WASHINGTON: The US Postal Service (USPS) issued an RFP on October 2 for a contractor to provide strategic messaging services to the media, the general public, and postal employees. The deadline for proposals is November 5.

The FDA's no-bid PR contract has put the capital's procurement process in the spotlight

Thanks to today's 24-hour media cycle, we can witness even the most shocking disasters as they unfold all over the nation and the globe.

WASHINGTON: The FDA temporarily halted work September 29 on a $300,000 contract with an Alaska-based PR firm that had subcontracted with Qorvis Communications. The government agency is awaiting the findings of internal and independent reviews.

WASHINGTON: Four firms were awarded a contract to provide communications services to the US military forces in Iraq: Lincoln Group, Leonie Industries, SOS International, and L-3 Communications' MPRI.

For months, the 2008 presidential election has been hyped, by media and political pundits, to be unlike any this nation has ever seen.

WASHINGTON: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), a division of the US Department of Health and Human Services, awarded Porter Novelli (PN) a nearly $6 million contract to develop and implement an awareness campaign for the 2009 Medicare Open Enrollment season.

Though much of the stigma of mental health conditions has abated among the general public, coverage of depression, addiction, and other disorders is still often overshadowed by other health issues.

At press time, the House of Representatives had shot down a $700-billion bailout plan for the financial sector from the White House that was initially expected to pass. A revised bill was headed to the Senate, but the initial failure offers not only a political lesson, but also a communications one.

Some public policy experts say that the media could have done a better job to explain the complexities of the legislative tug of war on the Wall Street bailout package.