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Overview

Based in Washington, D.C., Catalyst Partners is a government relations and public affairs firm that provides high-caliber services and high-touch attention to our clients. Formerly known as Olive, Edwards, & Cooper, we specialize in helping small businesses, trade associations, not-for-profits and Fortune 500 companies achieve results inside the Beltway and beyond.

Our expertise spans a range of industries and practice areas, focusing primarily on the growing and complex homeland security and defense environment. Our Partners bring impressive experience from the highest levels of the federal government and the top tiers of corporate America. Whether it is helping a business create a risk mitigation strategy for times of disaster or navigating the complexity of the SAFETY Act, Catalyst Partners have an insider’s perspective on what works best.

Approach

The word catalyst literally means “an agent that compels action garnering exponential results” – a definition that represents the foundation of our mission at Catalyst Partners.

At Catalyst Partners, we believe in taking the time to learn your company, your needs, and your goals to develop a customized approach to achieving your goals. Anyone can check off a list of lobbying tactics or implement the standard components of a communications strategy – Catalyst Partners brings the experience and expertise to make sure you are using the right tactics and tools to bring about the results you want.

We are dedicated to working with you to identify the right audience, form the right message, and deliver it at the right time.

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Latest Blog Posts

David Olive - May 10, 2013

Yesterday, the House Homeland Security Committee held the first in what will likely be a series of hearings on the Boston Marathon bombing. Other congressional committees will want to hold separate (and probably duplicative) hearings on the tragic event as well. As I (and others) have written before, in an era when all federal agencies are being forced to cut programs and spending, it would behoove Congress to lead by example and consolidate its oversight, per the 9/11 Commission’s advice offered nearly a decade ago.

Vance Taylor - May 2, 2013

In an era of diminished budgets and vanishing security grants, a recent break in at the Carters Lake Water Treatment Plant in Georgia highlights how the federal government is leaving small water systems, and the communities they serve, hanging in the wind. I’m not suggesting DHS throw obscene amounts of money at rural water systems, but I would argue that these systems can make major strides with small amounts of money.

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