise Solutions

The Vogel Group: Spac Association

The Vogel Group: The Bradford Group

The Vogel Group: Trilogy Integrated Resources

Thompson Coburn LLP: Maritz Holdings

Thompson Coburn LLP: Ranken Jordan Pediatric Bridge Hospital

Troutman Pepper Strategies (Fka Troutman Sanders Public Affairs Group, LLC): Thunderbird LLC

Unified Solutions, LLC: Strategics Consulting On Behalf Of City Of Fayetteville, Nc

Unified Solutions, LLC: Strategics Consulting On Behalf Of City Of Winston-Salem, Nc

Unified Solutions, LLC: The Hamm Consulting Group, LLC On Behalf Of Cumberland County, Nc

University Of Louisville: University Of Louisville

US Inventor, Inc.: US Inventor Inc.

Van Ness Feldman, LLP: Puget Sound Energy

Van Scoyoc Associates: Nozomi Networks

Venable LLP: Visionsafe

Venn Strategies: Cala Health

Venn Strategies: Compass Minerals Lithium Corp Of America Inc.

Venn Strategies: Omnova Solutions Inc. Dba Synthomer

Venn Strategies: Radius Recycling (Formerly Known As Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc.)

Venture Government Strategies, LLC (Fka Hobart Hallaway & Quayle Ventures, LLC): Dama Technology, Inc. Dba Dama Financial

Venture Government Strategies, LLC (Fka Hobart Hallaway & Quayle Ventures, LLC): Kansas City Coalition (Informal Coalition)

Vnf Solutions, LLC: American Green Elements LLC

Water Strategies, LLC: Hdr Engineering, Inc.

Williams And Jensen, Pllc: Invest In Education Coalition

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At the end of Fiscal Year 2023, FAA netted an additional 15 Certified Professional Controllers and only 15 new trainees compared to the end of FY22.

In May 2023, Secretary Buttigieg said, “The FAA is about 3,000 air traffic controllers short of target levels.”

Last November, the FAA’s independent National Airspace System Safety Review Team concluded that under FAA’s most recent CWP submitted to Congress, “when retirements and other attrition is accounted for, the hiring plan produces a negligible improvement over today’s understaffed levels, resulting in a net increase of fewer than 200 air traffic controllers by 2032.”

The DOT IG last summer issued a report that concluded “FAA continues to face staffing challenges and lacks a plan to address them, which in turn poses a risk to the continuity of air traffic operations.”

Congress has a historic opportunity to fix these problems in FAA Reauthorization. Now is that time. Learn more.