TECHNOLOGY
Google Client Services LLC hired Off Hill Strategies LLC to lobby on issues related to antitrust, privacy and cybersecurity. Tripp Baird, former legislative director for former Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.), will work on the account.
Facebook Inc. hired Stanton Park Group to lobby on issues related to social networks. J.D. Derderian, former Republican chief of staff to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, will work on the account.
Etsy Inc. hired H&M Strategies LLP to lobby on legislation that would more strictly regulate online third-party marketplaces. Ralph Hellmann, former policy director for former House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.), will work on the account.
ENERGY
National Grid USA hired the Klein/Johnson Group to lobby on energy, environment and tax issues. Izzy Klein, former communications director for Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), will work on the account.
Hydrogen fuel cell maker Bloom Energy hired Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP to lobby on energy tax issues. Russell Sullivan, former Republican staff director for the Senate Finance Committee, will work on the account.
HEALTH CARE
The Advanced Medical Technology Association hired Ogilvy Government Relations to lobby on issues related to Medicare coverage of health technologies and services. Dean Aguillen, former senior adviser to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), will work on the account.
The American Optometric Association hired Venable LLP to lobby on proposals to expand vision benefits under Medicare. Yardly Pollas-Kimble, former chief of staff to Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.), will work on the account.