Federal Appropriations

Issues Lobbying

Policy Management

Washington Strategies has achieved great success in securing federal appropriations funding for our clients.  Our years of experience in Congress and the Administration have taught us how to maneuver through the complicated and enormous budget system, and our relationships with key Members of Congress ensure that our clients’ funding requests receive attention and support. By going after direct federal funding for our clients through these fiscal year appropriation bills, we circumvent the frustrating and too-often unrewarding grant application process. In total, Washington Strategies principals have secured over $65 million in federal funding for clients over the past 6 appropriations cycles, and we look forward to making new records this year.

Examples of Washington Strategies’ successes include securing federal funding for:

  • A technology business incubator, for an employment training program and continued development, from the Departments of Labor and Housing and Urban Development;
     
  • A private university, for construction of a rooftop observatory and technology improvements, from NASA and the Department of Education;
     
  • A defense research and development company, for development of sensors for small and tactical unmanned aerial vehicles, from the Department of Defense;
     
  • A large public university, for technology improvements and a computer security program, from the Departments of Education and Defense;
     
  • A Western university, for technology improvements and wildlife disease research, from the Departments of Education and Agriculture;
     
  • A municipal utility, for improvements to a wastewater treatment plant, from the Environmental Protection Agency;
     
  • A small business college, for development of a “Center for Business and Community Excellence,” from the Department of Housing and Urban Development;
     
  • A nationally-renowned children’s theater, for educational programs, from the Department of Education;
     
  • A large Western university, for a coalbed methane research center, from the Department of Energy;
     
  • A nonprofit educational organization, to train schools in modern classroom technologies, from the Department of Education;
     
  • A community college, for the expansion of a municipal police academy and emergency training facility, from the Department of Justice;
     
  • A private university, for renovation and restoration of an historic campus building, from the Department of Interior;
     
  • A medical school and hospital, for expansions, from the Department of Health and Human Services;
     
  • A regional health provider, for improvements to a community health care center, from the Department of Health and Human Services;
     
  • A municipal transportation authority, for an intermodal transportation center, from the Department of Transportation;
     
  • An international airport, for construction of an intermodal facility, from the Department of Transportation;
     
  • A large private university, for an Internet security program, from the Department of Defense.