About Us

“A popular government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy; or, perhaps both. . . .”

—JAMES MADISON, 1822

Publications are a major component of government’s mission to its citizens. The Government Printing Office Web site GPOAccess offers nearly 400,000 Federal full-text publications, with another 130,000 available at other U.S. Government sites. Credible, concise government documents that clearly address relevant issues are essential to a working democracy. Ryan & Co. is there to help you compose your most important and complex policy, forecast, periodical, instructional, solicitation, and procedural documents.

In today’s highly charged, partisan environment, precise, clear, crisp, accessible, persuasive, and memorable government documents make the difference between a compelling record of accomplishment and consignment to oblivion or worse. Government agencies exist in a competitive environment of finite funding and evolving priorities. Consider those agencies that enjoy widespread respect both inside government and among their constituents: the Congressional Research Service (CRS) and Government Accountability Office (GAO) come to mind. What do they have in common? A shared respect for the written products they consistently deliver.  And that is what we consistently deliver at Ryan & Co.

OUR CORE COMPETENCIES

• With PAST PERFORMANCE in more than 20 subject matter areas ranging from Aerospace to Zoning, we adapt quickly and seamlessly to new environments.
• Our work spans more than 25 AGENCIES IN FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, with special emphasis on defense, education, environmental issues, healthcare, international affairs, IT, and nuclear energy.
• We build ENTERPRISE-WIDE VALUE in core documents that are precise, clear, crisp,  accessible, persuasive, and memorable.
• Ryan & Co. is A SMALL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS registered in the Federal Central Contractor Registration (CCR), a Disadvantaged CBE in the District of Columbia, and an LDBE for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA).
• EXPERT IN WORD 2007, we know and work in AMA, AP, APA, Blue Book, Chicago, GPO, MLA, and custom styles.
• We INTERFACE WELL WITH DTPS AND WEB DESIGNERS because we understand dominant-design graphic applications and apply proven Bauhaus design principles that are now SOP in electronic formatting.
• More than 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN RELATED DOCUMENT SUPPORT SERVICES, including project management, graphic design, photography, Web content, all phases of print production, mailings, research, and content consulting and architecture.

Contact us today to explore strategies to compose, manage, edit, format, and execute your critical documents. linkpage@linkpage.com