Federal Focus

Federal Focus (FF) is a nonprofit policy research foundation that was incorporated in the District of Columbia on March 24, 1986. Federal Focus shares the same business address as Multinational Business Services on DuPont Circle in Washington, D.C. According to the FF's Web site, it now works on science policy.

FF claims on its web site to provide "objective and impartial information and analysis on government policy, science policy, and scientific issues." Moreover, it claims to "disseminate information and views that are objective, unbiased, and impartial."

It operates the subunit Institute for Regulatory Policy.

Federal Focus was affiliated with Jim Tozzi, who was involved in pro-tobacco activities with Philip Morris. FF sought and received grants from Philip Morris to hold educational seminars on science policy for public officials

Multinational Services, working on behalf of Philip Morris, used Federal Focus as a third party vehicle to help distract attention away from smoking as a youth issue in 1994, when the U.S. Surgeon General was addressing the effects of smoking and tobacco smoke on the young. The strategy was to emphasize the death rate of youth from other factors like accidents and alcohol.

Funding
Funders of Federal Focus include:

District of Columbia Commission for the Arts
 * American Cement Alliance
 * American Farm Bureau Federation
 * American Iron and Steel Institute
 * American Paper Institute
 * Arkansas State Society
 * AT&T
 * Beer Institute
 * Dr. Eric Bovet
 * Business Council on the Reduction of Paperwork
 * Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association
 * Chemical Manufacturers Association
 * Ciba-Geigy Corp.
 * Citizens for a Sound Economy
 * Communication Systems Development, Inc.
 * Edison Electric Institute
 * Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany
 * Ford Motor Co.
 * Friends of Annapolis Symphony Orchestra
 * Friends of the U.S. National Arboretum
 * Gibson Associates
 * Government of the District of Columbia
 * Health and Environmental Sciences Group, Inc.
 * Kentucky Society of Washington
 * Landon School
 * Marriott International, Inc.
 * Multinational Business Services, Inc.
 * National Chamber Foundation
 * National Electrical Manufacturers Association
 * National Endowment for the Arts
 * National Paint and Coatings Association
 * NEXTEL
 * Oracle Corp.
 * Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp.
 * PCS Prime Co., LP
 * Peter Tare, Inc.
 * Philip Morris
 * Photo Marketing Associates International
 * PSI Energy
 * Richard Bray Orchestras
 * Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society
 * Schuller International, Inc.
 * Scientific Advisory Group on Cellular Telephone Research
 * Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc.
 * Solar Energy Research Institute
 * U.S. Department of Commerce
 * U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
 * U.S. General Services Administration
 * U.S. Office of Personnel Management
 * USA Today
 * Wireless Technology Research, L.L.C.

Contact
Federal Focus, Inc. 11 Dupont Circle, N.W., Suite 700 Washington, D.C. 20036 Email: infoATfedfocus.org (substitute an "@" sign for the "AT")