• Grant requirements and public access to research results; open science; access to data referred to in regulation
• Protection of copyright
• Regulatory reform related to grant requirements and public access to research results

Duration: February 3, 2012 to present

May Have Ended?

General Issues: Science/Technology, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Government Issues

Spending: about $680,000 (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 2012: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Natl Science Foundation (NSF), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Energy - Dept of, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Defense - Dept of (DOD), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Education - Dept of, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Army - Dept of (Other) , Navy - Dept of, Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Affiliated organizations: Association of American Publishers; Int'l Association of STM Publishers

Related Foreign Entities: International Association of STM Publishers (Oxford, GBR); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%