Bloomberg Government is a division of Bloomberg Industry Group that provides data-driven decision tools, news, and analytics in a digital workspace for professionals who influence government action.

History

Bloomberg Government offices in Washington, DC

Bloomberg Government launched in 2011 as a comprehensive solution to eliminate multiple government information resources. According to ''

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'', the service was developed to provide news and information about politics, along with the less "glamorous" aspects of government reporting, including legislative and regulatory coverage. The first stages of what is now Bloomberg Government began in 2009, when a team led by Chris Walters and Don Baptiste spent most of the year researching to find a solution to match market needs, and after two years of market sizing, the product was launched. Bloomberg Government is now used by Congressional offices, trade associations, federal contractors, lobbyists, and corporate government-affairs professionals. On April 6, 2017, Bloomberg L.P. announced that Bloomberg Government will become part of Bloomberg BNA.

Staff

Bloomberg implemented an aggressive recruiting strategy to staff Bloomberg Government in

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, which included hiring industry analysts, political staff, product developers, and a business development team. The business is currently organized in two primary segments focused on serving government-affairs professionals and federal contractors, respectively. Arielle Elliott serves as the head of Bloomberg Government.

Product

Bloomberg Government is a digital tool focused on three types of users: government-affairs professionals, congressional staff, and federal contractors.

Government affairs and Congressional staff

Bloomberg Government provides clients in Congress, corporate government affairs, trade associations, and lobbying detailed analytics that enhance decision-making. The company’s government-affairs service includes lobbying performance analytics, access to more than 35,000 aggregated news sources, in-depth legislative tracking, regulation monitoring, directories of federal agencies, professionals and congressional staff, tools to track federal spending, and access to exclusive events.

Federal Contractors

Bloomberg Government’s federal procurement service is designed for contracting professionals focused on strategy and competitive intelligence, as well as business development and sales executives. The company’s service allows teams to hone business strategy, build pipelines, perform strategic research, size markets, and identify partners throughout the industry.

Mobile App

In 2015, Bloomberg Government released an application for iPhone users featuring the product's news alerts, calendars, and congressional directories for government affairs professionals. The app is free to use for Bloomberg Government subscribers.

Awards

In its inaugural year, Bloomberg Government received a Knight-Batten Award for Innovation in Journalism for combining interactive data, analytics, and reporting that quantifies the business impacts of government action.

Events

Vice President Joe Biden speaking at Bloomberg Government

Bloomberg Government convenes proprietary and underwritten events. Recent event topics range from cybersecurity and defense spending to immigration and trade policy. Recent speakers at Bloomberg Government events include: Vice President at the time and current president Joe Biden, Senators

John McCain John Sidney McCain III (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American politician and United States Navy officer who served as a United States senator from Arizona from 1987 until his death in 2018. He previously served two te ...

Ted Cruz Rafael Edward "Ted" Cruz (; born December 22, 1970) is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States Senator from Texas since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, Cruz served as Solicitor General of Texas fro ...

, Saxby Chambliss, and

Bob Corker Robert Phillips Corker Jr. (born August 24, 1952) is an American businessman and politician who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 2007 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he served as Chair of the Senate Foreign Rel ...

; Representatives

Mario Díaz-Balart Mario Rafael Díaz-Balart Caballero (; born September 25, 1961) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 25th congressional district. A Republican, he was elected in 2002, and his district includes much of s ...

, Bill Shuster, Randy Forbes, and

Adam Smith Adam Smith (baptized 1723 – 17 July 1790) was a Scottish economist and philosopher who was a pioneer in the thinking of political economy and key figure during the Scottish Enlightenment. Seen by some as "The Father of Economics"——� ...

; Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx, White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Michael Daniel, Air Force Secretary

Deborah Lee James Deborah Roche Lee James (born November 25, 1958) served as the 23rd Secretary of the Air Force. She is the second woman, after Sheila Widnall (1993–1997), to ever hold this position. James was confirmed as 23rd Secretary of the Air Force on De ...

, former Director of the National Security Agency Keith Alexander, former FBI Director

Robert Mueller Robert Swan Mueller III (; born August 7, 1944) is an American lawyer and government official who served as the sixth director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 2001 to 2013. A graduate of Princeton University and New York ...

, former Secretary of Transportation

Ray LaHood Raymond H. LaHood (born December 6, 1945) is an American politician who served as the 16th United States Secretary of Transportation from 2009 to 2013 under President Barack Obama. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served in the ...

, former Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Carol Browner, and former Governors

Haley Barbour Haley Reeves Barbour (born October 22, 1947) is an American attorney, politician, and lobbyist who served as the 63rd governor of Mississippi from 2004 to 2012. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as chairman of the Republican ...

and

Ed Rendell Edward Gene Rendell (; born January 5, 1944) is an American lawyer, prosecutor, politician, and author. He served as the 45th Governor of Pennsylvania from 2003 to 2011, as chair of the national Democratic Party, and as the 96th Mayor of Philad ...

References

External links

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