LMW Strategies
LMW Strategies is a Bethesda (Maryland) based public relations firm.
O'Dwyers PR Services Report describes LMW as "a boutique shop run by Lorraine McHugh-Wytkind, former communications director for Sen. Hillary Clinton who held PA posts during the Clinton Administration in the White House, and later at the Food and Drug Administration under Secretary Donna Shalala." [1] (sub req'd.)
The FedBizOpps database described the contract as to provide "strategic communications services in support of the President's Commission on Care for Americas Returning Wounded Warriors.Requirements include extensive knowledge of strategic communications, health affairs and the ability to interface with high level Government Officials." [2]
O'Dwyer's PR Daily reported that the contract was worth $100,000, according to the contracting officer, Michael Murtha. [3] (sub req'd)
PR for the the President's Commission
In late March 2007, PR Week reported that the Washington Headquarters Services (WHS), which provides "operational support to several Department of Defense agencies", had awarded a contract to the Bethesda-based PR company LMW Strategies to help the President's Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors. According to PR Week, the no-bid contract runs until August 1, 2007. [4]
Other SourceWatch Resources
External links
- "Strategic Communications services in support of the President's Commission on Care for Americas Returning Wounded Warriors", FedBizOpps datbase, March 22, 2007.
- Steve Peacock, "Pentagon Hires PR Firm to Put Spin on Soldier Healthcare Debacle", ThePeacockReport.com, March 24, 2007.
- "Pentagon To Award No-Bid Vet Health PR Contract", O'Dwyer's PR Daily, March 26, 2007. (Sub req'd)
- Marc Longpre, "Pentagon's WSH hires firm in aftermath of Walt Reed scandal", PR Week, March 27, 2007.
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