• Improvements in life-cycle performance and cost prediction for complex government-owned assets and programs; FY 2013 National Defense Authorization Act

Duration: August 13, 2008 to January 31, 2013

General Issues: Science/Technology

Spending: about $90,000 (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 2008: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, State - Dept of (DOS), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), General Services Administration (GSA), Energy - Dept of, Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), U.S. Customs & Border Protection

Related Foreign Entities: Formula Vision Technologies, Ltd. (Savyon, ISR); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 90%