• Provide Education and awareness about the benefits of mechanical insulation in eneregy and cost savings; to seek federal resources and tax incentives for training, jobs, and better uses of insulation. FY 2012 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill; HR 2866; S1526, Mechanical Insulation Installation Incentive Act.

Duration: March 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012

General Issues: Energy/Nuclear

Spending: about $60,000 (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: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate