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BOMI International taps ICF as PR AOR

Virgil Dickson June 17, 2013

WASHINGTON: BOMI International, a nonprofit that provides educational courses for workers in the property and facility management professions, has hired ICF International as its PR AOR as it works to launch a credentialing program early next year.

De Torok to take on comms lead at US Postal Service

Virgil Dickson June 14, 2013

WASHINGTON: The embattled US Postal Service will make a change in its top communications post at the end of this month.

Food Bank highlights relief cuts with Lost Meals effort

Virgil Dickson June 13, 2013

NEW YORK: The Food Bank for New York City has launched what it is calling an "emergency" guerrilla marketing and digital media effort called Lost Meals.

Key Obama aides Gibbs, LaBolt launch strategy shop

Virgil Dickson June 13, 2013

WASHINGTON: Former White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs is teaming up with former Obama for America national press secretary Ben LaBolt to launch a strategic communications firm called The Incite Agency.

Intel touts company's cybersecurity expertise

Virgil Dickson June 12, 2013

WASHINGTON: Tech giant Intel has turned to Bluetext to launch "The Agency of the Future," an online resource that shows IT decision makers in Washington DC the resources that it and subsidiary McAfee use to battle cybersecurity threats.

DC Influencer: Deirdre McGinley-Gieser, American Institute for Cancer Research

Virgil Dickson June 01, 2013

Deirdre McGinley-Gieser, VP of programs, American Institute for Cancer Research, knows effective cancer prevention starts early in life.

Grabbing the virtual wheel to put a stop to epidemic of texting while driving

Larry Solomon, AT&T June 01, 2013

How do you convince invincible teens that texting while driving could kill them or might kill someone else?

DC Influencer: Brian Graff, American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries

Virgil Dickson April 01, 2013

Brian Graff, CEO of the American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries, outlines why 401(k) tax incentives need help from the public.

Outreach campaign enlists veterans to get healthcare service they deserve

Denise Aube, Crosby Marketing Communications. April 01, 2013

The Veterans Health Administration is America's largest integrated health system, serving millions of veterans each year.

NY federal prosecutor's comms officer to join SVC

Brittaney Kiefer June 13, 2013

Ellen Davis, the top public affairs executive for US federal prosecutors in New York, is joining Sard Verbinnen & Co., the firm that represents a $15 billion hedge fund under investigation by Davis' employer.

Fleishman panel highlights ways to reach diasporas

Virgil Dickson May 16, 2013

Private-sector and nonprofit leaders noted the importance of driving consumer action through social media during a panel discussion hosted by FleishmanHillard on Monday at the 2013 Global Diaspora Forum in Washington DC.

Fort Bragg launches women mentorship program

Virgil Dickson March 20, 2013

In an effort to "establish a culture change," a unit at Fort Bragg led by US Army Col. Chad B. McRee is creating a women mentorship program, the base has announced.

Democrats, GOP use dueling sequester messages

Virgil Dickson February 27, 2013

Republicans and Democrats are using very different communications strategies as sequester government spending cuts loom beginning March 1.

Decision on $4m LAX PR contracts postponed

Virgil Dickson January 29, 2013

The fate of a trio of communications-related contracts awarded by the Los Angeles International Airport worth nearly $4 million combined is still up in the air following a City Council decision to postpone a vote on them.