Nonfiction topics United States politics Founded 1974 | Official website www.columbiabooks.com Country of origin United States of America | |
Publication types The Almanac of American Politics Headquarters location Bethesda, Maryland, United States | ||
Columbia Books & Information Services (CBIS) is an American company that serves as a publisher of reference works, online databases, and mailing lists. It was founded in 1974 and is based in Bethesda, Maryland. CBIS provides users with compliance resources and training, print directories, online databases, and customized data delivery.
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History
In September 2009, CBIS acquired Association TRENDS, the resource for senior association and non-profit organization executives, formerly owned by Martineau Corporation. On August 30, 2013, CBIS acquired Thompson Information Services from Thompson Media Group, LLC.
Print directories
Print directories published by CBIS include the Washington Representatives Directory, which is a print directory of government relations professionals, lobbying firms, and organizations with a lobbying presence in the Washington, DC, area. The website Lobbyists.info is an online version with searchable databases of Washington Representatives.
CBIS also published National Trade and Professional Associations, a print directory of associations and executives, and the National Directory of Corporate Public Affairs, a print directory of key public affairs executives in America's largest companies. It includes details of nearly 2,600 corporations that employ a federal lobbyist. Other details include: number of employees, Standard Industrial Classification and North American Industry Classification System codes, ticker symbols and names and contact information of key executives.
The Original US Congress Handbook, which profiles all members of the United States Congress with biographical data, contact information for members including address, phone, fax, committee assignments and staff members, is another publication of CBIS.
In 2015, Columbia Books & Information Services began publishing The Almanac of American Politics, a reference work that provides a detailed look at the politics of the United States through encyclopedic biographical histories with statistic and data compilations.