A report by the Government Accountability Office sheds some light on expenditures related to public relations and advertising activities in fiscal years 2003 through 2005 among seven federal departments. These seven federal departments account for nearly all the obligated federal dollars for public relations and advertising activities in fiscal year 2003 – Commerce, Defense, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Interior, Treasury, and Veteran Affairs. See the report at: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06305.pdf
Definition: ac·ci·den·tal/gov·ern·ment/mar·ket·er, noun. A federal employee who may not have formal training in communication, outreach, or public affairs, but is responsible for same.
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