Category: LDA

As the Door Revolves

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date February 17, 2009
Categories In LDA

This Politico report says that Democratic aides are joining lobbying firms around town. The latest news is that the political director for Barack Obama’s campaign, Matthew Nugen, is joining Ogilvy Government Relations as a “strategic adviser.” … Ogilvy also made a key concession, allowing Nugen to come on board as a strategist rather than as […]

PMA Group and Rep. Murtha

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date February 13, 2009
Categories In LDA

This morning’s Times has an editorial on the controversy surrounding PMA Group and Rep. John Murtha. One raid was at PMA Group of Arlington, Va., a lobbying firm founded by the former top staff aide on the defense appropriations subcommittee chaired by Mr. Murtha. (The gilded career path for ranking staffers who market their Inner […]

PMA Group: “Widening” Inquiry

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date February 11, 2009
Categories In LDA

The Times has an update on the controversy surrounding PMA Group, a Washington, DC lobbying firm. In the first half of 2007, the PMA Group and its clients contributed more than $500,000 to three congressmen, Mr. Murtha, the Pennsylvania Democrat who is chairman of the House defense appropriations subcommittee, and his close allies on the […]