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--November 9, 2007--

Water Client Missions Accomplished

Congress’ enactment of the Water Resources Development Act, the culmination of seven years of debate and negotiation, marks a major milestone for communities and public agencies. Carmen Group clients will benefit from over $1.2 billion in support for projects including flood control, water recycling, desalination and environmental restoration. more>>>

-- August 18, 2007 --

Infrastructure Alert

The recent bridge collapse in Minneapolis has spurred intense examination of the nation's aging infrastructure. Federal, state and local funding may be reevaluated as Congress responds, potentially affecting specific transportation projects and also precipitating ripple effects throughout the overall budget process--especially as new tax and spending approaches are debated. more>>>

-- June 28, 2007 --

Paul to Lead Carmen's Procurement Solutions Practice

Marisa Paul joins Carmen Group as Managing Director, Procurement Solutions. She will create strategic programs to help more>>>

-- June 4, 2007 --

Proven Process Award to Water Resources & Environment

Carmen Group’s fourth annual Proven Process Award for outstanding client results was won by the Water Resources & Environment Practice based on its campaign for more>>>

-- March 26, 2007 --

Terry O'Connell to Lead Defense Projects Practice

The Honorable Terrence M. O'Connell joins Carmen Group as Managing Director, Defense Projects Practice. more>>>

-- March 6, 2007 --

Mark Busching to Lead Carmen Group's Transportation Practice

Mark Busching joins Carmen Group as Managing Director, Transportation Practice. He will manage and execute federal strategies for Carmen Group’s transportation clients and continue to build the industry-leading practice. more>>>

-- February 27, 2007 --

Kamber to Lead Carmen Group Coalition Services

Victor Kamber assumes a new role as president of Carmen Group's Coalition Services Practice. The practice helps groups with related interests come together to most powerfully represent their issues before the federal government. more>>>

-- February 14, 2007 --

William Signer to Lead Carmen Group's Healthcare and Tax Practices

William A. Signer joins Carmen Group as Managing Director, Healthcare & Tax Practices. He will assume responsibility for Carmen Group's healthcare clients, including several new clients who will come to the firm with him. He will also help launch and lead a new Carmen Group Tax Practice. He joins Carmen Group from Navigant Consulting, where he was a Director in the Government Strategies practice. more>>>

-- December 11, 2006 --

Carmen Group Builds Healthcare Practice

Aron Griffin joins Carmen Group's Healthcare Practice as Senior Associate from the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Within the Healthcare Practice, David Thompson has been promoted to Senior Associate from Associate, and Julia Ehrgood has been promoted to Associate from Junior Associate. more>>>

-- November 23, 2006 --

Washington Post
Emphasis on Oversight

By Judy Sarasohn

Lobbyists around town are busy adjusting their specialties and hiring priorities to get in sync with the new Democratic agendas on the Hill. The Carmen Group, for one, is building a new government oversight unit and has allied itself with one of the big names in congressional oversight: Franklin Silbey. more>>>

-- November 16, 2006 --

Carmen Group Launches Government Oversight and Technology Practices

Franklin Silbey joins Carmen Group to head its new Government Oversight unit, which will help clients create effective, proactive strategic communications plans addressing areas of interest to government inquiries and investigations. Margaret Lauderback joins the firm to lead its new Technology Practice, which will help clients navigate the federal legislative and regulatory environment while implementing successful federal marketing programs. Carmen Group moves toward the 110th Congress with expanded capabilities to achieve client value on all fronts. more>>>

-- October 30, 2006 --

Victor Kamber is 2006 Recipient of PR News Hall of Fame Award

WASHINGTON, DC -- Victor Kamber, president of Carmen Group Communications, is this year's winner of the prestigious PR News Hall of Fame award. He was recognized for a career of excellence and innovation in labor communications. more>>>

-- August 4, 2006 --

Exciting Client News: ER One and Microsoft

MedStar Health/Washington Hospital Center's Project ER One, a federally sponsored effort to design the national prototype all-risks ready emergency care facility, has pioneered medical informatics as part of delivering the model for next generation emergency care. Creating and enhancing systems that deliver information from all sources to the point of care is an integral part of the vision.

Microsoft has entered into a long-term strategic alliance with MedStar and is purchasing clinical health software Azyxxi. This represents a major strategic change for Microsoft as they move beyond supplying operating tools into their first vertical industry solution.

Azyxxi (ah-zik-see), the electronic medical record and health information system inside of Washington Hospital Center and ER One, quickly retrieves and displays information from sources including scanned documents, E.K.G.'s, X-rays, M.R.I. scans, PET scans, angiograms and ultrasound images. It has successfully empowered physicians with instant access to critical patient information in emergency situations.

For a video demonstration of the software and the announcement, click here

To read Washington Hospital's press release, click here

-- July 6, 2006 --

Washington Post
Carmen's Africa Team Has Its Keystone

By Judy Sarasohn

The Carmen Group, which in the past year has made a play for business in Africa and hired strategically to make that happen, has scored a substantial lobbying client -- the government of Algeria. more>>>

- June 10, 2006 --

Healthcare Practice Wins Proven Process Award

Carmen Group's Healthcare Practice was awarded the third annual Proven Process Award for outstanding results achieved on behalf of client Major Medicaid Hospital Coalition. Each Year Carmen Group recognizes the practice that has best accomplished its client mission with its most prestigious award. The award results from a detailed, competitive submission process and underscores the firm's emphasis on substantive performance that achieves client value.

-- May 22, 2006 --

Saluting a Major Client Mission Accomplished

Carmen Group salutes the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) on the official dedication of the Deep Tunnel Project. The project controls stormwater overflow and contamination, protecting people, property and the environment from flooding. The project also cleans up Chicago's waterways and Lake Michigan, the area's source of drinking water. The ceremony marks the culmination of more than 30 years of innovative engineering that created 109.4 miles of tunnels ranging from 150 to 300 feet below ground.

We are proud to have worked with MWRD over the past two decades to implement successful federal funding and communications strategies for one of the largest and most technical public works projects in U.S. history.

"Chicago's Underground Wonder" (Chicago Tribune) more>>>

-- May 3, 2006 --

Carmen Group Communications Wins Top Industry Award

Carmen Group Communications has been awarded three TellyAwards for a video entitled, "The Building of North America: A Labor History." The video, produced for the Sheet Metal Workers' International Association, won the highest honor in the History/Biography and Editing categories. A Bronze award for outstanding achievement was granted in the Education category.

-- January 19, 2006 --

Carmen Group Builds Africa Expertise

Constance Berry Newman joins Carmen Group as Special Counsel for African Affairs. She will lead Carmen Group's intensified focus on Africa's growing importance in international business and policy. New Senior Associate Charles Williams contributes substantive African expertise and deep experience in U.S. trade and investment policy. more>>>

-- December 5, 2005 --

Carmen Group Donates Office Space to Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund

Carmen Group has donated a portion of its office space to the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund, a major non-profit effort dedicated to Gulf Coast recovery.

-- November 1, 2005 --

SHAPE: Carmen Groups Policy Forum Debuts at American University

The political challenges of rebuilding the Gulf Coast region will be explored at an American University School of Public Affairs forum,"Katrina: Rebuilding After Disaster," at 8 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 7. in the Kay Spiritual Life Center (4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW). more>>>

-- August 3, 2005 --

Healthcare Practice Wins Proven Process Award

Carmen Group's Healthcare Practice was awarded the second annual Proven Process Award for outstanding results achieved on behalf of client Washington Hospital Center's Project ER-One. Each Year Carmen Group recognizes the practice that has best accomplished its client mission with its most prestigious award. The award results from a detailed, competitive submission process and underscores the firm's emphasis on substantive performance that achieves client value.