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The article provides a state-by-state report on the standings of the Republican and Democratic national election nominees. A large number of electoral votes come from states where neither presidential candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney has a commanding lead. As of August, 2012, Obama can count on 201 electoral votes and Romney can count on 191. Eight Senate seats are in tossups while of 435 House seats, 194 seats are in Republicans' hands and 156 are in Democrats' side.

The article announces the appointment of Toby Moffett as senior adviser at international law firm Mayer Brown, Lisa Garcia as a vice president at nonprofit EarthJustice, and Cathy St. Denis as communications director for the U.S. Air Line Pilots Association.

The article announces the promotion of Richard J. Fiesta to executive director for the Alliance for Retired Americans, the selection of David Wessel as director of the Brookings Institution, and the selection of Nora Matus as director of congressional and political affairs at the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA).

A chart is presented that shows the status of legislative appropriations in the U.S. as of August 2, 2013 including the agricultural bill H.R. 2410, the defense bill H.R. 2397, and the employment discrimination bill S. 815.

The article announces executive appointments at New America Foundation's Open Technology Institute, including Mark Lloyd as head of media policy initiative and Gene Kimmelman as director of an Internet freedom and human rights project.

The article announces career moves in the field of advocacy in the U.S. including the selection of Dan Adcock to lead the government relations operation of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, promotion of Kay Johnson Smith as chief executive officer (CEO) of the Animal Agriculture Alliance, and Thorn Run Partners' hiring of lobbyist Catherine Finley.

The article announces executives changes in sectors influencing U.S. policy-making, including Jim Millstein joining Millstein and Co., Kris Kiser's appointment as chief executive officer (CEO) of the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute and Heidi Biggs Brock as president of the Aluminum Association.

The article announces personnel changes in the U.S., including the move of Charlotte Oldham-Moore to the U.S. State Department after three years as staff director of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, the move of James R. Burdett from the Venable law firm to Barnes & Thornburg, and the move of George Cannon Jr. to law and lobbying powerhouse Patton Boggs as a partner.

The article announces that Julia Anastasio has been appointed as executive director and general counsel at the Association of Clean Water Administrators.

The article announces the appointment of John E. Herbst as director of the Atlantic Council's Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center in Washington, D.C. in 2014.

The article announces that Karen Donfried has rejoined the German Marshall Fund of the United States as chief executive officer (CEO) after serving as White House special assistant under U.S. President Barack Obama's administration and National Security Council European affairs senior director.

The article announces that Thomas E. Donilon has settled back into a partnership at his old law firm O'Melveny & Myers, also as a vice chairman and member of the firm's policy committee after he left U.S. President Barack Obama's administration as national security adviser in 2013.

The article announces the hiring of former White House legislative affairs aide Nicole Isaac at the Group, a political and policy consulting firm.

The article announces the appointments of Timothy A. Frazier and Theresa Cardinal Brown as a senior adviser for nuclear-waste initiative and director of immigration policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center.

The article announces the appointment of Ron Stief as executive director of the National Religious Campaign Against Torture.

The article announces the appointment of Jack Moline as executive director of the National Jewish Democratic Council.

The article discusses the work of former Mississippi legislator Charles W. Pickering Jr. in lobbying for COMPTEL, a trade group for smaller telecommunications and wireless companies that compete with established companies like Verizon Communications and AT&T.

The article announces the appointment of former U.S. Republican House aide Alan P. Knapp as vice president of advocacy of the National Cooperative Business Association.

The article announces the appointment of David Thomas as the new chief of staff of Kentucky Representative Harold Rogers.

The article announces that regulatory lobbyist Richard Sellers was promoted senior vice president at the American Feed Industry Association.

The article announces that Jeff Myers was appointed president and chief executive officer (CEO) at nonprofit, tax-exempt organization Medicaid Health Plans of America.

The article announces that Michael J. Ryan Jr. was hired as a vice president by the Business Roundtable, an organization of corporate chief executives and Anuja Miner was named executive director of the American Butter Institute.

The article announces that Christine Snow has been hired by the Global Health Council as its executive director.

The article announces the appointment of Scott Klinger as director of revenues and spending policies at the Center for Effective Government, a liberal watchdog group formerly known as OMB Watch.

The article announces the appointment of Geoff Morrell as a senior vice president for the British oil company BP and Audra Achiu as an operations manager of the Energy and Enterprise Initiative, which was started in 2012 at George Mason University.

The article announces that Helgi Walker has left the law firm Wiley Rein's appellate practice to join Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher as a partner and that federal prosecutor for the Southern District of Florida, and Marcus Christian, has joined the Washington law firm of Mayer Brown as a partner.

The article announces that Matt Johnson has left his job as a counsel to U.S. Republican Senator John Cornyn of Texas to become executive vice-president for government relations and communications firm, McBee Strategic Consulting.

The article announces appointment of Marlene Colucci-Renna as executive director of the Business Council.

The article announces appointment of Erik Autor as partner at lobbying and strategy company Total Spectrum/Steve Gordon and Associates.

The article announces the appointment of Rachana Bhowmik as director of strategic initiatives at accounting and professional services company Ernst and Young in 2013.

The article announces that Laura Lytle Eckart was promoted to superintendent of the Senate Daily Press Gallery in Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. following the retirement of Joe Keenan in 2013.

The article announces career changes in several U.S. associations as of June 2013 including the appointment of Tom Keirnan as chief executive officer (CEO) of the American Wind Energy Association, the designation of Jonathan A. Grella as senior vice president of public affairs for the U.S. Travel Association and the recruitment of Angela Kronenberg to the Competitive Telecommunications Association (COMPTEL) as chief advocate and general counsel.

The article announces the resignation of Thomas L. Hungerford as a specialist in public finance at the U.S. Congressional Research Service to work at the Economic Policy Institute.

The article offers information on the appointments of Catherine Galicia as the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee's senior counsel and of Richard Johns as executive director of the Structured Finance Industry Group Inc.

The article focuses on the statement of Robert O. Work, chief executive officer (CEO) at the Center for a New American Security to clarify misconceptions about the think tank that is created by Kurt M. Campbell and Michèle Flournoy in 2007.

The article announces that Todd L. Cranford has been appointed as director of government relations of The Certified Financial Board of Standards.

The article announces that William Jawando has been appointed as director of corporate and government affairs at Discovery Communications.

The article announces the appointment of Jessica Ennis as senior vice president of FP1 Strategies.

The article announces that lobbyist Phil Kiko has joined bipartisan lobbying firm Smith-Free Group.

The article announces that Chris Griffin was named executive director of the neoconservative Foreign Policy Initiative in the U.S.

The article offers news and happenings in Capitol Hill. Ohio Republican Steven C. LaTourette has partnered with his lobbyist wife, Jennifer, to open a government strategies office for Ohio law firm McDonald Hopkins. Capitol Hill aide Richard J. Kessler has joined the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee as staff director. Allison Preiss has been hired by Senator Tom Harkin to be press secretary of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.