Clerk of the House of Representatives
Legislative Resource Center
135 Cannon Building
Washington, DC 20515
http://lobbyingdisclosure.house.gov
Secretary of the Senate
Office of Public Records
232 Hart Building
Washington, DC 20510
http://www.senate.gov/lobby

LOBBYING REGISTRATION

Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 4)

Check One: New Registrant New Client for Existing Registrant Amendment

1. Effective Date of Registration
9/6/2018
2. House Identification
 41146
Senate Identification
 400532589

REGISTRANT Organization/Lobbying Firm Self Employed Individual

3. Registrant Organization
Prime Policy Group
Address
1110 Vermont Avenue, NW
Address2
​Suite 1000
City
Washington
State
DC
Zip
20005
Country
USA

4. Principal place of business (if different than line 3)

City
State
Zip
Country
5. Contact name and telephone number International Number
Contact
​Ms. Abbi Stuaan
Telephone
​2025304574
E-mail
​abbi.stuaan@prime-policy.com
6. General description of registrant’s business or activities
​Government and Public Affairs Firm

CLIENT A Lobbying Firm is required to file a separate registration for each client. Organizations employing in-house lobbyists should check the box labeled “Self” and proceed to line 10. Self

7. Client name
​NewsGuard Technologies, Inc
Address
​25 West 52nd ST, 15th Floor
City
​New York
State
​NY
Zip
​10019
Country
​USA
8. Principal place of business (if different than line 7)
City
State
Zip
Country
9. General description of client’s business or activities
​News and telecommunications firm

LOBBYISTS

10. Name of each individual who has acted or is expected to act as a lobbyist for the client identified on line 7. If any person listed in this section has served as a “covered executive branch official” or “covered legislative branch official” within twenty years of first acting as a lobbyist for the client, state the executive and/or legislative position(s) in which the person served.

Name Covered Official Position (if applicable)
First
Last
Suffix
​Charles ​Black
​R Scott ​Pastrick
​Mark ​Disler ​1988-1996 Chief Counsel, Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate
​Pamela ​Turner ​2005-2008 Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, United States Department of Homeland Security
​Blaine ​Nolan ​2011-2015 Scheduler/Office Manager, Congressman Mike Quigley (D-IL-5) 2015-2016 Director of Scheduling, Congressman Chris Van Hollen (D-MD-8) 2017 Director of Scheduling, Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)

LOBBYING ISSUES

11. General lobbying issue areas (Select all applicable codes).

​TEC

12. Specific lobbying issues (current and anticipated)

Education and promotion of NewsGuards "human intelligence" system of rating news and information websites and giving them "Nutrition Labels," in the hope that it will be seen by Congress and Internet platform companies as a logical middle course between government regulation to prevent false information on the internet or the platform companies continuing to attempt to fix the problem internally.


AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

13. Is there an entity other than the client that contributes more than $5,000 to the lobbying activities of the registrant in a quarterly period and either participates in and/or in whole or in major part supervises or controls the registrant’s lobbying activities?

No --> Go to line 14. Yes --> Complete the rest of this section for each entity matching the criteria above, then proceed to line 14.

Internet Address:
Name Address Principal Place of Business
Street
City State/Province Zip Code Country
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FOREIGN ENTITIES

14. Is there any foreign entity

a) holds at least 20% equitable ownership in the client or any organization identified on line 13; or

b) directly or indirectly, in whole or in major part, plans, supervises, controls, directs, finances or subsidizes activities of the client or any organization identified on line 13; or

c) is an affiliate of the client or any organization identified on line 13 and has a direct interest in the outcome of the lobbying activity?

No --> Sign and date the registration. Yes --> Complete the rest of this section for each entity matching the criteria above, then sign the registration.

Address Ownership
Name Street Principal place of business Amount of contribution
City State/Province Country
(city and state or country) for lobbying activities

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Signature
Digitally Signed By: Abbi Stuaan
Date
10/15/2018 12:47:34 PM

ADDITIONAL LOBBYISTS

10. Supplemental. List any additional lobbyists for this client not listed on page 1, number 10.

Name Covered Official Position (if applicable) Have you been convicted of a crime?
First
Last
Suffix
​Marty ​Paone ​95 Asst Secretary, Minority, Senate 95-01 Secretary for the Minority, Senate 01-02 Secretary, Majority, Senate 02-07 Secretary, Minority, Senate 07-08 Secretary, Majority, Senate, 15-17 Deputy Asst to the President for Leg Affairs
​Rich ​Meade ​1994-1996 Legislative Director, Congressman Jim Nussle (R-IA-01) 1997-2003 Chief of Staff, Congressman Jim Nussle (R-IA-01) 2001-2005 Chief of Staff, Committee on the Budget, United States House of Representatives
​Keith ​Smith ​2001-2002 Director, Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs, International Trade Administration, United States Department of Commerce
ADDITIONAL LOBBYING ISSUES
11. Supplemental. General lobbying issue areas. Enter any additional codes for issues not listed on page 2, number 11.

ADDITIONAL AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS13. Supplemental. List any other affiliated organization that meets the criteria specified and is not listed on page 2, number 13.
Name Address Principal Place of Business
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ADDITIONAL FOREIGN ENTITIES
14. Supplemental. List any other foreign entity that meets the criteria specified and is not listed on page 2, number 14.
Name Address Principal place of business
(city and state or country)
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