• Issues pertaining to technology and transportation policy. Issues pertaining to technology in the reauthorization of highway and transportation bills. S 1813 "Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century," all provisions pertaining to research and technology. HR 7 "American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act of 2012," all provisions pertaining to research and technology.

Duration: September 15, 2011 to September 15, 2012

General Issues: Transportation, Homeland Security

Spending: about $40,000 (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