• General issues related to federal information technology (IT) and the cybersecurity workforce; H.R. 1344/S. 516, State Cyber Resiliency Act; H.R. 2184/S. 754 Cyber Scholarship Opportunities Act of 2017; H.R. 1989/S. 1277, VET TEC Act of 2017, draft Championing Apprenticeships for New Careers and Employees (CHANCE) in Tech Act
• General issues related to cybersecurity training and certification; FY18 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA); H.R. 1609/S. 592, DOD Cyber Scholarship Program Act of 2017

Duration: May 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018

General Issues: Computer Industry, Defense

Spending: about $30,000 (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 2017: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Treasury - Dept of, Energy - Dept of, State - Dept of (DOS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Defense - Dept of (DOD)