The Cost of Being Absent Can Be Higher Than the Cost of Participating
Reacting after a policy takes effect can be expensive. Early access helps businesses understand proposals, assess their exposure, and make their position known while decisions are still being shaped.
Written by
Parker White
The irony is that many businesses will spend thousands of dollars trying to solve a problem after it exists while spending nothing to prevent the problem from developing in the first place.
They will hire an attorney after a regulation takes effect. They will bring in an accountant after a tax change affects their bottom line. They will restructure their operations after a new requirement makes their existing model unworkable.
But by then, the policy has already been decided. What if, instead of spending hundreds of thousands of dollars getting compliant, you could spend a few thousand and it never happens in the first place?
No lobbyist can guarantee results. And we are lucky enough to live in a nation where those with resources can’t buy policy outcomes. At the same time, we are also lucky enough to live in a nation where advocates can access policymakers and make impacts known.
Civalta is about providing access to policy so you can understand what is coming, determine whether it matters to your business, and make your position known before the decision is made.
That doesn't mean every business needs a government affairs team, but it does mean that every business should have some form of direct policy access.