Government Relations

Any successful governmental relations effort requires knowledge of the legislative, executive and regulatory processes, access to the key decision makers, and an ability to present and articulate a client's issue, problem, or, more importantly, a strategic solution in a clear and concise manner. Powers & Company strategic advisory and consulting firm excels in all these areas.

The principals and business partners of the firm represent over 100 years of combined experience in the governmental arena. Our ability to understand a client's needs, determine the client's goal, and devise the best plan to accomplish the goal is second to none.

Our understanding of the legislative and regulatory processes from an insider point-of-view, coupled with our relationships with leaders and staff in all branches of government, provides our clients with unique insights.

Powers & Company works closely with our clients to develop legislative and regulatory relationships. We effectively communicate to legislative and executive leaders our clients' interests and views on issues affecting their strategic and governmental interests.

Whether the client goal involves the introduction of new legislation or lobbying on existing legislation, we can masterfully handle the task. When new legislation is required, we will work to find the appropriate legislative sponsors as well as aid in drafting legislative language. In cases where legislation already exists, we can assist in passage or defeat, depending on our client's goals.

Our legislative team will also establish a legislative bill file of all pertinent legislation that could potentially affect our clients' businesses. Our staff will track the status of these bills as they progress through the legislative session and will report to clients whenever action occurs or is required.

Powers & Company strategic advisory and consulting firm is very mindful of the need to conduct all lobbying and procurement activities within the confines of relevant laws and executive orders. We work closely with our clients to ensure that all client lobbying efforts are conducted in accordance with state and federal lobbying guidelines.

These are some of the reasons why, since its 2001 founding, Powers & Company is the fastest growing strategic advisory and consulting firm in Albany according to New York Temporary State Commission on Lobbying reports.

Strategic Solutions

In addition to access and expertise in government relations, we offer a specialized approach to solving a client's problems by taking a strategic viewpoint.

We are sensitive to the special issues that organizations face in today's competitive climate and deregulated environments. We help to identify strategic issues and devise an appropriate plan of action to reach a solution. After reviewing a client's business plan, we work to seek out the resources or opportunities that will best achieve the client's goals and enhance the client organization's profile or market share. By networking within our client and other business contacts, we have been able to find workable solutions and mutually beneficial strategic solutions. We also take the lead on behalf of our clients by reaching out to other individuals or companies, and serving as an instrument in the pursuit of new and positive business relationships for our clients.

Public Relations

In today's competitive marketplace it takes experience, confidence and connections for a company's message to be seen and heard effectively. Powers & Company strategic advisory and consulting firm works with our clients to structure communication campaigns that target the key decision makers and achieve our client's objectives. Efforts on behalf of our clients include arranging press conferences, editorial briefings, and developing and implementing coordinated mail campaigns aimed at opinion leaders.

Our staff is equipped to serve as ancillary personnel to a client's in-house public relations team or to provide a full-service approach, handling all aspects of the communications program. We maintain strong relationships with reporters and media representatives throughout the State and the nation. We rely on these contacts to bring public attention to client issues in an articulate and targeted way.

Our public relations expertise allows us to advance a client's interest, not only through our governmental contacts, but also, when appropriate or necessary, through the dissemination of information to a select constituency or targeted demographic. In this regard, we play to our strengths. We view a media and communications campaign as we would a political campaign, only now the candidate is our client.

Information Technologies

Powers & Company strategic advisory and consulting firm prides itself on knowing that every client has unique needs and goals. From understanding the intricacies of the New York State decision-making process to maximizing revenues through multi-channel targeted campaigns, we realize that the most important goal is your success.

Powers & Company has created an additional business practice to help our clients navigate the host of information technologies that can help an organization achieve their mission. Maximizing a business' internal asset is critical. Ensuring that a business's technologies are a solid fit within its overall organization is of paramount importance. All too often businesses utilize information technologies inefficiently, only later to become disenchanted when the information technologies solution selected becomes costly.

Powers & Company's information technologies expertise can help you maximize revenues by better understanding the data unique to your marketplace. Leveraging information is the cornerstone of all of our plans. We start by performing a thorough examination of your existing business sector, technical infrastructure, vendor relationships, competitive landscape, marketing plan, demographic footprint and customer relationship management practices. Each such business component is scrutinized to ensure best practices and cost controls are in place. We then prepare an executive overview that addresses whether your goals are being met, including recommended solutions for any aspects that warrant review.

We have been involved in dozens of high profile database marketing campaigns. Our audits have helped member-based organizations, unions, lenders, and political entities maximize technology investments and increase revenues.

Leveraging technologies to achieve your goals will only become more important in the future. In addition to the consulting services offered by Powers & Company, we would be happy to work with you to identify your business's information technologies needs and provide an assessment and project plan for maximizing the benefits information technologies can bring to you and your clients.

Information Technology Services