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consulting and lobbying firms list some Washington-based lobbying groups, with contact
information and executive directors' names. The list is arranged alphabetically by the
name of the lobbying firm and does not contain areas of specialties.
Center for Responsive Politics (CRP)
1101 14th Street, N.W., Suite 1030
Washington, D.C. 20005-5635
(202) 857-0044
This website [http://www.opensecrets.org/lobbyists/index.asp] provides access to
Influence, Inc., CRP's annual lobbying report. It gives year-to-year comparisons of
lobbying spending on Capitol Hill, background on the issue, lists of top spenders, and
includes the political spending patterns of various industries. It also gives an industry-by-
industry spending breakdown and has a searchable database of individual lobbyists,
lobbying firms, and client businesses.
Encyclopedia of Associations. Farmington Hills, MI, Gale Group. (Annual)
This multi-volume listing of nonprofit American membership organizations of
national scope is arranged by broad categories. It gives details on the location, size,
objectives, and other aspects of some 22,000 trade associations, professional societies,
interest groups, labor unions, and fraternal and patriotic organizations. It contains name,
geographical, executive, and keyword indexes.
Government Affairs Yellow Book: Who's Who in Government Affairs. Washington,
Leadership Directories, Inc. (Semiannual)
This directory profiles more than 22,000 government affairs experts who represent
the interests of businesses, professional organizations, interest groups, and government
institutions before federal, state, and local governments. Private organizations are listed
alphabetically. Federal government organizations are listed alphabetically by department,
and by agency. State, city, and county government sections are organized alphabetically
by state, city, and county names, respectively. Each listing gives the organization's name;
address; contact; organizational description; any political action committee; the
Washington, DC, office's address and telephone number; lobbying firms representing the
group on the federal, state, and municipal levels; and other pertinent details. This
extensive listing provides subject, geographical, name, and organization indexes.
Government Affairs Yellow Book is available online to subscribers as part of The
Leadership Library on the Internet. This online resource that is updated daily can be
accessed at [http://www.leadershipdirectories.com].
Legal Times: Law and Lobbying in the Nation's Capital. Washington, Legal Times,
part of American Lawyer Media, Inc. (Weekly)
This newspaper has articles on Washington's law and lobbying communities. In
June 2000, Legal Times launched its biweekly newsletter, Influence: The Business of
Lobbying. It focuses on the business of lobbying, ranging from firm assignments and
earnings to business strategies and mergers. Influence can be found on the Web as
Influence Online at [http://www.influence.biz]. It has detailed lobby firm profiles and
same-day reporting on new lobby registrations. Several portions of this electronic
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Watkins, Zina L. Lobbyists and Interest Groups: Sources of Information, report, February 5, 2007; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc805693/m1/4/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.