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External & Public Affairs

Strategic Advice & Issues Management

We specialize in guiding clients through politically sensitive or high-stakes challenges. Our team provides sophisticated strategic planning, message development, coalition building, and stakeholder engagement to address complex issues. Whether responding to an emerging regulatory threat, a legislative push, or a reputational challenge, we assess the political landscape, map the path forward, and implement targeted solutions. Our work includes scenario planning, legislative impact analysis, political risk assessments, and ongoing advisory support for clients facing evolving issues at the intersection of government and business.

Grassroots & Grasstops Advocacy Campaigns

Our team provides sophisticated strategic planning, message development, coalition building, and stakeholder engagement to address complex issues.

Our work includes scenario planning, legislative impact analysis, political risk assessments,
and ongoing advisory support for clients facing evolving issues at the
intersection of government and business.
We specialize in guiding clients through politically sensitive or high-stakes challenges.

Crisis Management

We specialize in guiding clients through politically sensitive or high-stakes challenges. Our team provides sophisticated strategic planning, message development, coalition building, and stakeholder engagement to address complex issues. Whether responding to an emerging regulatory threat, a legislative push, or a reputational challenge, we assess the political landscape, map the path forward, and implement targeted solutions. Our work includes scenario planning, legislative impact analysis, political risk assessments, and ongoing advisory support for clients facing evolving issues at the intersection of government and business.

Policy Development Support

Our team provides sophisticated strategic planning, message development, coalition building, and stakeholder engagement to address complex issues. Our work includes scenario planning, legislative impact analysis, political risk assessments, and ongoing advisory support for clients facing evolving issues at the intersection of government and business. We specialize in guiding clients through politically sensitive or high-stakes challenges.

Government Affairs

State Legislative Affairs

APA offers end-to-end support for influencing the legislative process. We track legislation, draft bill language, build legislative sponsorship, and work behind the scenes to support or oppose legislation. Our relationships with key legislative leaders, committee chairs, and caucus staff ensure that our clients’ interests are represented and understood. We advise on how legislation affects business operations, build coalitions to amplify client priorities, and provide real-time intelligence to inform policy positioning and compliance planning.

Advocacy to State Executive Branch Agencies

Our relationships with key legislative leaders, committee chairs, and caucus staff ensure that our clients’ interests are represented and understood. We advise on how legislation affects business operations, build coalitions to amplify client priorities, and provide real-time intelligence to inform policy positioning and compliance planning.

County and Municipal Government Advocacy

APA offers end-to-end support for influencing the legislative process. We track legislation, draft bill language, build legislative sponsorship, and work behind the scenes to support or oppose legislation. Our relationships with key legislative leaders, committee chairs, and caucus staff ensure that our clients’ interests are represented and understood. We advise on how legislation affects business operations, build coalitions to amplify client priorities, and provide real-time intelligence to inform policy positioning and compliance planning.

Congressional Affairs

Our relationships with key legislative leaders, committee chairs, and caucus staff ensure that our clients’ interests are represented and understood. We advise on how legislation affects business operations, build coalitions to amplify client priorities, and provide real-time intelligence to inform policy positioning and compliance planning.

Regulatory Affairs & Policy Advisory Services

Advocacy to Regulatory Agencies

Regulatory agencies create and enforce rules that can dramatically impact industries. APA represents clients in front of commissions, boards, and regulatory departments to influence policies during rule development and public comment periods. We help ensure that regulations are fair, practical, and aligned with industry realities. Our advocacy often involves providing expert testimony, facilitating agency meetings, and monitoring regulatory trends. When enforcement actions or compliance issues arise, we help clients engage constructively with regulators and navigate administrative proceedings.

Economic Development

Public Finance and Redevelopment

APA helps clients tap into public financing tools and redevelopment programs to unlock new growth and investment opportunities. Our expertise includes navigating municipal bond processes, Redevelopment Area Bond (RAB) programs, and Tax Increment Financing (TIF) structures. We advise both public and private sector clients on identifying eligible projects, managing legal and financial documentation, and coordinating with state and local financing authorities. We also support public hearings, community outreach, and government approvals to keep projects on track and fully compliant.

Structuring Government Finance Incentives for Project Development

Our relationships with key legislative leaders, committee chairs, and caucus staff ensure that our clients’ interests are represented and understood. We advise on how legislation affects business operations, build coalitions to amplify client priorities, and provide real-time intelligence to inform policy positioning and compliance planning.

Public-Private Partnership (P3) Structures

APA offers end-to-end support for influencing the legislative process. We track legislation, draft bill language, build legislative sponsorship, and work behind the scenes to support or oppose legislation. Our relationships with key legislative leaders, committee chairs, and caucus staff ensure that our clients’ interests are represented and understood. We advise on how legislation affects business operations, build coalitions to amplify client priorities, and provide real-time intelligence to inform policy positioning and compliance planning.

Business Development & Procurement

Procurement and Public Sector Business Development

We help clients navigate public procurement processes to win competitive contracts at the local, state, and federal levels. Our team provides bid strategy, proposal review, compliance guidance, and relationship-building support with agency procurement officials. We understand the unique rules and constraints of public contracting and help our clients stand out in crowded, competitive marketplaces. Whether you’re pursuing a professional services contract, IT solution, infrastructure project, or product deployment, we position you to succeed.

Public Safety

Safety Policy & Strategy

APA advises clients on the development and implementation of public safety policies and programs, including law enforcement reform, emergency preparedness, and community-based violence reduction initiatives. We assist with strategic safety planning, advocate for public safety funding, and coordinate stakeholder engagement around sensitive and high-impact issues. Whether helping a municipality rethink policing strategies or supporting a nonprofit coalition on public safety legislation, our work is grounded in understanding political dynamics, public sentiment, and operational realities. We stay ahead of trends shaping public safety to ensure our clients lead with credibility and impact.