Advocacy, legal and lobbying stories from this week's National Journal: (subscription)

• "FCC's Broadband Dreams": Congress has directed the FCC to develop a plan to boost broadband access to more Americans.
• "A New Day For Consumers' Union": A famed consumer advocacy group launches issue ads and deals with staff turnover as Ellen Bloom leads its D.C. office.
• "Tough Year For Lockheed Martin": Despite cuts in major defense contracts, Lockheed Chairman Robert Stevens is confident about the company's future.
• "On The Move": Joe Clayton and Tad Segal, both formerly of Widmeyer Communications, have teamed up to launch Outreach Strategies, an "issues-oriented" communications and public-affairs firm; Jen Daulby Kaleta is opening a Washington office for Land O'Lakes, the Minnesota-based agriculture cooperative, where she will serve as director of federal affairs. Kaleta spent the past three years as a lobbyist for Monsanto.