NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION OF WORK BACKGROUND TO ATTEND CORPORATE

VITA.Since 1989, I have maintained a public affairs and

speechwriting enterprise registered at Washington, DC and formally
designated by the government of the District of Columbia as JOHN
DANIEL BEGG "Public Affairs, Writer, Editor, Speechwriting,"
Certification Number 8999-199496-001/72525.
There have been several periods of dormancy in the operations of
this enterprise since its inception. During those periods of
dormancy, both the federal government and various private sector
enterprises have formally or contractually employed me. In the
cases of the federal government interludes, they include the Peace
Corps of the United States, the Library of Congress, the SBA and the
Navy Department.
In cases in which I have taken positions with private firms,
individuals, charities and other organizations, my duties have varied
a great deal and my compensation has similarly been contingent upon
the scope of the projects at issue.
From 1998 until the present, I have held the position of Director of
Public Affairs at The National Foundation for Alternative Medicine, a
private medical charity at Washington. My duties have included all
of those areas classically considered as public affairs
initiatives. Those specifically include, interaction with varied
media, internet development, writing, editing, support of the
Development operations of the charity, complete overview of the
planning, conceptualization, writing and production of all
promotional materials including the newsletter _Alternative_
_Perspectives_. I am compensated at an annual rate of about $70
thousands, on a contractual 1099 basis. I would note that I did
many private smaller jobs while tending to this position as well as
the other formal positions noted in this section that and my hourly
rate has been generally $80 the houra"but again contingent very much
upon circumstances.
From 1995-1996, I worked as a contract writer for The History
Factory, a company that produces corporate and private family
histories for both public and personal use and dissemination. I
hade overall responsibility regarding the writing, editing and
appearance of the products produced as well as interviewing corporate
leaders, company founders and family members of the institutions and
families for whom histories were being developed. My compensation
was handled by a private firm at New York City on contract to The
History Factory and I was paid $1757 per week on a 1099 basis.
Throughout the entire time period since 1989, with the exception of
periods of comparative dormancy in my business occasioned by formal
government service noted later in this document, I wrote a great deal
of personal, highly private correspondence, for individuals and
corporate entities. Much of this correspondence was of a highly
proprietary nature and some of it was written on a one-time basis,
some on an as needed basis and some on a longer-term basis. My fee
did vary markedly in this arena, but was generally on an hourly
contract schedule of between $150 and $250 dollars the hour.
In 1993, I was hired to perform an extremely sensitive and very high
profile mission for a government official of high rank. When this
official was ready to make his public announcements, I prepared all
of his remarks, both spoken and written, handled all press, placed
stories on all the major network news broadcasts and in the _New_
_York_ _Times_, the _Washington Post_ and the _Wall_ _Street_
_Journal_, among many other major print press outlets. My fee for
this endeavor was private.
In addition, throughout the period of the operation of my private
business, I also wrote privately, for pleasure, two full-length
novels and a work of political satire. Private, family, means,
funded these personal writings.
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