In collaboration with USAID/Moscow and IREX, Johnson Law Group helped to facilitate a series of meetings between Russian and American NGOs active in democracy and governance issues, including anti-corruption, local government and housing, freedom of information and media. These collaborative sessions took place in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Petrozavodsk and were part of the Civil Society to Civil Society (C2C) initiative sponsored by the Medvedev-Obama presidential summit

Johnson Law Group recently completed an assessment and program design for rule of law reform in Kyrgyzstan pursuant to a subcontract with IBTCI under the Evaluation Services IQC.

In collaboration with SSG Advisors, Inc., we are working with the Department of State's Global Partnership Center to create the legal framework supporting the developing public-private partnerships in variety of diplomatic, economic educational and environmental arenas.

The Johnson Law Group currently participates in four USAID Indefinite Quantity Contracts. Under the General Business Trade and Investment (GBTI-2) IQC, we collaborate with Sibley International, Inc. on projects designed to build sustainable economies and stable societies.

Our firm is active in a number of USAID Indefinite Quantity Contracts. Under the Encouraging Global Anticorruption and Good Governance (ENGAGE) IQC, we support The QED Group LLC. on a wide range of technical issues. We have contributed assistance work in Albania on court administration, tax administration reform, business registration and licensing and territorial planning.

The Johnson Law Group is a subcontractor to MSI, Inc. under the Democracy and Governance Analytical Services IQC. This contract is used by USAID to contract for DG sector, sub-sector, and cross-sectoral assessment, program design, and evaluations. In addition, it is used to provide USAID with public opinion surveys and conference support.

We are supporting dTS Inc. and its set-aside Support Which Implements Fast Transition (SWIFT) IQC. This mechanism is used by USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives to provide quick response assistance to immediate post-conflict areas in order to lay the groundwork for subsequent development assistance.

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