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PAYING FOR BAINIMARAMAS TWEETS AND FIJI REGIME PROPOGANDA A report for the Fijian Taxpayer

NSD/FARA Registration Unit Statement for Qorvis.Communications, LLC for six month period ending 30 March 2012 put out by U.S Dept of Justice, Washington DC 20530 . Supplemental Statement Pursuant to the Foreign Agents Registration Act 1938 . Government of Fiji
Activities Conducted by Registrant on Behalf of the Government of Fiji Registrant facilitated and coordinated media and press activity on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Fiji Registrant assisted in preparing and drafting opinion editorials for the Government of the Republic of Fiji Registrant provided assistance in building relations with members of the media and non-government organizations Registrant provided media monitoring and analysis Registrant managed social media accounts Registrant held meeting with Fijian Ambassador to the United States Registrant facilitated reporter visit Registrant organized and distributed fact sheets (Fiji Embassy in DC, Lyle & Tate, Graham Davis) Registrant created and manages ( 6) blogs Registrant provided education on management of YouTube channels

Meetings
Film company meetings/US Lyle & Tate (sugar) meetings Fiji Ambassador to the US

Niche Media Pitching


Mushrooms (publishing confirmed; pending for May) Fish market (ongoing; no publications confirmed) Sugar mills (ongoing; no publications confirmed) Ginger farming (ongoing; no publications confirmed) Papaya (topitch in May)

Reporter Visits
Ginanne Brownell (resulted in 3 articles)

Social Media @FijiPM


@FijiAG @FijiRepublic http://ecofiji.org/ http://empowerfiji.org/ http://travelfiiitoday.org/ http://investfiji.org/ http://fijigrowth.org/

Disbursements: Government of Fiji


Cellphone Charges (Fiji Veriizon Wireless) Bills incurred by 3 staff 4th Nov,11 - 8th Jan ,12
Seth Pietras , Tina Jeon , Sol Levine

$2,763.04

Internet hosting fees Bills Travel/ Meals

Visa Go Daddy & Slicehost 9th Nov,11 to 23rd March 2012

$149.92 $51,134.02

(Snapshot attached of sample portion of expenses page)

NSD/FARA Registration Unit for Qorvis.Communications, LLC for six month period ending 30 Sept 2012 put out by the U.S Dept of Justice, Washington DC 20530. Supplemental Statement Pursuant to the Foreign Agents Registration Act 1938 . Government of Fiji
Activities Conducted by Registrant on Behalf of the Government of Fiji

PRNewswire
05/15/12 -"Air Pacific to be Rebranded "Fiji Airways" 07/24/12- "Voter Registration in Fiji one-third of the way to target" 09/03/12- "Close to Half a Million Fijians Register During First Phase of Registration"

Article for International Publication


UNWTO's Asia Pacific Newsletter- ""More Reasons to Vacation in Fiji"

US Domestic Releases
05/08/12- "UN Calls For Fijian Peacekeepers In Syria"- Sent to Military Publications in the US.

Speeches
09/28/12-- Address given by the Fijian Foreign Minister to the United Nations General Assembly

International Media Visits


Matt Siegal- New York Times

Social Media Facebook


https://www.facebook.com/Fijielectionsoffice [Provided design and regular updates] https://www.facebook.com/fijianmade [Provided advice and support]

Twitter
@FijiPM- Regular Tweets @FijiAG- Regular Tweets @FijiRepublic Regular Tweets

Blogs
travelfljitoday.org [regular posts] investfiji.org [regular posts] ecofiji.org [regular posts] fijigrowth.org [ regular posts] empowerfiji.org [regular posts]

Website
Electionsfiji.org [have provided ali design and content for website]

Disbursements: Government of Fiji


Fiji Consultant Subcontractor
Bills incurred by Benjamin Simond 12th June to 29th Sept 2012 $15,018.55

Internet hosting fees


Bills Media Temple (travelfiji.org) $12.41

Cellphone Charges (Fiji Veriizon Wireless)


Bills incurred by 7 staff
Seth Pietras Tina Jean Sol Levine L. Olivera C. Elliot Benjamin Simonds Greg Lagana

4th April - 4th Sept 2012

$19,184.14

Travel/ Meals

18th April to 25th Sept 2012

$81.555.70

(Snapshot attached of sample portion of expenses page)

Receipts - Monies

Fiji Taxpayers paid Bainimaramas PR company Qorvis from Nov 2011 - Sept 2012 a total of US$ 533,507.07 (Fijian $ 949,638.79)

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