• Monitored telecommunications legislation and regulation generally, with specific lobbying emphasis upon the following issues: 1) consideration of any update or rewrite of current telecommunications laws; 2) rural broadband deployment and adoption; 3) FCC rules and regulations related to universal service fund, including the Connect America Fund and contributions; 4) net neutrality and Open Internet issues; 5) congressional consideration of the FCCs broadband privacy rules; and 6) consideration of an infrastructure package to support broadband deployment in under-served areas.
• Federal policies related to video content and re-transmission of broadcast signals.
• Reform of the corporate tax code, particularly with regard to cost recovery and deductibility of business-interest expenses.

Duration: May 1, 2011 to April 30, 2018

General Issues: Telecommunications, Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Spending: about $745,000 (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 2011: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives