• Acquisition reform related to commercial satellite communications and spectrum issues; Department of Defense and Intelligence Community acquisition reform.

Duration: January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2022

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Defense, Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV, Telecommunications

Spending: about $2,602,825 (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 2008: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, U.S. Senate,, Defense - Dept of (DOD), Defense - Dept of (DOD),, Air Force - Dept of, Defense Information Systems Agency, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Joint Chiefs of Staff, Navy - Dept of, Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Office of the Secretary of Defense, Army - Dept of (Other) , Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)

Affiliated organizations: Intelsat Corporation

Related Foreign Entities: Intelsat S.A. (L-1246, LUX); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%