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This article was first published as Flacks in Florida: PAC Member Firms" in PR Watch, Volume 4, No. 1, First Quarter 1997. It original article was authored by John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton and is used here with permission. As with all SourceWatch articles, feel free to edit and revise.
Flacks in Florida: PAC Member Consulting Firms
Members of the Washington, D.C.-based Public Affairs Council include many of America's largest corporations, trade associations, and public relations firms. Participants at PAC's February grassroots conference looked like a Fortune 500 rogues' gallery:
- National Association of Manufacturers
- Chemical Manufacturers of America
- American Association of Health Plans
- Edison Electrical Institute
- American Council of Life Insurance
- Kraft/Philip Morris
- R.J. Reynolds/Nabisco
- Ford
- Chrysler
- Toyota
- Coors
- Merck
- Glaxo Wellcome (now GlaxoSmithKline)
- Novartis
- American Medical Association
- Weyerhaeuser
- Grocery Manufacturers of America
- Sony
- Coca-Cola
- Cargill
- Kodak
- DuPont
- Eli Lilly
- Upjohn
- Northrop Grumman
- Hughes Electronics
- Ashland
- Allstate
- State Farm
- Lockheed Martin
- CPC International
- MCI
- IBM
- Searle
- Johnson & Johnson
- Unilever
- National Association of Realtors
- Bond Market Trade Association
- Bristol-Myers (Bristol-Myers Squibb)
- Zeneca (AstraZeneca)
- Hershey
- Nuclear Energy Institute
- AT&T
- General Electric
- Wendy's
- Corning
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce
- Exxon
- Amoco
- Brown & Williamson
- Blue Cross
- Blue Shield
- Kmart
- Shell
- 3M
- Polaroid
The following PR companies appear on a list compiled by the Public Affairs Council of member "consulting firms" which are "the most visible and active in the public affairs arena."
- APCO Associates Inc.
- James E. Arnold Consultants
- Bailey & Robinson
- Bose, McKinney & Evans
- Bozell Sawyer Miller Group
- Braddock Communications
- Burson-Marsteller
- The Capitol Group
- Capitol Hill Software
- Capitoline/MS&L
- The Clinton Group
- CMF&Z-Creswell
- Munsell, Fultz & Zirbel
- Communications Advantage
- Davies Communications
- Decision Management
- The Direct Impact Company
- Michael E. Dunn & Associates
- Executive Communications Services
- Gnossos Software
- Goddard*Claussen/First Tuesday
- Government Affairs-Maryland
- The Hawthorn Group
- Himle Horner Incorporated
- HRN Corporation
- International Civics
- Issue Dynamics
- Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue
- The Kamber Group
- Walt Klein & Associates
- Landry & Associates
- Legislative Demographic Services
- Mongoven, Biscoe & Duchin
- MultiState Associates
- Newmyer Associates
- The Pires Group
- Public Affairs Resources
- Public Strategies Incorporated (PSI)
- The RTC Group
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
- Solem & Associates
- State and Federal Communications
- Stateside Associates
- The Strategic Advisory Group
- The Strategic Alliances Group
- Sullivan & LeShane
- TeleServ
- Triad Communications
- Paul Werth Associates
- Western Union Commercial Services
- Winner/Wagner & Francis
