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Liberty Strategies LLC is a consulting firm headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with an office in Alexandria, Virginia. The firm was founded in 2004 by former Georgia Congressman Bob Barr, who served in the House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003. The firm maintains relationships with several individuals and outside firms with which it has worked, and which are well-known to Congressman Barr. Liberty Strategies partners with these individuals and firms as necessary to meet the needs of the firm's clients. This provides the firm significantly expanded capabilities even as it helps reduce the cost to clients. Liberty Strategies provides customized services tailored to the needs of its clients in key areas that are relevant to the current business and political climate in Washington, D.C., in individual states, and internationally. Liberty Strategies maintains strong, productive and personal relationships with key Members of Congress and the Senate - and their senior staffs - on both sides of the political aisle. This is an especially important asset in view of the continued closeness of national, Senate and congressional elections; something likely to remain a hallmark of politics in the United States for the foreseeable future. Media contacts, access and experience are important assets of Liberty Strategies and its principals. Bob Barr remains a sought-after commentator for radio and television on matters relating to privacy, law, national security, and many other public policy topics. He has appeared on virtually every major cable program dealing with public policy matters and current affairs. His columns have appeared in major newspapers from New York to California, and from Washington, D.C. to Atlanta (where he writes a weekly opinion piece for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution). Bob Barr also is in demand as a public speaker, appearing regularly at law schools, universities, public policy forums, and business meetings. Another Liberty Strategies principal has served as a consultant for major cable TV and network programs on national security, military, and foreign affairs matters. Liberty Strategies is able to draw on the credibility that derives from such work, to greatly enhance its value to clients. Liberty Strategies also has a full-time media expert to manage both the firm's media and public relations needs; enabling the firm to assist with such aspects of our client's media and public relations requirements. A key focus of the firm is privacy and information security policy. This reflects in large measure the strong background in this area possessed by Congressman Barr (which led columnist William Safire to dub him, "Mr. Privacy"), as well as the importance of privacy measures and policies which companies, governments and other entities must employ in the technology- and information-rich 21st Century. Of particular note in this regard also is the association with Liberty Strategies of Gil Macklin, who served with distinction as a top investigator with the U.S. House of Representatives Government Reform Committee (including the years in which Congressman Barr served as Vice-Chairman of that Committee). Liberty Strategies focuses on specific policy areas where it has extensive contacts and particularized expertise. Those areas include legal policy, privacy and information security policy, and international affairs. Liberty Strategies' client base ranges from small defense-related companies to major public technology companies. Balancing privacy and security represents a significant challenge that can either limit or enhance future growth in that sector. With Congressman Barr having played a key role in drafting many of the statutes impacting privacy policy (Gramm-Leach-Bliley, USA PATRIOT Act, Sarbanes-Oxley, etc.), Liberty Strategies understands where problems in these areas lie, and how best to navigate them in the public affairs arena. Liberty Strategies is able to conduct assessments of a client's systems and proposals identified as high privacy risks. The firm will then work with its clients' personnel to shape policies addressing potential problems, and actively support the improved systems and proposals in the public affairs arena. That assistance might run the full gamut from direct lobbying, to public relations, to "grass tops" mobilization. When Liberty Strategies identifies areas in which deliverables are needed, the firm's focus shifts to making things happen, including publishing on specific topics, lobbying contacts on and off Capitol Hill, building coalitions on behalf of specific policies and products, serving as a bridge to private sector organizations, and more. Liberty Strategies also assists clients is in addressing the best way to interface with other entities concerned with privacy and other policies, in order to acquaint them as appropriate with clients' activities so as to avoid, neutralize or minimize opposition or adverse action. In terms of specific deliverables, the capabilities of Liberty Strategies include the following:• Messaging.Liberty Strategies will review a client's existing messaging and marketing collateral materials and offer advice to refine them to offer maximum appeal to conservative opinion leaders and grassroots activists.