How to Outsource Your Compliance Department - a podcast by Jim OBrien
from 2018-07-12T17:11:25
On this episode of The Lobbying Show, host Jim O’Brien interviews Elizabeth Bartz of State and Federal Communications - helping companies and lobbyists comply with ethics rules in all fifty states and globally.
Show Notes:
● About Elizabeth Bartz
○ Borrowed money and bought the compliance department of State and Federal Associates in 1993.
○ She moved the department to Akron, Ohio, and bought it over a series of year, ultimately spinning it off into "State & Federal Communications."
○ She can be seen at all of the major legislative conferences across the country.
○ She works with contract lobbyists and in-house government affairs professionals, giving her a unique perspective on the industry.
● What are State and Federal Communications’ main services?
○ Compliance for lobbying and campaign finance.
○ They will start handling lobbying and compliance for European countries soon.
○ Many European political candidates are hiring American political consultants.
● How many companies does State and Federal Communications work with?
○ 100+.
○ Their compliance department has about 12 people.
○ Company-wide, it has about 12 attorneys on staff.
Resources Mentioned:
State and Federal Communications
Council on Governmental Ethics Laws
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