Q: What are the advantages to being an independently-owned firm? A: We are able to completely immerse ourselves in our clients' issues and can utilize every resource we have as a firm for our clients' efforts. We are free to recommend only the strategies and services that impact our clients’ goals and we will only recommend working with other vendors who are the best at the specific capability required. There is no outside influence requiring us to sell strategies and services that our clients may not need or encouraging clients to only add a vendor from within a pre-defined network. Q: Does DCI Group participate in political campaigns? A: No. The firm engaged in a limited amount of political work in the past, but a few years ago DCI Group leadership determined that, going forward, the firm would concentrate exclusively on servicing corporate, trade association and nonprofit clients. Q: Is DCI Group a bipartisan firm? A: Yes. Our philosophy is pro-client. It is our goal to continue recruiting employees and strategic partners with diverse backgrounds and experience that allow us to reach every constituency on behalf of our clients. Q: What does "DCI" stand for? A: The name actually dates back to the founding of the firm when our emphasis was on providing direct contact programs and services for clients. At the time it stood for "Direct Connect Inc.," but now it‘s just DCI Group.