State and Federal Communications

What State and Federal Communications does

State and Federal Communications, Inc. is a private political compliance consulting firm founded in 1993 and headquartered in Akron, Ohio, with a second office in Washington DC. The company provides subscription-based online guidebooks covering US lobbying, campaign finance, and procurement lobbying compliance laws across all 50 states and more than 300 municipal jurisdictions, plus an International Compliance Guidebook covering Canada, Europe, Oceania, Latin America, and Asia. Its core platform is cloud-based and accessible across web and mobile, with features such as bookmarking, device optimization, monthly Summary of Changes, and an SMS/MMS Mobile Alerts program for real-time regulatory updates.

The product suite is anchored by four guidebooks—US Lobbying Compliance Laws, US Political Contributions Compliance Laws, US Procurement Lobbying Compliance Laws, and International Political Compliance Laws—and is complemented by the ALERTS Consulting Service, which gives subscribers direct access to research attorneys for personalized compliance questions, plus a C-3 Corporate Contribution Compliance service. Content and demand-gen are reinforced by the LobbyComply Blog and LobbyComply Pod podcast, a monthly Compliance Now newsletter, weekly News You Can Use emails, bi-monthly Inside Elections updates, and an Ask the Expert feature.

The business model combines recurring annual subscription revenue from guidebook access with professional services revenue from ALERTS consulting, sold through a consultative enterprise field-sales motion with no public pricing and free demos as the lead-conversion mechanism. The company serves over 2,600 client organizations including Fortune 500 corporations, law firms, government affairs firms, trade associations, and non-profits, and is led by founder/CEO Elizabeth Bartz, with a bench of compliance attorneys and research specialists supporting both content production and consulting delivery.

Name

State and Federal Communications

Legal name

State and Federal Communications, Inc.

Website

https://stateandfed.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Political Compliance Consulting Services

NAICS

Broadcasting and Content Providers (516), Public Relations Agencies (54182)

SIC

Communications Services, Nec (4899)

akta.pro primary industry

Government & Public Policy Publishing (Regulations, Gazettes, Legislative Tracking) (MPAJACAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Corporate & Financial Communications (BPAFADAA), Government, Public Policy & Regulatory Reference (Public Administration, Regulatory Guidance) (EDAGAGAK)

Keywords

• Political compliance consulting
• Lobbying compliance guidebooks
• Government affairs research
• Procurement lobbying compliance
• Pay-to-play compliance

Headquarters

HQ city

Akron

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Online Guidebook Subscriptions: Subscription-based access to online compliance guidebooks covering lobbying, political contributions, and procurement lobbying laws. All subscribers receive free access to a team of research attorneys for questions, monthly Summary of Changes updates, 52 weeks of weekly News You Can Use email updates, Compliance Now e-newsletter, Inside Elections bi-monthly update, and free webinar trainings.
2. ALERTS Consulting Services: Personalized compliance consulting services providing direct assistance with lobbying disclosure compliance for corporations, lobbying firms, law firms, associations, and individual lobbyists at federal, state, and local levels. C-3 (Corporate Contribution Compliance) services are also offered.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels13 records

Core offering

State and Federal Communications, Inc. provides subscription-based online compliance guidebooks and expert consulting services that help corporations, associations, and law firms understand and comply with U.S. state, federal, and international lobbying, political contribution, and procurement (pay-to-play) disclosure rules. Its core deliverables are five digital guidebooks, a daily regulatory ALERTS service, and on-demand consulting engagements delivered by an in-house team of compliance analysts.

Product overview

State and Federal Communications, Inc. operates as a political compliance consulting firm offering a portfolio of online guidebook products and consulting services. Its core product suite consists of four online guidebooks covering U.S. Lobbying Compliance Laws, U.S. Political Contributions Compliance Laws, U.S. Procurement Lobbying Compliance Laws, and International Compliance Laws (spanning Canada, Europe, Oceania, Latin America, and Asia). These guidebooks are complemented by the ALERTS Consulting Service for personalized expert assistance and C-3 Corporate Contribution Compliance Services. The company further extends its offering through content media products including the LobbyComply Blog and Pod (podcast), the Compliance Now e-newsletter, the weekly News You Can Use email digest, bi-monthly Inside Elections updates by Nathan Gonzales, and a Monthly Summary of Changes document. All guidebook subscribers receive free access to research attorneys, webinar trainings, and access to Ask the Expert features. Founded in 1993 and celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2023, the company serves over 2,600 clients including Fortune 500 companies, law firms, government affairs firms, trade associations, and non-profits.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• LobbyComply: Blog and podcast platform providing news and analysis on lobbying, campaign finance, ethics, and compliance topics
• ALERTS Consulting Service
• LobbyComply Pod

Products and services

• Lobbying Compliance Guidebook Subscription online guidebook that provides comprehensive lobbying registration and disclosure compliance information across all U.S. state and federal jurisdictions, designed for corporate compliance officers, government-affairs professionals, and outside counsel.
• Political Contributions Guidebook Subscription online guidebook covering federal and state political contribution limits, restrictions, and reporting requirements, used by corporate compliance and government-affairs teams to manage permissible and prohibited political giving.
• Procurement Lobbying Guidebook Subscription online guidebook dedicated to procurement lobbying (pay-to-play) compliance, covering disclosure, registration, contribution, and contracting restrictions for those lobbying government officials involved in awarding government contracts.
• International Compliance Guidebooks Subscription online guidebooks covering lobbying and political-law compliance requirements outside the United States, designed for U.S. corporations, law firms, and multinationals with international operations or subsidiaries.
• ALERTS Consulting Service Consulting service that delivers real-time alerts on regulatory and legislative changes and on-demand customized compliance research from the State and Federal ACTION TEAM, supporting legal, compliance, and government-affairs teams across all U.S. and covered international jurisdictions.
• Compliance Now Consulting Service (C-3) Short-term on-demand consulting engagement within the ALERTS Consulting Service that delivers immediate answers and targeted compliance research to clients with specific political-compliance questions.
• Compliance Now Advisory Engagement Customized advisory engagement under the Compliance Now brand that helps corporate compliance and government-affairs teams resolve specific pay-to-play, lobbying, or political-contribution compliance issues with senior analyst support.

Quantifiable outcome

• Comprehensive compliance coverage reduces risk of regulatory penalties for clients
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• FiscalNoteminorGTM or Marketing PartnerFiscalNote is listed as a specialized partner supporting State and Federal Communications' position as industry leader in compliance and government affairs solutions. FiscalNote provides policy and regulatory intelligence services and appears to be part of the broader partner ecosystem for compliance solutions.
• Bloomberg GovernmentminorGTM or Marketing PartnerBloomberg Government is listed as a specialized partner supporting State and Federal Communications' industry leadership positioning. Bloomberg Government provides government affairs and policy intelligence integrated with compliance solutions.
• Husch BlackwellminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHusch Blackwell is listed as a specialized partner providing legal and compliance expertise as part of the compliance and government affairs partner network supporting State and Federal Communications.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• FiscalNote: FiscalNote is a policy and regulatory intelligence platform providing legislative tracking, regulatory monitoring, and government affairs data—directly overlapping with S&FC's compliance content and corporate government relations customer base.
• MultiState: MultiState is a state legislative and regulatory intelligence firm serving government affairs teams with multi-jurisdictional tracking—the closest direct analog to S&FC's 50-state coverage model.

Broad incumbents

• Bloomberg Government: Bloomberg Government provides comprehensive government affairs and legislative intelligence to corporations and lobbying firms, competing in the same enterprise political compliance information category with deeper financial backing.
• LexisNexis Regulatory Compliance: LexisNexis offers regulatory compliance information and monitoring across multiple domains as part of a broad legal information portfolio, competing for the same legal/compliance buyer budgets at large enterprises.
• Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence: Thomson Reuters provides regulatory intelligence and compliance monitoring as part of a much larger legal and compliance information portfolio, competing for enterprise compliance budgets adjacent to S&FC's niche.
• POLITICO Pro: POLITICO Pro offers policy and legislative intelligence subscriptions for government affairs professionals, addressing a closely adjacent buyer need to S&FC's compliance content offering.

Emerging players

• Quorum: Quorum is a legislative tracking and public affairs software platform for government affairs teams; it overlaps with S&FC's customer base but competes more on workflow tooling than on static compliance reference content.
• POPVOX: POPVOX provides federal legislative tracking and constituent communication tools used by government affairs professionals, overlapping with S&FC's federal compliance coverage but with a digital-first, narrower scope.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/StateandFederal
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/StateandFederal
• Facebookfacebook.com/StateandFederalCommunications
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/state-and-federal-communications
• Instagraminstagram.com/stateandfederalcommunications

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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