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The Houston Group (the Firm), formerly Ternes-Houston & Associates, a Governmental Affairs counseling firm, was formed in March 1980, by Joseph J. Ternes and Robert P. Houston following their early retirement from the Kaiser Industries Corporation, after the company elected to close its Governmental Relations Offices in Washington, D.C. and in Sacramento, California. Our office is presently located within two blocks of the State Capitol. This fully equipped, spacious facility is within one to two blocks of a number of key State agencies and departments of particular interest to our client's legislative and regulatory programs. In fact, our office is conveniently located less than a block from the new California Environmental Protection Agency's headquarters. The Firm has comfortable meeting accommodations for up to 16 persons. Clients have use of telephone, duplicating, computer and secretarial communications services. The Firm subscribes to a daily bill service -- picking up bills and publications at the Capitol early each morning during the working week. The Firm also subscribes to LegWeb, a comprehensive legislative tracking system, which affords the Firm the ability to design personalized legislative watch lists tailored to meet client needs and provide "on-demand" information as to the particulars of key client legislation including, the text, summaries, analyses and vote summaries of subject bills. The Firm receives the "Regulatory Register" and other publications including agendas, reports, and an assortment of related materials on a timely basis from regulatory agencies, boards, and commissions of direct interest to our clients. Although our records and tracking system have been developed and refined over the past thirty years, our operations are not static, in fact, we constantly endeavor to incorporate new ideas and technologies into bringing better service delivery to our clients. The Firm can also assist clients in the preparation of a similar "in house" system, should that be their pleasure.