• Educated and briefed congressional offices and agency officials on KEMET's business plans, including activity in Africa; issues include manufacturing, social investment programs, regulatory changes and due-diligence requirements in relation to Dodd-Frank Section 1502.

Duration: May 4, 2011 to July 1, 2021

General Issues: Manufacturing, Foreign Relations, Energy/Nuclear, Trade (Domestic & Foreign)

Spending: about $410,000 (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.

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