Scribe Strategies and Advisors – the Voice of Governments

Scribe Strategies and Advisors is a Washington DC-based public relations and communications consultancy founded by Joseph Szlavik. The firm advises governments, defense and aerospace clients, and financial and homeland-security accounts through a global consultant network. Facts below reflect the firm as of original publication in 2015.

Overview

Scribe Strategies and Advisors is a Washington DC-based public relations and business-strategy consultancy that has operated across the intersection of government affairs, defense, and international policy since its founding. The firm's model is a distributed consultant network — reported at over thirty consultants worldwide as of 2015 — rather than a traditional single-office agency.

The client base runs across sovereign governments, defense and aerospace manufacturers, financial institutions, and homeland-security clients. Associates and consultants are positioned across Washington DC, Dubai, London, Los Angeles, and Geneva, giving the firm operational reach into the major concentrations of policy, defense, and finance activity.

Leadership: Joseph Szlavik

Joseph Szlavik founded Scribe Strategies and Advisors. His background includes work in the White House on international policy during the George H.W. Bush administration, and subsequent work with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Customs Service. That governmental grounding shaped the firm's later positioning as a bridge between sovereign clients and Washington policy processes.

The firm's Andrew R. Koch — a former journalist and news bureau chief covering defense and security — led the homeland security practice as of original publication.

Practice Areas

• Government affairs and sovereign representation — Scribe has represented multiple national governments in Washington, including engagements registered under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).
• Aerospace and defense — as of original publication, Scribe reported that its aerospace and defense consultants had contributed to more than $20 billion in sales across 23 countries for approximately 100 clients.
• Homeland security — led as of 2015 by Andrew R. Koch, a former defense-and-security journalist and bureau chief.
• Financial services and emerging markets — Wall Street and emerging-markets advisory alongside international policy work.
• International policy — sovereign engagement across the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and Asia.

Notable Historical Clients (as of Original Publication)

Scribe's disclosed client roster as of 2015 included EADS Defense Electronics, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, the Governments of Kenya, Oman, Uganda, and the Republic of Korea, ITT Defense (subsequently Exelis, Inc.), and the U.S. Sports Alliance.

The Burundi Engagement

In 2015, Scribe added the Republic of Burundi to its representation. The engagement was scoped for a specific one-week deliverable rather than an open-ended retainer, with potential expansion. The Embassy of Burundi in Washington DC engaged Scribe to arrange meetings for Alain-Aimé Nyamitwe, then Minister of External Relations and International Cooperation, during his June 22, 2015, visit to Washington. Scribe was tasked with setting meetings with members of Congress, Executive Branch officials, NGO leadership, journalists, and academics. The initial engagement request came from the Embassy in February 2015 and was recorded with the Department of Justice under FARA in mid-July.

Editor's Note

This profile reflects Scribe Strategies and Advisors as of original publication in 2015. Current firm status, active FARA registrations, and current client engagements should be verified via the FARA public filings database maintained by the U.S. Department of Justice.

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