QGA mobilized patient and provider groups to call attention to a measure that would have created a hardship for people with severe disabilities who need custom-fit power wheelchairs and rehabilitative devices. QGA was successful in its efforts to pass a statutory exemption to legislation for customized medical equipment that was included in a new Medicare competitive bidding demonstration program.

On behalf of a multi-hospital healthcare system, QGA worked successfully to extend financial relief to certain hospitals affected by the Medicare “imputed rural floor wage” index formula. This CMS regulation will allow these hospitals to more fairly compete for patients and employees with hospitals in neighboring states.

QGA worked on behalf of a coalition of 40 coal producers, utilities, and railroads to promote the group's interests before Congress during consideration of climate change legislation. QGA oversaw the launch of the coalition, successfully promoting the rollout of its policy principles to Capitol Hill. QGA effectively worked on behalf of the coalition to promote climate change legislation that balances environmental and economic concerns.

A large energy and power company was faced with billions of dollars in costs to rebuild damaged power lines in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Working together with QGA, the company made a compelling case to Congress and the Administration that federal support was appropriate. The company was awarded funds to rebuild its damaged infrastructure in the region.

QGA was hired by a global building materials company to help resolve a 16-year-old order against importing Mexican cement into the U.S. QGA was able to successfully negotiate a settlement of the anti-dumping order between the U.S. and Mexico with the support of the U.S./domestic cement manufacturing industry.

QGA advised and supported a European government in pursuing a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) and Visa Waiver Program with the United States to demonstrate continued bilateral interests. QGA provided communications services and outreach to the U.S. business community for this country’s prime minister, who wanted to attract investment and create a stable business climate in his country. QGA also advises the country’s ambassador in his work with the National Security Council, the Department of State and Congress as he works for successful resolution of an issue currently being mediated by the United Nations.

A trade dispute involving the largest bilateral trading relationship in the world led a natural resources client to call upon QGA for strategic advice. QGA represented this client on Capitol Hill and helped advocate their position before key U.S. policymakers. After years of negotiations, a long term trade agreement was reached in 2006.

Since the founding of our firm in 2000, QGA has worked for a leading provider of industry-focused assurance, tax and advisory services.  Over the years, our work has included helping to position the company as a responsible player amidst a difficult reputational and regulatory environment for the industry, and providing strategic assistance, communications support and direct lobbying at the SEC and on Capitol Hill.

QGA worked with senior management of one of the largest asset managers in the world to convince the SEC to streamline the approval process for Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). In addition to directly lobbying SEC Commissioners and their staff, QGA also provided strategic advice, communications support and ally recruitment services.  As a result of our work, the SEC expedited the ETF approval process.

When, as a part of bankruptcy agreements requested by the Federal Auto Task Force, U.S. auto manufacturers began closing dealerships, a committee of auto dealers asked QGA to join their team to help pass legislation requiring an arbitration process for dealership terminations. QGA worked with the committee and hundreds of dealers to hone their message and focus outreach on key government officials. QGA helped the client garner bipartisan support in both houses of Congress for a provision which was ultimately passed as a part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2010. The provision provided for a multi-step, neutral and nonbinding arbitration process with specific, fair and balanced criteria.

QGA advised a large automaker as Congress worked out details of the CAFE standards in the 2007 energy bill (H.R. 6), a difficult but balanced compromise to reduce the auto industry's carbon footprint. QGA helped the automaker engage in the legislative process to work on the common goal of lessening America’s dependence on foreign oil while preserving American jobs and maintaining consumer choice.

QGA successfully garnered national, regional and local media coverage of a variety of events and issues for one of the world’s largest aerospace and defense companies, including business television bookings for executives, extensive television coverage for a company-sponsored photography exhibit in the Washington area, and in-depth briefings of key opinion media for a policy issue.

QGA worked on behalf of a major U.S. airline to help ensure that an attempted take-over by a rival airline. A bi-partisan lobbying team from QGA helped develop a strategic plan for the House and Senate, worked with committee staff and individual members to help shape the Congressional hearings and conducted an intensive outreach effort on Capitol Hill to educate Members of Congress about the problems associated with the take-over proposal.

After 9/11, Congress enacted liability limits for the airlines, unintentionally shifting enormous liability to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the group holding the lease on the World Trade Center site. QGA worked with the parties to generate support within the Administration and the House and Senate leadership for liability parity for the World Trade Center. Ultimately, language covering the World Trade Center, as well as airline manufacturers and the City of New York, was enacted into law as part of the Aviation Security Act.

Since 2001, QGA has worked with one of the nation’s largest real estate trade associations on a range of issues, including advocating for creative tax incentives to spur home buying in the current economic crisis and health care policies affecting the self-employed.

QGA successfully worked on behalf of a major U.S. multinational technology firm to pass a one-time exemption for foreign income repatriated to the U.S. This protected the company from the higher tax rate that otherwise would have been due on repatriated foreign funds.

When a change in tax law resulted in Puerto Rico-based corporations paying a higher tax on dividends than U.S. mainland-based corporations, a prominent Puerto Rican financial services company turned to QGA for help. QGA successfully advocated a lowering of the tax rate for corporations based in Puerto Rico to reflect the different rates on the Island. This change, saving Puerto Rico-based companies millions of dollars, was included in the FSC-ETI legislation and signed into law by the President.

A major technology company was competing with a well-financed, politically connected competitor lobbying Congress and the FCC to force the sharing of exclusive spectrum bandwidth — and to do so at no cost. Over the course of four years, QGA successfully defeated more than 10 attempts to include spectrum sharing language in various pieces of legislation. In the end, the competitor was defeated.

QGA currently advises the founder and CEO of one of the largest private commercial broadcast entertainment and media groups in Europe, helping him enhance commercial ties with the U.S. business community. Most recently, QGA facilitated an event with the U.S. Ambassador to his country, positioning the client as a helpful partner to U.S. companies and diplomats in the region.

QGA worked for a multinational technology company to successfully change a “pay for” considered for inclusion in the Farm Bill of 2008. The provision was intended to target “treaty shopping” and “tax havens” by forcing multinational companies to pay holding-company-physical-domicile rates instead of treaty rates.

QGA successfully worked on behalf of a major U.S. multinational technology firm to pass a one-time exemption for foreign income repatriated to the U.S. This protected the company from the higher tax rate that otherwise would have been due on repatriated foreign funds.

QGA helped one of the foremost companies in the distilled spirits industry resolve a crisis when regulations from the Treasury Department threatened one of its most popular product lines.  QGA helped the company assert its case and was able to prevent an adverse outcome.

QGA has worked on behalf of one of the world's largest food processors on the company’s communications and public policy challenges for a number of years. The firm was first retained to assist with communications challenges surrounding a successful defense against federal charges in a highly-publicized immigration case. In the ensuing years, QGA has assisted this client on matters as diverse as food safety, charitable giving, international trade, biofuel issues and country of origin labeling.

QGA provides public relations, coalition management and government relations services to a non-profit organization of more than 40 of the leading research universities in the U.S. who work to expand and strengthen federal government investment in basic research. QGA executes Capitol Hill and media events and outreach, writes and distributes materials, maintains the group’s web site and provides administrative support.

QGA worked on multi-employer pension reform for a large coalition of trucking and grocery store companies to secure needed funding improvements.

On behalf of the membership organization representing U.S. composers, songwriters, lyricists and music publishers, QGA has been instrumental in raising awareness of the organization and its focus on intellectual property issues among key lawmakers on Capitol Hill. For the past five years, QGA has organized, managed and executed a major two day fly-in event for the group. QGA also helped the organization host a high-profile “Songwriter Night” evening event which featured named entertainers, government officials and the media.

Lawsuit abuse in various state courts led a large business federation to call on QGA to manage its Class Action Reform Coalition. With QGA’s leadership, ground-breaking legislation was passed, allowing interstate class action lawsuits to be moved from state to federal court. This was a significant step in the effort to combat lawsuit abuse.

QGA developed and implemented a successful strategy to handle Congressional oversight hearings for a long-term care insurance company. QGA helped raise the company’s profile with key decision makers at the Department of Health and Human Services, within the presidential campaigns and in Congress.