Google spent more on U.S.lobbying efforts than any other technology firm in America, according to statistics from the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP). The search giant spent its funds lobbying the U.S.government on patent, antitrust, and...
Technology giants – and often competitors – Google, Facebook, Amazon, and eBay are expected to join forces to form a lobbying group known as the Internet Association (IA), Reuters reported. The group will be the first lobbying association to...
The company has hired former New York congresswoman and veteran lobbyist Susan Molinari, who will fill the role vacated by Alan Davidson when he left Google’s Washington lobbying and policy office.via Politico)
Dodd’s statement on accepting his new position as head of the movie industry’s influential lobbying arm last March makes clear just why the MPAA headhunted a Washington power player and what his marching orders were from the beginning:
It spent $4.03 million on lobbying in 2009, according to disclosure forms filed with the Senate Office of Public Affairs," the public interest group said. As Consumer Watchdog points out, Google's lobbying spending rose 57% to $1.3 million in the...
Google opened up a Washington, DC office a few years back to handle the minimal lobbying it was doing. Google is finally starting to learn that the Schoolhouse Rock song, "I'm Just a Bill," forgot to include the part about lobbying.
Google opened up a Washington, DC office a few years back to handle the minimal lobbying it was doing. Google Learns to Navigate Washington the Hard Way Posted by Nathania Johnson Oct 20, 2008 Google is finally starting to learn that the...
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Google Getting Serious About Lobbying U.S. Let us know in the comments.via Washington Post Google has opened a new office in Reston, Virginia and staffed it with sales people tasked with getting their products used in the government.
I'm not sure whether Clay is entirely serious when he says publishers will be lobbying for federal support on national security grounds within two years. If not in newsrooms then this seems to be the case in coverage (2008 Pulitzer for local...
GovernmentGoogle has stepped up its lobbying efforts in the last two years, moving from a single lobbyist in Washington to a staff of 12. Google Getting Serious About Lobbying U.S. Google Launches Public Policy BlogGoogle now has a public policy...
Learning From Microsoft's Error, Google Builds a Lobbying Engine, Washington Post Find out here, with these links to some of the latest topics being discussed in our own Search Engine Watch Forums, and other search marketing forums across the Web:
Learning From Microsoft's Error, Google Builds a Lobbying Engine, Washington Post GovernmentGoogle has stepped up its lobbying efforts in the last two years, moving from a single lobbyist in Washington to a staff of 12.
Google has stepped up its lobbying efforts in the last two years, moving from a single lobbyist in Washington to a staff of 12. Jeffrey Birnbaum of the Washington Post provides a good overview of Google's efforts in Learning From Microsoft's Error...
Google has some small footprints in Washington already, hiring a lobbying firm in the past to help push public policy in the direction Google wants it to go. Google Loses Appeal On Posting Belgian Ruling Google loses appeal on posting court ruling...
Google has some small footprints in Washington already, hiring a lobbying firm in the past to help push public policy in the direction Google wants it to go. Engine Watch Blog, along with other items we've spotted but not blogged separately:
Google has some small footprints in Washington already, hiring a lobbying firm in the past to help push public policy in the direction Google wants it to go. Via Threadwatch, Google will flex political muscles
Back in seriousness, Gary Price has also posted a rundown on Google lobbying attempts from 2003 through 2005. It wasn't only China that Google cofounder Sergey Brin was talking about in Washington DC yesterday.
The general sense is that Google will take lessons learned from Microsoft and will continue to develop its lobbying efforts which began in earnest late last year. Threatening everything from net neutrality to regulating companies with operations in...
Back in October we pointed out that Google was opening a lobbying office in D.C. Today, Matt Marshall in Silicon Beat points to an article in the Wall Street Journal (subscribers only) about Google and other tech company lobbying efforts in D.C.
