• Design and construction of a Red River diversion channel to prevent flooding in Fargo, ND and surrounding areas. FY 2013 appropriations (no bill numbers).
• Design and construction of a Red River diversion channel to prevent flooding in Fargo, ND and surrounding areas. Water Resources Development Act.

Duration: July 1, 2011 to March 31, 2012

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Disaster Planning/Emergencies

Spending: about $150,000 (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, Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Army - Dept of (Other) , Office of Management & Budget (OMB)