Governmental Affairs

The Governmental Affairs Services division of Smith Alling Lane (SAL) is a dynamic group of individuals offering comprehensive governmental affairs services to a diverse client base. With over thirty employees and three offices (Washington, DC; Tacoma, Washington; Brussels, Belgium), SAL’s global team of experienced professionals is prepared for any challenge.

SAL provides governmental affairs services at all levels of government – local, state, federal and foreign. In addition to providing services before a variety of different governments, SAL has developed policy expertise on numerous subjects. Notable areas of expertise include Public Safety/Homeland Security, Technology, Biotechnology, Local Government, Utilities and Transportation.

The key to SAL’s success is our commitment to understanding our clients’ business. Maintaining strong government contacts and political expertise are essential. However, it is only with a comprehensive understanding of a client’s business and markets that a consultancy can take full advantage of its experience and expertise to recommend positive government solutions. At SAL we make each client’s business our business.

SAL’s Governmental Affairs Services division offers four distinct, yet interactive, business units: the Federal Governmental Affairs Group, the Multi-State Governmental Affairs Group, the International Public Affairs Group, and the Washington State Governmental Affairs Group.

The Federal Governmental Affairs Group provides traditional governmental affairs services at the federal level in Washington, DC. This group has an extraordinary track record of successfully influencing legislation, and securing specific budget earmarks for our clients. Our clients also benefit from our proven ability to effectively navigate federal agencies to provide access to decision makers. The key to our federal success is our commitment to proactively develop and recommend strategies that result in government actions that benefit our clients.

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The Multi-State Governmental Affairs Group specializes in providing governmental affairs and marketing services to businesses and organizations that are impacted by state government legislation, regulations or budgets. Whether designing government market strategy, monitoring legislation, securing intelligence, defeating legislation, implementing complex legislative objectives, providing access, or hiring/managing local lobbyists, SAL has experience representing clients in nearly every state capital. SAL’s clients have gained significant success from Multi-State Group services. In fact, SAL has a national reputation for successfully implementing complex legislative projects to advance our clients’ goals.

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The International Public Affairs Group provides strategic advice to American companies whose business activities are impacted by foreign government action. SAL has extensive experience working throughout Europe (including the European Union), Asia, South America and Africa. SAL has developed expertise in researching and understanding foreign governments, and their many different political cultures and protocols. SAL frequently uses our knowledge of foreign governments to design and implement government objectives for our clients.

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The Washington State Governmental Affairs Group was established in 1988 as a traditional Olympia, Washington lobbying organization. With nearly 20 clients and over 50 years of combined governmental affairs experience, SAL has earned a reputation as one of Washington State’s most established and respected lobbying firms. SAL has developed extraordinary contacts within the Legislative and Executive branches of government. These contacts, coupled with our professional work ethic, legal background, issue expertise and effective strategies have created extraordinary success for our clients.

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