Homeland Security & Infrastructure

OUR CAPABILITIES & SERVICES

Carter, Williams, and Zamot can develop and execute a holistic federal strategy,  including:

• Provide a DC presence for advocacy, business development, intelligence, communications, and quick response;

• Determining the decision makers within federal agencies, such as Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, Veterans Affairs, State, and Transportation, then engaging them with information regarding client capabilities/strategies/goals;

• Enhancing current contracts and relationships within federal agencies;

• Establishing opportunities for observation and assessment by key Congressional and Administration decision-makers;

• Establishing opportunities for introduction and familiarization by the attachés and key staff of international embassies/entities;

• Liaising with international affairs directorates of the military services to find and facilitate opportunities;

• Representation at DC conferences; engaging with relevant Washington advocacy associations;

• Finding, vetting, and facilitating potential teaming opportunities, and leveraging current teaming arrangements;

• Maximizing and cultivating geographical/political footprints;
  
  
• Engaging key Members of Congress, their staff, and committee professional staff on capabilities, expertise, and issues of interest;
  
  
• Generating communications by Members of Congress to Executive Agencies;

 

• Coordinating actions and communications between key congressional staff and the staff of agency legislative liaisons;
  
  
• Influencing the Defense Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) process, as well as other agency equivalents;
  
  
• Working the legislative authorization (policy) process to codify language and/or study directives (to generate or mitigate requirements);
  
  
• Working the legislative appropriations process to direct and/or protect funding;
  
  
• Capitalizing on diverse and obscure funding and policy opportunities;
  
  
• Ensuring any relevant funding is not diverted or rescinded, and will be provided through advantageous contract vehicles;
  
  

• Monitoring for and responding to potential adverse actions; e.g. protection from threatening legislation, funding cuts, regulations, bureaucratic issues, and  communications initiated by adversarial entities;
  
  
• Assisting in campaign contribution decisions and in the formation of a political action committee (PAC);
  
  
• Proposal and capture support;
  
  
• Assisting in due diligence activities;
  
  
• Assisting in development and execution of a complementary state and local strategy (e.g. National Guard, FEMA responders, local administrators and non-governmental organizations);
  
  
• Providing temporary DC workspace for traveling personnel.