ACCOMPLISHMENTS

  • The National Group has assisted University, Museum and Hospital clients in securing requests totaling more than $100 million in FY24 Congressionally Directed Spending and Community Project Funding for research, education, equipment and infrastructure.
  • The National Group helped a Private Equity client win several key provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act worth billions of dollars.
  • A Science Museum client secured more than $1 million for STEM education programs in the FY23 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill.
  • On behalf of a Medium Sized Technology Company, TNG secured $10 million in the FY23 Defense appropriations bill for the Air Force to procure fentanyl detection devices.
  • $2 million was included in the FY23 Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations bill for a University client to upgrade its microelectronics clean room facilities.
  • The National Group assisted a major Hospital and Medical Research Center in securing $6 million in FY23 Department of Health and Human Services funding for equipment and instrumentation upgrades for its long-term Covid-19 research program.
  • On behalf of a health care client, TNG secured $200 million for work on vaccine uptake and infection control in nursing homes in the American Rescue Plan Act.
  • TNG landed $75 million to support opioid prescribing best practices in the SUPPORT Act.
  • The National Group helped a university client secure a $1.5M programmatic increase in the FY22 Senate Appropriations bill to continue a research program with the US Marine Corps to extend the life of vehicles and weapons platforms
  • On behalf of a university client, The National Group assisted in getting language included in the FY22 Senate Defense Appropriations bill that will provide funding for research into secondary effects of traumatic brain injury in warfighters
  • The National Group helped to secure a programmatic increase of $50M in the FY22 Senate Energy & Water Appropriations bill for a corporate client working on technology to improve energy efficiency in buildings
  • Working with a major American corporation, The National Group helped to secure a programmatic increase of $15M  in the FY22 Senate Defense Appropriations bill for an additive manufacturing project with the US Navy
  • The National Group helped to secure a $7.3M earmark for a hospital resiliency project in the FY22 House Homeland Security Appropriations bill
  • Working with a Florida hospital, The National Group devised and executed a strategy that led to a protective seawall being reconstructed by the US Army Corps of Engineers saving the hospital more than $7M
  • The National Group helped to restore $70M in federal funding for a clean energy manufacturing innovation institute that had been eliminated in the Department of Energy’s budget
  • Working with providers of emergency room services, The National Group helped to pass legislation to end surprise medical bills in a manner fair to both patients and providers
  • With the assistance of The National Group, University of Hawai’i Cancer Center has received a $3 million grant to conduct research related to the effects of mesothelioma on warfighters, military personnel generally, DOD civilian and contract employees working in shipyards and other facilities where exposure to asbestos and other causes of mesothelioma are located.
  • Researchers at National Jewish Health will seek to understand why warfighters deployed toSouthwest Asia suffer increased rates of respiratory disease and test potential treatments thanks to $11.5 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Defense.
  • RIT’S Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies received a $2.1 million contract to continue its work on Defense Modernization and Life Cycle Engineering for the Marine Corps
  • RIT’s Center for Urban Entrepreneurship awarded $1.5 million from EDA for renovation to help refurbish downtown landmark
  • California Science Center in Los Angeles won a national competition to permanently display retired NASA Space Shuttle Endeavour.
  • Rochester Institute of Technology has received more than $75 million in research and infrastructure funding.
  • For over ten years, TNG has represented Boeing in its work with the International Space Station, new Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle and building a vehicle to deliver crew to the ISS.
  • More than $100 million in research and infrastructure funding secured for the University of Hawaii System.
  • Philadelphia University has received $12 million in Department of Commerce and $10 million in DOD funding for textile.
  • When NASA cancelled the space shuttle launch designated to bring the multi-billion dollar Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer to the Space Station, CERN (the European Energy Research Facility) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) faced the probability of having a billion dollar investment marooned on Earth. They turned to the National Group in 2008 to advocate on their behalf to the Obama Administration, NASA and Congress to restore the dedicated shuttle flight that would deliver this scientific payload to the ISS. Their confidence was rewarded when a dedicated shuttle mission for AMS was added in the first Obama budget for NASA. The AMS was launched in 2011 and today delivers science results that will rewrite textbooks for centuries.
  • Texas Tech University received more than $60 million in research and infrastructure.
  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California received $6 million in Department of Defense funding for next generation operating room research.
  • Stanford University has employed TNG to restore funding for both the Gravity Probe B mission, launched in 2004 and early funding for the STEP mission, an on-orbit test of Einstein’s relativity principle.
  • National Jewish Medical Center (Denver) has received $10 million in Department of Defense funding for a respiratory biodefense research program.
  • United Space Alliance used TNG’s partners to develop the plan and strategy for convincing Congress to add nearly $100 million in upgrades for the aging space shuttle fleet in the late 1990’s.
  • American Film Institute received funding through the Department of Education for a national literacy demonstration program.
  • TNG successfully lobbied for implementation of a plan for Silicon Graphics to put their high performance computer products in NASA facilities; a decision resulting in tens of millions of dollars in sales.
  • TNG client Boeing Corp received full funding of C-17 Cargo Aircraft.
  • Missouri Botanical Garden and the St. Louis Garden District Commission received $10 million in HUD funding for neighborhood redevelopment.
  • To facilitate the transfer of certain satellite operations to Arizona State University, TNG lobbied NASA and the Congress giving the University great capabilities to offer its students.
  • TNG represented Alenia Spazio at a time when they contributed more than half of the hardware now on the International Space Station (ISS).
  • California Science Center received $20 million in U.S. Department of Transportation funding for construction of an intermodal transportation facility.
  • When General Dynamics reentered the NASA marketplace with their Space Systems Ground Segment award in 2010, they turned to TNG affiliate Lawrence International to cement their NASA relationships, build new ones and confirm their spot as one of NASA’s leading contractors.
  • When Mitsubishi Corporation (Japan) wanted a better understanding of the direction of US Civil Space policy and how Japan could plan a more effective role in it, they turned to Lawrence International for representation. This relationship continued for over a decade, paralleling a period in which Japan made strategic partnerships with NASA on ISS and many other critical civil space programs.
  • Electric Boat/General Dynamics received full funding for its U.S. Navy New Attack Submarine program
  • Lockheed’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program fully funded FY09-13.
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