Public Strategies Inc PR

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Public Strategies PR firm, based in

Austin, Texas. The most famous member of Public

Strategies is President Clinton’s former press secretary,

Mike McCurry, who heads its lobbying arm

in Washington, D.C. (Other Public Strategies

clients include Anheuser-Busch, ARCO, BristolMyers Squibb,

the Edison Electric Institute, Lockheed Martin, Reuters and Southwest Airlines.)

sw http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Public_Strategies,_Inc.

Public Strategies, Inc. is a <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Public_relations_firm" title="Public relations firm" class="mw-redirect">public relations firm</a> that says its "new business model" involves:

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<li>defining the public in a new way, as customers, employees, stockholders, voters, and political leaders</li>

<li>bringing a unique mix of talent combining corporate, government, policy, and entrepreneurial experience</li>

<li>identifying and managing public risk" <a href="http://www.pstrategies.com/" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.pstrategies.com/" rel="nofollow">[1]</a></li>

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PSI specializes in <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Crisis_management" title="Crisis management">crisis management PR</a>. Its website boasts, "Public Strategies has helped many corporations involved in high-profile crises successfully weather the storm and better prepare for the possibility of future turbulence. From the 'war room' to the public hearing room, the courtroom and America's living rooms, Public Strategies is many corporations' first phone call for crisis response." PSI's website then extends this invitation to crisis-afflicted corporations: "Trying to put out a fire at this very moment? No matter where you are or what time it is, don't hesitate to call. Our crisis team can work anywhere and they never sleep." <a href="http://www.pstrategies.com/what/capabilities/crisis.htm" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.pstrategies.com/what/capabilities/crisis.htm" rel="nofollow">[2]</a>

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<h2>Contents</h2>

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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Public_Strategies,_Inc.#Ownership">1 Ownership</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Public_Strategies,_Inc.#Clients">2 Clients</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Public_Strategies,_Inc.#Public_Strategies_disappearing_advisory_board">3 Public Strategies disappearing advisory board</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Public_Strategies,_Inc.#Employees_and_other_associates">4 Employees and other associates</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Public_Strategies,_Inc.#Contact_details">5 Contact details</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Public_Strategies,_Inc.#Articles_and_resources">6 Articles and resources</a>

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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Public_Strategies,_Inc.#Related_SourceWatch_articles">6.1 Related SourceWatch articles</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Public_Strategies,_Inc.#References">6.2 References</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Public_Strategies,_Inc.#External_resources">6.3 External resources</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Public_Strategies,_Inc.#External_articles">6.4 External articles</a></li>

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<h2>Ownership</h2>

In August 2006, the giant advertising and PR conglomerate <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=WPP" title="WPP">WPP</a> announced that it had bought PSI. Brand Republic noted that in 2005 PSI employed 175 staff and had revenuse of $38.5 million. <a href="http://www.brandrepublic.com/bulletins/breakingnews/article/574932/wpp-acquires-us-firm-public-strategies/" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.brandrepublic.com/bulletins/breakingnews/article/574932/wpp-acquires-us-firm-public-strategies/" rel="nofollow">[3]</a>

<h2>Clients</h2>

In 2004, Public Strategies, Inc. was engaged by <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Diebold_Election_Systems" title="Diebold Election Systems">Diebold Election Systems</a> to perform crisis-management public relations work. Its employee <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=David_Bear" title="David Bear">David Bear</a> was given an apparently full-time role with Diebold <a href="http://www.blackboxvoting.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=174" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.blackboxvoting.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=174" rel="nofollow">[4]</a>.

In June 2005, PSI was hired by the major <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Video_news_releases" title="Video news releases">video news release</a> (VNR) company, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Medialink_Worldwide" title="Medialink Worldwide">Medialink Worldwide</a>. Medialink retained PSI "to keep an ear to the ground" on discussions and proposals regarding VNR labeling before the U.S. Congress and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Federal_Communications_Commission" title="Federal Communications Commission">Federal Communications Commission</a> CEO <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Laurence_Moskowitz" title="Laurence Moskowitz">Laurence Moskowitz</a> told O'Dwyer's PR Daily. Working with Medialink are PSI's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_Krueger&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Krueger (page does not exist)">John Krueger</a> and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=William_Moore&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William Moore (page does not exist)">William Moore</a>. Moore is the former chief of staff to Rep. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=David_Price" title="David Price">David Price</a>, a founding member of the Congressional "Future of American Media Caucus" that was established in April 2005. <a href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/0627medialink.htm" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/0627medialink.htm" rel="nofollow">[5]</a>

In February 2007, O'Dwyer's reported that Public Strategies "is bolstering PR for the record $43.8 billion buyout of Texas power company <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=TXU" title="TXU" class="mw-redirect">TXU</a>. ... The buyout is expected to face regulatory, political and environmental concerns and the parties involved immediately moved to head off any immediate fallout. The <a href="http://www.txucorp.com/media/newsrel/detail.aspx?prid=1020" class="external text" title="http://www.txucorp.com/media/newsrel/detail.aspx?prid=1020" rel="nofollow">news release announcing the buyout</a> said the deal has been endorsed by <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Environmental_Defense" title="Environmental Defense" class="mw-redirect">Environmental Defense</a> and the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Natural_Resources_Defense_Council" title="Natural Resources Defense Council">Natural Resources Defense Council</a>." <a href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/0227txu_ps.htm" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/0227txu_ps.htm" rel="nofollow">[6]</a>

<h2>Public Strategies disappearing advisory board</h2>

In October 2004 PSI stated on its website (<a href="http://www.pstrategies.com/people/default.htm" class="external text" title="http://www.pstrategies.com/people/default.htm" rel="nofollow">now dead link</a>) (<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20041013011852/www.pstrategies.com/people/default.htm" class="external text" title="http://web.archive.org/web/20041013011852/www.pstrategies.com/people/default.htm" rel="nofollow">Internet Archive copy</a>) (<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/images/f/fb/PublicStrategiesPeoplePage13thOct2004.jpg" class="internal" title="PublicStrategiesPeoplePage13thOct2004.jpg">screengrab</a>) that "Public Strategies' Advisory Board is comprised of some of the most highly regarded political, business, and communications experts in the world." However, by July 2005 only one, former Governor <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ann_Richards" title="Ann Richards" class="mw-redirect">Ann Richards</a>, remained.

The other six - <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A9_Angel_Gurr%C3%ADa" title="José Angel Gurría" class="mw-redirect">José Angel Gurría</a>, former Ambassador <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Richard_Charles_Albert_Holbrooke" title="Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke">Richard Holbrooke</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=James_Johnson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="James Johnson (page does not exist)">James Johnson</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Thomas_Meredith&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thomas Meredith (page does not exist)">Thomas Meredith</a>, former Ambassador <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Lyndon_Olson" title="Lyndon Olson" class="mw-redirect">Lyndon Olson</a>, and former Ambassador <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Renato_Ruggiero" title="Renato Ruggiero">Renato Ruggiero</a> - were no longer listed on the company's website. Nor did Public Strategies mention whether the Advisory Board still existed.

<h2>Employees and other associates</h2>

<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Dan_Bartlett" title="Dan Bartlett">Dan Bartlett</a>, the former White House counsel to <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=George_W.Bush" title="George W. Bush" class="mw-redirect">George W. Bush</a>, is PSI's president and chief executive. He joined the firm in November 2007 as a senior strategist. Bartlett "provides counsel to the firm's largest accounts in key industries such as finance, telecommunications and defense. In addition, drawing on his years of foreign policy experience while serving in the White House, he has directed the firm's international growth, providing advice to leading multi-national firms and global institutions." <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Public_Strategies,Inc.#cite_note-0" title="">[1]</a>

The website for PSI provides this list of people associated with the company, current as at July 14, 2005. <a href="http://www.pstrategies.com/bios.php?p=letter&w=h" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.pstrategies.com/bios.php?p=letter&w=h" rel="nofollow">[7]</a>:

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<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Eddie_Aldrete&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eddie Aldrete (page does not exist)">Eddie Aldrete</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cliff_Angelo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cliff Angelo (page does not exist)">Cliff Angelo</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rebecca_Ballard&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rebecca Ballard (page does not exist)">Rebecca Ballard</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ken_Bentsen" title="Ken Bentsen" class="mw-redirect">Ken Bentsen</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Skyler_Bentsen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Skyler Bentsen (page does not exist)">Skyler Bentsen</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Danner_Bethel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Danner Bethel (page does not exist)">Danner Bethel</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mindy_Brown&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mindy Brown (page does not exist)">Mindy Brown</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mark_Bunker&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mark Bunker (page does not exist)">Mark Bunker</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Hanner_Calvert&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hanner Calvert (page does not exist)">Hanner Calvert</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cassandra_Carr&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cassandra Carr (page does not exist)">Cassandra Carr</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=George_Caudill&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="George Caudill (page does not exist)">George Caudill</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bill_Coletti&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bill Coletti (page does not exist)">Bill Coletti</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Amanda_Crumley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Amanda Crumley (page does not exist)">Amanda Crumley</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Merrill_Davis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Merrill Davis (page does not exist)">Merrill Davis</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Luis_De_La_Calle&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Luis De La Calle (page does not exist)">Luis De La Calle</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Joe_Dickie&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joe Dickie (page does not exist)">Joe Dickie</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Alejandra_de_Yta&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alejandra de Yta (page does not exist)">Alejandra de Yta</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Erica_Duge&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Erica Duge (page does not exist)">Erica Duge</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Jeff_Eller&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jeff Eller (page does not exist)">Jeff Eller</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Joe_Emery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joe Emery (page does not exist)">Joe Emery</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rick_Foote&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rick Foote (page does not exist)">Rick Foote</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Doreen_Fox&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Doreen Fox (page does not exist)">Doreen Fox</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Adam_Goldman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Adam Goldman (page does not exist)">Adam Goldman</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Jason_Haum&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jason Haum (page does not exist)">Jason Haum</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Jane_Hickie&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jane Hickie (page does not exist)">Jane Hickie</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Julie_Hillrichs&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Julie Hillrichs (page does not exist)">Julie Hillrichs</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Joe_Householder" title="Joe Householder">Joe Householder</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patty_Huffines&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Patty Huffines (page does not exist)">Patty Huffines</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=David_Iannell&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="David Iannell (page does not exist)">David Iannell</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Kathy_Jeavons&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kathy Jeavons (page does not exist)">Kathy Jeavons</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=ChristineJohnson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ChristineJohnson (page does not exist)">ChristineJohnson</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Jim_Jamison&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jim Jamison (page does not exist)">Jim Jamison</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Tom_Jones&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tom Jones (page does not exist)">Tom Jones</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Russell_Kelley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Russell Kelley (page does not exist)">Russell Kelley</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_Krueger&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Krueger (page does not exist)">John Krueger</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Sharon_Lakes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sharon Lakes (page does not exist)">Sharon Lakes</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Twyla_Beth_Lambert&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Twyla Beth Lambert (page does not exist)">Twyla Beth Lambert</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Jon_Loehman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jon Loehman (page does not exist)">Jon Loehman</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bob_Ludke&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bob Ludke (page does not exist)">Bob Ludke</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bill_Maddox&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bill Maddox (page does not exist)">Bill Maddox</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Sarah_Malm" title="Sarah Malm">Sarah Malm</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Javier_Mancera&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Javier Mancera (page does not exist)">Javier Mancera</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Marina_Marich&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marina Marich (page does not exist)">Marina Marich</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Meredith_Marks&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Meredith Marks (page does not exist)">Meredith Marks</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Melanie_M._Martin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Melanie M. Martin (page does not exist)">Melanie M. Martin</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Jack_Martin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jack Martin (page does not exist)">Jack Martin</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bill_Mashek&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bill Mashek (page does not exist)">Bill Mashek</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Carol_McGarah&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Carol McGarah (page does not exist)">Carol McGarah</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mark_McKinnon" title="Mark McKinnon">Mark McKinnon</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Angela_R._McMahon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Angela R. McMahon (page does not exist)">Angela R. McMahon</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Heather_McMahon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Heather McMahon (page does not exist)">Heather McMahon</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Amy_McMichael&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Amy McMichael (page does not exist)">Amy McMichael</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Joe_McNamara&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joe McNamara (page does not exist)">Joe McNamara</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mary_Meagher&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mary Meagher (page does not exist)">Mary Meagher</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=William_Moore&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William Moore (page does not exist)">William Moore</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Jeremy_Nagoshiner&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jeremy Nagoshiner (page does not exist)">Jeremy Nagoshiner</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Katherine_Nash&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Katherine Nash (page does not exist)">Katherine Nash</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Evvie_Nazro&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Evvie Nazro (page does not exist)">Evvie Nazro</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rob_Norcross&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rob Norcross (page does not exist)">Rob Norcross</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mark_Palmer" title="Mark Palmer">Mark Palmer</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Lori_Pickle&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lori Pickle (page does not exist)">Lori Pickle</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Sarah_Queen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sarah Queen (page does not exist)">Sarah Queen</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Angelica_Rendon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Angelica Rendon (page does not exist)">Angelica Rendon</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Eddie_Reeves&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eddie Reeves (page does not exist)">Eddie Reeves</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ann_Richards" title="Ann Richards" class="mw-redirect">Ann Richards</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Charlie_Richards&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charlie Richards (page does not exist)">Charlie Richards</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Katie_Romans&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Katie Romans (page does not exist)">Katie Romans</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Elizabeth_Rutledge&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Elizabeth Rutledge (page does not exist)">Elizabeth Rutledge</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Jennifer_Shelley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jennifer Shelley (page does not exist)">Jennifer Shelley</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Marvin_Singleton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marvin Singleton (page does not exist)">Marvin Singleton</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Tom_Stewart&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tom Stewart (page does not exist)">Tom Stewart</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bo_Smith&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bo Smith (page does not exist)">Bo Smith</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Darry_Sragow&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Darry Sragow (page does not exist)">Darry Sragow</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ian_Stewart&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ian Stewart (page does not exist)">Ian Stewart</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rob_Strauss&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rob Strauss (page does not exist)">Rob Strauss</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Julia_Sutherland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Julia Sutherland (page does not exist)">Julia Sutherland</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Tim_Tessin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tim Tessin (page does not exist)">Tim Tessin</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Travis_Thomas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Travis Thomas (page does not exist)">Travis Thomas</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cathie_Bennett_Warner&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cathie Bennett Warner (page does not exist)">Cathie Bennett Warner</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Laurie_Dalton_White&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Laurie Dalton White (page does not exist)">Laurie Dalton White</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Greg_Yearsley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Greg Yearsley (page does not exist)">Greg Yearsley</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Peter_Zandan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Peter Zandan (page does not exist)">Peter Zandan</a></li>

</ul>

In December 2004, O'Dwyer's PR Daily reported that Senator <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Hillary_Rodham_Clinton" title="Hillary Rodham Clinton">Hillary Rodham Clinton</a>'s former communications director, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Joe_Householder" title="Joe Householder">Joe Householder</a>, had joined Public Strategies' Houston office.

<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Jill_Bratina&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jill Bratina (page does not exist)">Jill Bratina</a>, Florida Governor <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Jeb_Bush" title="Jeb Bush">Jeb Bush</a>'s former communications director was set to join Public Strategies' Washington DC office the following month. O'Dwyer's noted that Bratina "is a crisis expert who handled PA at Bridgestone/Firestone during its tire recall," and who, while at <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ketchum" title="Ketchum">Ketchum</a>, "worked on the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Dow_Chemical_Company" title="Dow Chemical Company">Dow Chemical</a> account handling silicone breast implant litigation and for <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Wyeth-Ayerst&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wyeth-Ayerst (page does not exist)">Wyeth-Ayerst</a> during the phen-fen lawsuits." <a href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/1210householder.htm" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/1210householder.htm" rel="nofollow">[8]</a>

<h2>Contact details</h2>

Public Strategies, Inc.

607 14th Street, N.W.

Suite 500

Washington, DC 20005

Phone: 202-354-8200

Fax: 202-354-8201

Web: <a href="http://www.pstrategies.com/" class="external free" title="http://www.pstrategies.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.pstrategies.com/</a>

<h2>Articles and resources</h2>

<h3>Related SourceWatch articles</h3>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Dan_Bartlett" title="Dan Bartlett">Dan Bartlett</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=David_Bear" title="David Bear">David Bear</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Diebold_Election_Systems" title="Diebold Election Systems">Diebold Election Systems</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Medialink_Worldwide" title="Medialink Worldwide">Medialink Worldwide</a></li>

</ul>

<h3>References</h3>

<li id="cite_note-0"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Public_Strategies,_Inc.#cite_ref-0" title="">↑</a> "<a href="http://www.holmesreport.com/fullstory.cfm?edit_id=10215&typeid=1&nlid=167" class="external text" title="http://www.holmesreport.com/fullstory.cfm?edit_id=10215&typeid=1&nlid=167" rel="nofollow">Bush White House Veteran Bartlett Named CEO at Public Strategies</a>," The Holmes Report (sub req'd), March 9, 2009.</li>

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<h3>External resources</h3>

<h3>External articles</h3>

<ul>

<li>"<a href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/archived_stories_2001/june/0614richards.htm" class="external text" title="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/archived_stories_2001/june/0614richards.htm" rel="nofollow">Richards Joins PSI</a>", O'Dwyers PR Daily, June 14, 2001. (Sub req'd.)</li>

<li>"<a href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/archived_stories_2001/june/0620ap_chair.htm" class="external text" title="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/archived_stories_2001/june/0620ap_chair.htm" rel="nofollow">Incoming AP Chairman Joins Public Strategies</a>", O'Dwyers PR Daily, June 20, 2001.(Sub req'd.)</li>

<li>"<a href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/archived_stories_2001/october/1025wepr.htm" class="external text" title="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/archived_stories_2001/october/1025wepr.htm" rel="nofollow">WEPR Gives Public Service Awards</a>", O'Dwyers PR Daily, October 25, 2001.(Sub req'd.)</li>

<li>"<a href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/archived_stories_2002/july/0712vf.htm" class="external text" title="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/archived_stories_2002/july/0712vf.htm" rel="nofollow">VF Pays For White House Access</a>", O'Dwyers PR Daily, July 12, 2002. (VF is the acronym for Vanity Fair).(Sub req'd.)</li>

<li>"<a href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/archived_stories_2002/october/1011adephia.htm" class="external text" title="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/archived_stories_2002/october/1011adephia.htm" rel="nofollow">Adelphia Plugs into PSI</a>", O'Dwyers PR Daily, Oct. 11, 2002. (PSI is the acronym for Public Strategies Inc).(Sub req'd.)</li>

<li>"<a href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/archived_stories_2003/march/0305ps.htm" class="external text" title="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/archived_stories_2003/march/0305ps.htm" rel="nofollow">WGA Hires Public Strategies</a>", O'Dwyers PR Daily, March 5, 2003. (Sub req'd.)</li>

<li>"<a href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/archived_stories_2004/april/0423diebold.htm" class="external text" title="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/archived_stories_2004/april/0423diebold.htm" rel="nofollow">PS Advises Diebold's Voting Machine Unit</a>", O'Dwyers PR Daily, April 23, 2004.(Sub req'd.)</li>

<li>"<a href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/0623brunswick.htm" class="external text" title="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/0623brunswick.htm" rel="nofollow">Brunswick, Public Strategies Handles CNOOC offer</a>", O'Dwyers PR Daily, June 23, 2005. (Sub req'd.)</li>

<li>"<a href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/0627medialink.htm" class="external text" title="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/0627medialink.htm" rel="nofollow">PSI Listens for Medialink</a>," O'Dwyer's PR Daily, June 27, 2005. (sub. req'd.)</li>

<li>"<a href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/0713cnooc_deal.htm" class="external text" title="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/0713cnooc_deal.htm" rel="nofollow">CNOOC Deal No Threat</a>", O'Dwyers PR Daily, July 13, 2005.(sub. req'd.)</li>

<li>Joanne Oatts, "<a href="http://www.brandrepublic.com/bulletins/breakingnews/article/574932/wpp-acquires-us-firm-public-strategies/" class="external text" title="http://www.brandrepublic.com/bulletins/breakingnews/article/574932/wpp-acquires-us-firm-public-strategies/" rel="nofollow">WPP acquires US firm Public Strategies</a>", Brand Republic, August 1, 2006.</li>

<li>"<a href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/0227txu_ps.htm" class="external text" title="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/0227txu_ps.htm" rel="nofollow">PS Aids Huge TXU Buyout Deal</a>," O'Dwyer's PR Daily (sub req'd), February 27, 2007.</li>

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Dan Bartlett joining Public Strategies

By: Mike Allen

October 28, 2007 04:46 PM EDT

Dan Bartlett, former counselor to President Bush, plans to announce Monday that he is moving to Texas to join Public Strategies Inc., one of the nation's best-connected public affairs firms, according to Republican sources.

The move reunites Bartlett with Mark McKinnon, the firm’s vice chairman, who directed the advertising efforts for Bush’s 2000 and 2004 presidential campaigns.

Public Strategies specializes in crisis communications, public opinion, legislative strategy and complicated corporate scenarios like mergers.

Bartlett, 36, will be a senior strategist for the firm beginning Nov. 5, the sources said. He will be based out of the firm’s headquarters in Austin, where he helped George W. Bush win the presidency during the grueling campaign of 2000.

When Bartlett left the White House in July, he had worked for Bush for 14 years without a break — beginning in 1993, when at age 22 he joined the future president’s first campaign for Texas governor.

Public Strategies has an aggressive, well-stocked Washington operation and a growing New York office. The firm is bipartisan and has attracted Clinton administration veterans and former Democratic officials from Capitol Hill.

At the White House, Bartlett had a vast portfolio that included press, communications and speechwriting. But his most important job was serving as one of the president’s few confidantes — arguably as close to him as anyone in the White House short of first lady Laura Bush.

Before becoming Bush’s second counselor, succeeding Karen Hughes, Bartlett was assistant to the president for communications and White House communications director. At Bush-Cheney headquarters in Austin, he had been a senior spokesman and the director of rapid response, taking high-stakes press calls that no one else wanted to.

After Bush’s first gubernatorial campaign, Bartlett joined the governor’s office and later was issues director of the reelection campaign. After graduating from the University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor’s in political science, he worked for the former Karl Rove and Co., the political consulting firm that helped launch this presidency.

Since leaving the White House, Bartlett has offered himself through the Leading Authorities Inc. speakers’ bureau. He recently received a flurry of attention for his blunt assessment of the current crop of Republican president candidates. His job search has been guided by Washington superlawyer Robert B. Barnett of Williams & Connolly.

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