Legislative and Appropriations Consulting

NorthPort Communications insures that our client’s priorities stand on their own merit and demand individual attention from key members of any Congressional delegation.  Members and staff alike will notice a well-written, thoroughly researched, list of appropriations priorities from any client.  An effort to this degree will become the standard by which any other slate of projects will be judged.

 

NorthPort Communications can devise a multi-faceted and assertive government relations campaign on behalf of select clients.  Our team offers a familiar, yet extraordinary, arrangement to parlay our expertise in the development and preparation of projects in pursuit of federal support.  Viewed as a whole, NorthPort works closely with clients to identify, research, design, and draft the annual congressional appropriations priorities for the institution.  Through strategic partnerships, we provide strategic counsel, message development, and direct lobbying of Congress and the Executive Branch.  By maintaining strong and effective relationships on Capitol Hill, NorthPort Communications serves to enhance the existing relationship between the client and their congressional delegation.

 

NorthPort Communications has the ability to make value-added contributions by providing tightly written proposals and highly integrated packages designed to achieve each client’s objectives and effectively linking federal priorities with the funding priorities of Congress and federal agencies.  We possess an extensive background in the federal appropriations process, knowledge of the procedures and functions of U.S. Congress and federal agencies.

 

Now is the time to change the dynamic.  Thinking collaboratively, executing decisively, and operating strategically will help insure that the clients served by NorthPort Communications compete effectively for limited and diminishing federal funding support.  Members of Congress review hundreds of special requests from organizations each year.  Only a select handful of projects are included in Member’s letter-of-support to the Appropriations Committee.  The proposals are judged by several criteria including, but not limited to: clarity of purpose, compelling national interest, appropriate federal account, breadth of support, and funding history.  The failure to justify any one of these criteria will make the difference between achieving your federal resource goal or not.

 




To contact us:


Andy Clark, Principal
NorthPort Communications
PO Box 83195
Portland, OR  97283-0195
503.319.9768
andy@northportconsulting.com