This comprehensive and invaluable resource will guide you in detail through the suite of federal statutes and regulations that impact federal government relations professionals, whether lawyers or non-lawyers, as well as provide practical examples of how to be compliant. Whether you're a lobbyist working for a law firm, public relations firm or multi-million dollar corporation, or a government affairs or public policy professional advocating on behalf of a nonprofit or charitable organization, labor union, trade association, or other public interest group, practitioners and clients alike must be fully aware of the disclosure obligations and other restrictions that apply to their work. Identifying the rules of relevance and examining their complexities can be arduous and time consuming tasks, ones that this manual seeks to facilitate.

This book also contains descriptions of the legislative and executive branch decision-making processes, the constraints that apply to lobbyist participation in political campaigns, the professional norms of appropriate behavior that apply to lawyers who are lobbyists, and much more.

The information in this manual is also essential to legislative staff, regulators, professors, and students of the legislative process. You don?t want to be without this resource for compliance with the federal law of lobbying.