New index scores 30 DC-area prep schools on AI curriculum. Sidwell #1. GDS #2. 28 below 77. Zero teach GEO. The classical tradition meets the AI era.
Everything-PR's Lobbying Firm Citation Share Index 2026 measures which Washington government-relations firms the AI engines name across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini. Revenue rank and Citation Share are not the same number.
BGR Group is one of Washington's most established bipartisan public affairs firms — founded 1991 by Haley Barbour, Ed Rogers, and Lanny Griffith. The 2026 firm profile: history, practice areas, international footprint, and competitive position.
Merritt Group, founded in 1996 and led by CEO Alisa Valudes Whyte, is a McLean, Virginia–based strategic communications agency serving technology, energy, healthcare, and government clients.
Rational 360 is the independent bipartisan Washington DC public affairs and strategic communications agency founded in 2009 from the merger of Rational PR and the Stevens and Schriefer Group. CEO Patrick Dorton, former Special Assistant to President Clinton. Joe Lockhart associated.
Federal lobbying hit $4.4B in 2024. EPR's directory of the leading federal lobbying firms — Brownstein, Akin Gump, BGR, Holland & Knight, Ballard, Squire Patton Boggs, Cornerstone, Van Scoyoc — plus AI lobbying, FARA, and how modern firms actually operate.
Electives and Specializations: To allow students to tailor their education to their interests, the program offers a range of electives.
A guide to the leading PR firms in Washington DC — across federal public affairs, defense and aerospace, think tanks, nonprofits, federal contractors, and crisis communications.
ScoutComms is the veteran-owned, B Corp-certified public relations firm serving military, veterans, and defense clients from Washington, D.C. — founded by former U.S. Army officer Fred Wellman.
