• Raising awareness and providing educational materials related to the CDC Whistleblower-MMR Vaccine issue, and overall concerns about mismanagement of vaccine safety research and need to reform to Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.
• Raise awareness and educate about continued epidemic increase in rates of autism spectrum disorders, concerns about connect to medical injuries and other environmental factors not being addressed in research. Educate about the needs of autism families, including adults with autism. Needs include housing, education, integrative health care, and other services. Importance of family inclusion in research portfolio development in government programs.

Duration: May 10, 2016 to July 30, 2016

General Issues: Government Issues, Health Issues, Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs, Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection

Spending: about $10,000 (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 2016: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives