Our Expertise

We have a broad range of expertise, due in large part to our experience as senior staff on the Senate Appropriations Committee. Some of the issue areas in which we have played a major role over the past decade include (in alphabetical order):

• Antitrust (oversight of Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice)
• Appropriations/budget
• Defense (oversight of all Department of Defense construction, shipbuilding, and experience as an analyst with the Navy Comptroller)
• Economic development (oversight of the Economic Development Administration under the Department of Commerce)
• Energy (energy efficiency initiatives)
• Environment (oversight of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, environmental remediation programs for the Department of Defense)
• Federal grants (oversight of the Office of Justice Programs and other grant programs)
• Financial services (oversight of the Securities and Exchange Commission)
• Foreign affairs (oversight of the Department of State)
• Government information technology systems/technology modernization (drove IT overhauls at the Department of State and Federal Bureau of Investigation)
• Homeland security (oversight of Federal Bureau of Investigation, domestic preparedness grants, and port security initiatives)
• Import/export (oversight of the Bureau of Industry and Security under the Department of Commerce)
• Judicial system (budget oversight over the Federal Judiciary)
• Law enforcement (oversight of the Department of Justice and State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance grants)
• Oceans and fisheries (oversight of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
• Patents and trademarks (oversight of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office)
• Science/research and development programs (oversight of Department of Defense, National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology)
• Small business (oversight of the Small Business Administration)
• Space and aeronautics (oversight of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
• Telecommunications (oversight of the Federal Communications Commission)
• Trade (oversight of Department of Commerce, Federal Trade Commission and the International Trade Commission)
• Transportation (from our work on behalf of the airline industry)