# Public Strategies Washington, Inc.

> Public Strategies Washington is an independently owned public-affairs firm that helps a deliberately small roster of corporations, trade associations, nonprofits, academic institutions, and public entities navigate federal policy. Its work combines policy drafting, direct lobbying, strategic communications, coalition management, and cross-border advice, with senior practitioners staying close to each assignment.

- **Founded:** 1991
- **Headquarters:** Washington, United States
- **Founders:** Joseph P. O'Neill (Founder, President and CEO)
- **Products:** Federal Policy Expertise, Shoe-Leather Lobbying, Public Affairs, Cross-Border Advisory
- **Notable:** Helped a six-company energy coalition secure an SEC exclusion from fund-adviser registration after a legislative fix to Dodd-Frank stalled, saving each company hundreds of thousands of dollars in compliance costs., Helped obtain federal determinations of no hazard for all 108 turbines in a Texas Panhandle wind project representing a $400 million regional investment., Organized more than 60 New England employers across six states around H-2B visa relief and helped build bipartisan congressional support for returning-worker relief in appropriations language.

## Products & services

- **Federal Policy Expertise** — Drafting, amending and advocating for federal legislation across tax, health care, trade, energy, financial services, defense, agriculture, appropriations, technology, transportation, infrastructure and education.
- **Shoe-Leather Lobbying** — Direct engagement with members of Congress, committee offices, chiefs of staff, policy staff, campaigns and executive agencies.
- **Public Affairs** — Strategic communications, grassroots and grasstops activation, earned media, crisis counsel, coalition management, visibility and branding.
- **Cross-Border Advisory** — Trade-negotiation and tariff advice, market assessments, product-exclusion filings, regulatory comments, testimony preparation and coordination with U.S. trade and investment agencies.

## Achievements

- Helped a six-company energy coalition secure an SEC exclusion from fund-adviser registration after a legislative fix to Dodd-Frank stalled, saving each company hundreds of thousands of dollars in compliance costs.
- Helped obtain federal determinations of no hazard for all 108 turbines in a Texas Panhandle wind project representing a $400 million regional investment.
- Organized more than 60 New England employers across six states around H-2B visa relief and helped build bipartisan congressional support for returning-worker relief in appropriations language.
- Promoted 15 public-market reform proposals for a multinational financial-services client; several cleared the House Financial Services Committee and the full House.
- Convened representatives from 25 major cities for the 2018 Metro Cities for a Renewed NAFTA summit.
- Merged with Capitol Hill Strategies in 2019 to broaden policy depth and senior-level capacity.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Published a weekly congressional round-up focused on the Senate's pre-recess schedule and the House recess.
- **2025-07** — Helped arrange a visit by Representative Salud Carbajal to Teledyne FLIR OEM's Goleta, California facility to spotlight thermal-imaging manufacturing and innovation.
- **2025** — Federal lobbying disclosures show continuing representation of clients including Investment Company Institute, Vistra Energy and the National Automobile Dealers Association.

## Links

- Website: https://psw-inc.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/publicstrategieswashington/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/PSW_INC_DC

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Last updated: 2026-09-22