• FY 2016 appropriations: programmatic funding levels of relevance to local government interests, including housing, transportation, energy, public safety, homeland security, economic development. Support for CDBG and HOME funding, FEMA / UASI funding, FAA contract tower program funding.
• FY 2016 Department of Homeland Security appropriations for UASI funding and designations, FY 2015 implementation of same; Priority Enforcement Program; sanctuary cities legislation
• Issues related to CDBG and housing programs, economic development, infrastructure financing, sewer and water infrastructure financing, water sources and drought, parks, transit, muncipally-owned utilities, taxation, airport issues, homeland security, body cameras, streetcar funding. sanctuary cities, Tech Hire

Duration: January 30, 2012 to December 31, 2015

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Homeland Security, Urban Development/Municipalities, Energy/Nuclear, Aviation/Aircraft/Airlines, Housing, Environmental/Superfund, Transportation, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Clean Air & Water (Quality), Foreign Relations, Disaster Planning/Emergencies, Economics/Economic Development, Government Issues, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Defense, Roads/Highway

Spending: about $480,000 (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, Labor - Dept of (DOL), White House Office, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Natl Endowment for the Arts, Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), Economic Development Administration, State - Dept of (DOS)