The Oscar Policy Group provides insight, education, and strategy to our clients through years of on the ground, grassroots work and experience. We are committed to personal service and a team approach with our clients. Our staff understands the legislation process and will work with you to create the best plan for acquiring federal support and/or appropriations. From dairy farmers cooperatives to procurement issues, we have repeatedly achieved results for a diverse clientele. With the continuous changes in governmental affairs and legislation, it is important that you have respected and competent representation advocating on your behalf. Whether you are in need of legislative consulting, lobbying, or political strategy, at the Oscar Policy Group you are guaranteed a skilled and ethical team committed to your success.

Agriculture and Environment

The agriculture sector contributes $124 billion to the United States’ GDP. Our work in agricultural areas has involved dairy policy, conservation funding, farm grants, the expanded use of risk management tools for farmers, and international trade.

Oscar Policy Group has a wide range of expertise in a number of environmental issues, including: Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO’s); Non-Point Source Regulations; Coarse Particulate Matter (dust); Greenhouse Gases; Pesticide Permitting; Superfund Requirements; and The Clean Air and Clean Water Acts. Our overall understanding of the legislative and regulatory framework of future environmental actions gives our firm the ability to advise clients on the legislative provisions of pending bills in Congress and the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) future regulatory plans.

Oscar Policy Group works closely with the Northeastern farming industry in tracking and monitoring legislation for future development opportunities such as federal livestock and crop insurance programs, conservation programs, and the promotion of rural infrastructure.

Our firm has been closely involved in U.S. farm bills for the past 20 years, and will remain engaged in the intricate legislative processes of the upcoming farm bills.

Job Creation

Our firm remains committed to our clients in their efforts to boost the economy through improved infrastructure and job creation. Our work within the labor industry has helped maintain and increase urban and agriculture related jobs throughout the nation. We are also working with our clients to gain financial support for new and emerging jobs.

Oscar Policy Group has an established relationship with the Department of Labor, as well as significant experience in workforce development and employee training assistance.

The Oscar Policy Group represents several trade associations and nonprofits throughout the country engaged in nearly all facets of the built environment, who advocate for common sense changes to procurement statutes and regulations. 

Non-Profit

Our firm has successfully secured federal and state funding for numerous nonprofits throughout the country.

Technology

Our work with national technological programs has resulted in funding to advance technology in agriculture, healthcare, renewable energy, and transportation infrastructure. Government support of these vital initiatives can provide the foundations necessary to bring technologies from concept to reality.

Federal

• Advised an emerging STEM related technology company on securing funding from the National Science Foundation and the Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration.
• Drafted the adoption of Public Law 114-65, the Federal Vehicle Repair Cost Savings Act, on behalf of the nation’s largest remanufactured auto parts company.
• Obtained an Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) mentoring grant for one of the nation’s largest mentoring programs.
• Instrumental in the passage of the mandatory disclosure of genetically modified organisms (GMO) ingredients signed into law by President Obama.
• Assisted an apprenticeship training center in obtaining a labor management funding grant and an OSHA training grant.
• Successful in obtaining the full repeal of the Country-of-Origin Labeling (COOL) requirements for beef and pork products.
• Provided the legislative strategy for an alternative energy symposium including representatives from labor, industry, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Energy (DOE), along with Members of Congress and their congressional staffers.
• Assisted a nationally recognized science museum in securing a Department of Commerce, Economic Assistance Grant.
• Advised a national science museum in securing additional federal funding through the Department of Interior, National Science Foundation, and the National Endowment of the Arts.
• Assisted a national construction trade association in securing a U.S. Court of International Trade decision regarding aluminum extrusions for curtainwall units.
• Helped to spearhead efforts to increase funding for USDA farm loan programs to give farmers the option of restructuring their loans during tough economic times.
• Crafted a successful legislative strategy that enabled an emerging bioscience incubator laboratory to receive funds from the National Institutes of Health (NIH’s) CURES Program for transitional health.
• Established an effective partnership between an emerging medical device company and the Department of Veterans Affair’s Safe Patient Handling Initiative.
• Drafted an amendment in the federal Child Nutrition Act legislation that established an Organic Pilot Program in school lunch nutrition program.
• Designed a pilot program with the Department of Labor (DOL)’s Office of Workers Compensation Program (OWCP) for a national medical company.
• Assisted a healthy food nonprofit in receiving Supplemental Education Nutrition Education Program Education (SNAP-Ed) funding.
• Assisted a municipal transportation authority in securing Alternative Energy Grant funding for electronic vehicles and charging stations.
• Assisted in obtaining transportation funding for a visitor friendly public transportation service in Philadelphia.
• Secured language in the 2015 highway bill to change the definition of milk from a divisible to a non-divisible load.
• Secured payment and performance bonding for Public-Private Projects (P3) in the bipartisan infrastructure bill, the Infrastructure Jobs Act (IIJA).
• Drafted the Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act to limit federal agencies from procuring construction services through reverse auctions.
• In the 2018 Farm Bill, we worked to include in it the Dairy Margin Coverage Program and the Dairy Business Innovation Act.
• We advocated for the passage of the Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act on behalf of the independent laboratory community, which will establish a new, separate registration process to facilitate researchon

State

• Instrumental in the development and enactment of Act 27 of 2018, commonly referred to as “Prompt Pay,” which provides means for contractors/subcontractors to resolve contract disputes.
• Assisted in the passage of Act 30 of 2018 which established the PA Property Assessed Clean Energy Program (PACE) authorizing financing for clean energy and energy-efficient projects.
• Secured a Department of Health Biotechnology Grant for a medical research and advocacy nonprofit organization.
• Secured a Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency Grant for a mentoring nonprofit.
• Crafted a successful legislative strategy that led to the enactment of Act 142 of 2014, the Mechanics Lien Law.
• Obtained funding through the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) for a drug and alcohol recovery center, a former military installation, an apprenticeship training center, and the nation’s largest visitor center.