Dutko Worldwide
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- Dutko Worldwide
- The Dutko Group
- TDG
- TDG Companies
| Formerly |
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|---|---|
| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Lobbying firm |
| Predecessor | Dutko and Associates |
| Founded | 1981 in Washington D.C., United States |
| Founder | Dan Dutko |
| Headquarters | Washington D.C. , United States |
| Website | dutkoworldwide |
Dutko Worldwide (DW), now Dutko Grayling formerly The Dutko Group, TDG or TDG Companies, is a Washington, DC–based bipartisan lobbying firm that offers "comprehensive public policy management." DW's services include "Issues and opportunities assessment, Strategy Development, Crisis Management, Execution of sound public policy management programs." It identifies as its core issue areas "Appropriations, Technology, Telecommunications, Health Care, Energy, Financial Services, International Trade, Environmental Regulation, Corporate and Global Tax Policy, Sustainable Development." [1]
Dutko Worldwide was founded by Dan Dutko, as the lobbying firm Dutko and Associates, in 1981. DW later expanded to become The Dutko Group Companies. Dan Dutko stressed the importance of relationship-building to lobbying: "Even those who oppose our initiatives today may eventually become allies who will support our initiatives tomorrow. The extended hand of mutual respect, even among adversaries, opens more doors than an iron fist."[2]
In 2008, Dutko Worldwide reported $20.3 million in federal lobbying income, a decrease of 9% from 2007.[3]
In late 2009, Huntsworth, the UK-based global public relations and health care communications group, acquired Dutko Worldwide to become Huntsworth's primary public affairs brand.[4]
In 2019, DC–based Dutko Grayling lobbying firm reported 4 lobbyists and $2,280,000 in lobbying expenditures, down from 64 lobbyists and $22,771,500 in lobbying expenditures in 2007.[5]