• Legislation and lobbying: When the political process frustrates private enterprise, Issues Management finds creative solutions to political obstacles that may not yield to traditional lobbying. Our goal is to help the client shape public policy.

We work at home in New Jersey and around the country with state and local legislators, key executive agency staff and community leaders as necessary to influence policy development at the local, state or federal level. We have been effective in enacting law in areas as far ranging as pollution prevention and permitting, health care licensing standards, corporate defense against hostile takeovers and confidentiality of medical records.
Case Study: Prioritzing Public Affairs

• Regulatory work/project management: The Issues Management team understands government and its agencies. We work with state and federal agencies to assure that every creative option is explored to bring about positive change on behalf of our clients. A typical client is the company that needs a rope out of the regulatory quagmire that is keeping it from developing or expanding a project. Our project work often cuts across agency and jurisdictional lines and eliminates the stalemates that occur when local, state or federal agencies argue over turf. Our regulatory initiatives have broken new ground in commercial real estate development, insurance products, energy deregulation and land use planning.
Case Study: Changing the Political Landscape
Case Study: Greening New Jersey
Case Study: Moving Beyond the Obvious
Case Study: Reframing the Issue
Case Study: Winning in the Court of Public Opinion

• Environmental Issues Management: New Jersey-based companies work in an arena with multiple environmental disciplines. Most new construction or expansions face some level of environmental impact. This impact must be assessed and managed with optimum attention to detail and creativity in problem solving.

Our reputation for substantive advocacy within various state and federal agencies gives us the credibility necessary to achieve results, especially in areas without precedent. Effective Issues Management concepts are now in use by regulatory authorities to create statewide solutions to siting and approval problems.
Case Study: Customizing a Client Solution

• Marketing and communications: Together with Insight Communication, Issues Management works with corporate clients to market services or products, publicize positions or increase visibility to a specific audience or market segment. Whether the audience for an effort is the public, the government or a regulatory board, the media is usually listening. We custom tailor and implement communications strategies, both internal and external, to effectively reach our audience and optimize the impact the media can have on events, issues and outcomes.
Case Study: Delivering Results
Case Study: Turning the Tide
Case Study: Total Project Management

• Advocacy Campaigns: We manage advocacy campaigns on a wide range of issues, using our knowledge of media and politics to develop the best strategic approach. Our use of public opinion research and effective communication skills has shaped public opinion and convinced decision makers at every level of government. From a successful ballot referendum to approvals for an extremely controversial highway project, we use coalition building, press relations, direct mail and political advocacy to successfully promote the goal of our client.
Case Study: Project: Grass Roots Campaign