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</div><div><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>Federal Focus</b> (FF) is a nonprofit policy research foundation that was incorporated in the District of Columbia on March 24, 1986. Federal Focus shares the same business address as <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Multinational_Business_Services" title="Multinational Business Services" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">Multinational Business Services</a> on DuPont Circle in Washington, D.C. According to the FF's Web site, it now works on science policy.</p><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">FF claims on its web site to provide "objective and impartial information and analysis on government policy, science policy, and scientific issues." Moreover, it claims to "disseminate information and views that are objective, unbiased, and impartial."</p><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">It operates the subunit <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Institute_for_Regulatory_Policy" title="Institute for Regulatory Policy" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">Institute for Regulatory Policy</a>.</p><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Federal Focus was affiliated with <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Jim_Tozzi" title="Jim Tozzi" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">Jim Tozzi</a>, who was involved in pro-tobacco activities with <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Philip_Morris" title="Philip Morris" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">Philip Morris</a>. FF sought and received grants from Philip Morris to hold educational seminars on science policy for public officials <sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Federal_Focus#cite_note-0" title="" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">[1]</a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Federal_Focus#cite_note-1" title="" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">[2]</a></sup></p><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Multinational Services, working on behalf of<font color="#ff0000"> Philip Morris</font>, used Federal Focus as a third party vehicle to help distract attention away from smoking as a youth issue in 1994, when the U.S. Surgeon General was addressing the effects of smoking and tobacco smoke on the young. The strategy was to emphasize the death rate of youth from other factors like accidents and alcohol.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Federal_Focus#cite_note-2" title="" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">[3]</a></sup></p><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a name="Funding" id="Funding" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;"> </a></p><h2 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="mw-headline">Funding</span></h2><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Funders of Federal Focus include:</p><ul style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li>American <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Cement </span>Alliance</li><li>American Farm Bureau Federation</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=American_Iron_and_Steel_Institute&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="American Iron and Steel Institute (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">American Iron and Steel Institute</a></li><li>American Paper Institute</li><li>Arkansas State Society</li><li>AT&T</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Beer_Institute&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Beer Institute (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Beer Institute</a></li><li>Dr. Eric Bovet</li><li>Business Council on the Reduction of Paperwork</li><li>Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Chemical_Manufacturers_Association" title="Chemical Manufacturers Association" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">Chemical Manufacturers Association</a></li><li>Ciba-Geigy Corp.</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Citizens_for_a_Sound_Economy" title="Citizens for a Sound Economy" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">Citizens for a Sound Economy</a><ul><li>Communication Systems Development, Inc.</li></ul></li></ul><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">District of Columbia Commission for the Arts</p><ul style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Edison_Electric_Institute" title="Edison Electric Institute" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Edison Electric Institute</a></li><li>Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany</li><li>Ford Motor Co.</li><li>Friends of Annapolis Symphony Orchestra</li><li>Friends of the U.S. National Arboretum</li><li>Gibson Associates</li><li>Government of the District of Columbia</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Health_and_Environmental_Sciences_Group&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Health and Environmental Sciences Group (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">Health and Environmental Sciences Group</a>, Inc.</li><li>Kentucky Society of Washington</li><li>Landon School</li><li>Marriott International, Inc.</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Multinational_Business_Services" title="Multinational Business Services" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">Multinational Business Services</a>, Inc.</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=National_Chamber_Foundation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Chamber Foundation (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">National Chamber Foundation</a></li><li>National Electrical Manufacturers Association</li><li>National Endowment for the Arts</li><li>National Paint and Coatings Association</li><li>NEXTEL</li><li>Oracle Corp.</li><li>Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp.</li><li>PCS Prime Co., LP</li><li>Peter Tare, Inc.</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Philip_Morris" title="Philip Morris" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">Philip Morris</a></li><li>Photo Marketing Associates International</li><li><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">PSI Energy</span></li><li>Richard Bray Orchestras</li><li>Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society</li><li>Schuller International, Inc.</li><li>Scientific Advisory Group on Cellular Telephone Research</li><li>Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc.</li><li>Solar Energy Research Institute</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=U.S._Department_of_Commerce" title="U.S. Department of Commerce" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">U.S. Department of Commerce</a></li><li>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency</li><li>U.S. General Services Administration</li><li>U.S. Office of Personnel Management</li><li>USA Today</li><li>Wireless Technology Research, L.L.C.</li></ul><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a name="References" id="References" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;"> </a></p><h2 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="mw-headline">References</span></h2><ol class="references" style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li id="cite_note-0"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Federal_Focus#cite_ref-0" title="" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">↑</a> <a href="http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/tsq32c00" class="external text" title="http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/tsq32c00" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">Grant-in-aid request</a> Tozzi J. March 15, 1991. Philip Morris Bates No.2071413114/3115</li><li id="cite_note-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Federal_Focus#cite_ref-1" title="" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">↑</a> <a href="http://www.fedfocus.org/" class="external text" title="http://www.fedfocus.org" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">Federal Focus web site</a> accessed January 10, 2008</li><li id="cite_note-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Federal_Focus#cite_ref-2" title="" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">↑</a> <a href="http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/wdp16e00" class="external text" title="http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/wdp16e00" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">No title</a> Tozzi JJ/Multinational Business Services. Letter. January 11, 1994. Philip Morris Bates No. 2048213860/3864</li></ol><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a name="Contact" id="Contact" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;"> </a></p><h2 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="mw-headline">Contact</span></h2><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Federal Focus, Inc.
11 Dupont Circle, N.W., Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20036
Email: infoATfedfocus.org (substitute an "@" sign for the "AT")</p><div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">Categories</a>: <span dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Category:Tobaccowiki" title="Category:Tobaccowiki" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">Tobaccowiki</a></span> | <span dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Category:Front_groups_portal" title="Category:Front groups portal" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">Front groups portal</a></span> | <span dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Category:Tobacco_industry" title="Category:Tobacco industry" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">Tobacco industry</a></span> | <span dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Category:Front_groups" title="Category:Front groups" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">Front groups</a></span> | <span dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Category:Tobacco_fronts" title="Category:Tobacco fronts" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">Tobacco fronts</a></span> | <span dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Category:Science" title="Category:Science" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">Science</a></span></div></div></div>