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The Williams Group

The Williams Group appears in Meta filings across both quarters, with Consumer Issues recurring beside financial-institutions reporting. The profile supplies a consumer-and-finance angle that differs from the computer and communications focus of many Meta relationships.

Identity reviewed Sep 7, 2026 · Sources retrieved through Sep 4, 2026

Gov Influence analytical brief

Bottom-line assessment

Gov Influence assessmentModerate confidence

The Williams Group’s reviewed filing pattern for Meta continued across both quarters, with Consumer Issues/Safety/Products recurring.

CSP appears in 2 retained filings across Q1 and Q2; the firm’s profile contains 2 filings and 2 official issue codes.

Evidence and reasoning

Reasoning: The same approved registrant identity appears in canonical client filings in both quarters, and the same official issue code recurs across that span. Together those observations support a bounded assessment of a continuing disclosed filing pattern, while filing cadence and issue codes cannot establish priority, access, position, effectiveness, or policy impact.

Scope: 2026 Q1–Q2, within the reviewed Gov Influence collection for The Williams Group.

Other plausible interpretation

  • Quarterly LDA reporting cadence and the breadth of the CSP category may account for part of the recurrence; this two-quarter selection does not establish a longer-term pattern or work beyond the retained filings.

Method: firm-profile-assessment-v1

Editorial review: Gov Influence editorial review; Sep 8, 2026

These findings measure activity in retained disclosures; they do not rate access, effectiveness, or policy impact.

Supporting analysis

Key findings

Calculated from recordsHigh confidence

The Williams Group appears in 2 retained filings for 1 reviewed client.

1 filing in 2026 Q1 and 1 filing in 2026 Q2; every client link resolves to its supporting canonical filings.

Evidence and reasoning

Reasoning: The calculation groups retained records by the approved LDA registrant ID, then counts distinct organization identities only after each client name passes that organization’s exact-name rule. It measures filing and client coverage in this collection, not total business, access, or influence.

Scope: 2026 Q1–Q2, within the reviewed Gov Influence collection for The Williams Group.

Method: firm-client-coverage-v1

Editorial review: Gov Influence editorial review; Sep 8, 2026

Calculated from recordsHigh confidence

Comparable outside-firm income was unchanged between Q1 and Q2.

2026 Q1 totals $30,000 and 2026 Q2 totals $30,000 from additive reported fields.

Evidence and reasoning

Reasoning: The calculation adds only reported and reported-zero outside-firm income fields within each quarter. Below-threshold, unreported, and absent values remain non-additive rather than becoming zero, and firm income is never combined with organization-reported expenses or interpreted as profit, access, effectiveness, or influence.

Scope: 2026 Q1–Q2, within the reviewed Gov Influence collection for The Williams Group.

Method: firm-income-comparison-v1

Editorial review: Gov Influence editorial review; Sep 8, 2026

Calculated from recordsHigh confidence

The Williams Group’s retained filings contain 2 official issue codes.

CSP (Consumer Issues/Safety/Products) appears in 2 filings across both quarters, the strongest recurring code pattern selected by filing frequency and deterministic code-order tie breaking.

Evidence and reasoning

Reasoning: Each official code is counted once per retained filing, while different codes may overlap. The result identifies breadth and recurrence in the source categories; broad LDA codes do not show a client’s position, the amount of work, importance, success, or influence.

Scope: 2026 Q1–Q2, within the reviewed Gov Influence collection for The Williams Group.

Method: firm-issue-breadth-v1

Editorial review: Gov Influence editorial review; Sep 8, 2026

Focused starting collection

Why this is in the initial collection

The firm was selected because its two-category record broadens the Meta network into consumer protection and finance. The recurring consumer code provides continuity while the financial category adds a distinct regulatory context.

What this edition covers: This profile brings together 2 retained 2026-Q1 through 2026-Q2 filings for Meta, with issue codes, amount states, and source wording preserved.

Questions this page helps answer

  • What consumer and financial policy angle does The Williams Group add to Meta's record?

Reviewed clients

Each relationship below comes from retained LDA filings that identify this firm's reviewed registrant ID and the client name admitted by that organization's exact-name rule.

Identified filing relationship

Meta

Filing basis: 2 retained canonical LDA filings identify registrant ID 401104049 and a client name admitted by Meta's reviewed exact-name rule.

This relationship does not establish a policy outcome or the nature of work beyond the filing text.

Inspect the 2 supporting filings

Issue activity

Official issue codes are broad. Plain-language themes appear only where an existing reviewed code mapping applies.

Official issue-code frequency in 2026-Q1 through 2026-Q2
Official code and labelReviewed themeFilingsActivity entries
CSP — Consumer Issues/Safety/ProductsNo reviewed plain-language mapping22
FIN — Financial Institutions/Investments/SecuritiesNo reviewed plain-language mapping22

Reported income by quarter

These amounts are income reported by the firm for represented clients. They are not client in-house expenses, profit, political access, or influence.

Accessible income detail for 2026-Q1 through 2026-Q2
ClientQuarterAmount reported by firmStatus
Meta2026 Q1$30,000reported
Meta2026 Q2$30,000reported

The comparable numeric total is $60,000. Every retained income field in this profile is additive.

Filing timeline

This chronology shows retained quarterly filings, not every registration, contact, or amendment version.

  1. Meta · 1st Quarter - Report

    2 reported issue entries; $30,000.

  2. Meta · 2nd Quarter - Report

    2 reported issue entries; $30,000.

Detailed filings and source descriptions

Open each record to read the official source wording retained in the collection.

2026 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · Meta · 2 issue entries
Client name as filed
META PLATFORMS INC.
Registrant name as filed
THE WILLIAMS GROUP
Amount reported by firm
$30,000

FIN — Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities

Children online safety; fraud

Government entities listed: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

CSP — Consumer Issues/Safety/Products

Children online safety; fraud

Government entities listed: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

2026 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) · Meta · 2 issue entries
Client name as filed
META PLATFORMS INC.
Registrant name as filed
THE WILLIAMS GROUP
Amount reported by firm
$30,000

FIN — Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities

Children online safety; fraud

Government entities listed: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

CSP — Consumer Issues/Safety/Products

Children online safety; fraud

Government entities listed: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

These links are shown because the reviewed filings identify a client or use an official code mapped to a reviewed issue. They do not imply coordination or policy impact.

Method and identity review

How this profile was prepared

Review aliases, identifier basis, dates, and calculation boundaries
Reviewed display name
The Williams Group
Name shown in filings
THE WILLIAMS GROUP
Official registrant ID
401104049
Identity review
A stable LDA registrant ID, one exact reviewed source name, and an outside-income filing basis support publication without merging names.
Reviewed period
2026-Q1 through 2026-Q2
Review date
Sep 7, 2026

Only selected canonical filing versions are used after the organization exact-name and amendment rules. Income is grouped by client and reported quarter. Numeric totals exclude below-threshold, unreported, and absent values instead of treating them as zero.