• Implementation of P.L. No. 112-96 - Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (spectrum incentive auctions); retransmission consent generally. Reauthorization of the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act (STELA). Music media streaming issues, including H.Con.Res.16 - Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act (Conaway-Green).H.R. 3196 (Latta), issues related to set-top box security separation.
• Legislative and regulatory proposals related to reforms to Universal Service Fund; retransmission consent and compulsory license reform generally; proposed changes to FCC media ownership rules; broadband issues generally. S. 912 - Television Consumer Freedom Act of 2013 (McCain).
• Potential corporate tax reform legislation.
• H.R. 624 - Cyber Information Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) (Rogers-Ruppersberger), S. 21 - Cybersecurity and American Cyber Competitiveness Act of 2013 (Rockefeller-Feinstein-Carper), and S. 1353 - Cybersecurity Act of 2013 (Rockefeller-Thune) and related legislation.

Duration: March 1, 2011 to December 31, 2013

General Issues: Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV, Telecommunications, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Homeland Security, Retirement, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Media (Information/Publishing)

Spending: about $420,000 (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: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, House of Representatives,

Affiliated organizations: Dow Lohnes PLLC