• Federal Funding for Research & Development and Manufacturing; Commerce, Justice & Science Appropriations and Authorization - National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); S. 1468 & H.R. 2996 - Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2013
• General Intellectual Property Protection and Enforcement Policies
• Export Control Policy on Dual Use Technology and the Export Administration Regulations; Comprehensive Export Control Reform
• Advancement of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education Policies
• High-Skilled Immigration Reform (H-1B and EB Visas)
• Advanced Manufacturing Program - National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI); S. 1468 & H.R. 2996 - Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2013
• American Innovation & Competitiveness Policies; Promotion of High-Technology Research & Development; Advanced Manufacturing Program - National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI); S. 1468 & H.R. 2996 - Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2013
• Research & Development Tax Credit; General U.S. Corporate Tax Policies
• Export Control Policy on Dual Use Technology and the Export Administration Regulations; Comprehensive Export Control Reform; Expansion of Free Trade Agreements: Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership; Information Technology Agreement Expansion and Uniform Implementation; Improvements to Foreign Trade Zones Regulations; Customs Reauthorization: S. 662 - Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Reauthorization Act

Duration: April 1, 2013 to May 23, 2014

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Defense, Education, Immigration, Manufacturing, Science/Technology, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Trade (Domestic & Foreign)

Spending: about $140,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2013: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, Defense - Dept of (DOD)