“What’s in a name?”  William Shakespeare asked.  In the case of DCI, the one word answer is “plenty!”

Therein lies a double tale:

• A few years ago DCI was hired by a State with not surprisingly a Governor from one of the two major political parties.  Immediately after he described his decision to the press, he was attacked by the leader of the opposition party for selecting a big Washington lobbying firm closely allied with controversial political leaders which he alleged to be deeply enmeshed in “the culture of corruption”.  You guessed it: they got the wrong DCI! 
• Now it has happened again—this time in a supposed conflict of interest by a company representing an Asian country allegedly controlled by a repressive military dictatorship.  Again, a different DCI than Development Counsellors International.   

SO LET'S SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT.  THERE ARE TWO "DCI" AGENCIES.  The first DCI is Development Counsellors International  —   headquartered in New York City, specialized in economic development and tourism marketing.   We are non-partisan and non-political with clients of every color and tint in the political rainbow over the past 48 years. 

The other “DCI” is titled The DCI GROUP.  They are an important political lobbying organization in Washington DC with a strong tilt towards the Republican party and conservative causes.

We’re two different agencies doing different things for different sets of clients.  Now that we’ve got that straight we can move on to other things!