• Fusion centers; information sharing; FY 2024 Department of Homeland Security appropriations; FEMA preparedness grants; Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Activities; investigative technology; impact of data privacy legislation on law enforcement investigations; digital evidence access issues; counter-unmanned aviation systems issues; security clearance issues for fusion center personnel
• Fusion centers; threat information sharing issues; investigative technology; digital evidence access issues; American Data Privacy Protection Act; impact of data privacy legislation on law enforcement investigations

Duration: March 15, 2013 to present

General Issues: Homeland Security, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Intelligence and Surveillance, Budget/Appropriations

Spending: about $160,000 (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, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)