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4. April and May: The House and Senate Energy and Water Development Appropriations subcommittees are likely to mark-up and pass their respective versions of the appropriations bill that would contain funding for your project(s). We will work with the subcommittees and your congressional delegation to make sure all questions are answered related to your project(s) and that there are no loose ends. At the same time, we will make sure the subcommittee staff understands the importance of your project(s). 5. June: The House of Representatives is likely to act on passage of its version of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act. The funds you are seeking hopefully will be in this bill. 6. July: The Senate is likely to act on passage of its version of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act. Based on a variety of historical factors, it is less likely that the funds you are seeking will be in this bill. However, we will be doing our best to beat the odds. 7. August and September: During all of August and some of September, Congress is out of session and only staff is left in Washington. This is actually some of the best time to affect change in Washington and real progress can be made on funding issues when working directly with committee and subcommittee staff, often alone or with the help of your congressional delegation. 8. October to the end of the year: The differences between the House and Senate Energy and Water Development Appropriations Acts will be resolved and a final bill should be passed by Congress and signed into law by the President. We will work the "conference committee" process to make sure that the funds you need are included in this final act. 9. November: We review with Indian River County what has occurred during the past several months and get your evaluation of our performance. We also prepare thank you letters and other follow-up materials for you to send to your congressional delegation. 10. December: We begin to prepare for the appropriations process again. B) Technical Approach 1) Federal Program Development Marlowe & Company is well known for our attention to detail in helping our clients create winning strategies in Washington. Our experienced staff will help you design and implement an effective public advocacy plan to achieve your government relations objectives in Washington. We utilize our staff's extensive knowledge of the legislative appropriations and authorizations process to ensure that the strategy is not only 13