Lobbying Relationship

Client

Afognak Native Corporation

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Lobbying firm

Signal Group Consulting, LLC

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  • Oversight of Small Business Administration (SBA) native 8(a) contracting.
  • Oversight and implementation of rules related to government/defense contracting and the Small Business Administration (SBA) native 8(a) program. Monitored the implementation of section 811 (from 2010 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) (PL 111-84) and proposed reforms to the provision. Monitored and worked on 8(a) issues and proposed reforms to section 811 in relation to 2018 NDAA.
  • Monitored the appropriations process on proposals related to native contracting and the native 8(a) program. Proposed reforms to Section 811 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 2010 (PL 111-84) for inclusion in the 2017 Appropriations Bills. FY17 funding levels for Institute of Museum and Library Services in Labor - HHS/Appropriations bills. S.3040

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General Issues: Indian/Native American Affairs, Defense, Budget/Appropriations, Small Business, Homeland Security

Spending: about $920,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2010: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, White House Office

Affiliated organizations: Alutiiq, LLC

Bills mentioned

H.R.2387: Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act

Sponsor: Don Young (R-Alaska)

H.R.1735: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016

Sponsor: William M. Thornberry (R-Texas)

H.R.4909: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017

Sponsor: William M. Thornberry (R-Texas)

S.2943: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017

Sponsor: John McCain (R-Ariz.)

S.3040: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and...

Sponsor: Roy Blunt (R-Mo.)

H.R.4435: Comprehensive Behavioral Health Reform and Recovery Act of 2016

Sponsor: Gene Green (D-Texas)

H.R.4870: Promise Zone Job Creation Act of 2016

Sponsor: John B. Larson (D-Conn.)

H.R.4435: Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal...

Sponsor: Howard P. McKeon (R-Calif.)

H.R.83: Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015

Sponsor: Donna M.C. Christensen (D-Virgin Islands)

H.R.4870: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2015

Sponsor: Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.)

S.236: A bill to eliminate the preferences and special rules for Alaska Native...

Sponsor: Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.)

H.R.598: To eliminate the preferences and special rules for Alaska Native...

Sponsor: Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.)

S.633: Small Business Contracting Fraud Prevention Act of 2011

Sponsor: Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine)

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Lobbyists

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Lobbyist Covered positions?
Jeff Markey L.D./Deputy COS, Representative Doc Hastings Legislative Director, Representative Jack Metcalf Graduate Fellow, US Department of State Intern, Senator John Seymour
Samuel Whitehorn Deputy SD/GC, US Senate Commerce Committee Acting SD, US Senate Commerce Committee Sr. Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee Sr. Atty., Office of GC, US DOT
Casey Sixkiller Legislative Assistant, US Senate
Shannon O'Keefe Deputy Associate Director, Leg. Affairs, OMB Prof. Staff Homeland Security Approps Subcommittee Prof. Staff Commerce, Justice, Science Subcommittee Research Analyst, Asst Sec. for Plan. and Eval., HHS
Julie Bertoson Assoc. Dir., Ofc of Asst Sec. for Govt Affrs, DOT Dem. Staff Assistant, Senate Commerce Committee Staff Assistant, Senator Mark Dayton
Robert Chamberlin Chief Counsel, Senate Commerce Committee Senior Counsel, Senate Commerce Committee Asst Counsel, House Transp. and Infra. Committee
George Riccardo Research Assistant, Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure; Staff Assistant, Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure
Paul "Ted" Anderson LTC, US Army (Retired)
Jonathan Black Sr. Legislative Asst, Rep. Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. Summer Law Clerk, SEC Legal Fellow, Rep. Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.
Erin Neal Legislative Assistant, Senator Bill Nelson Policy Analyst, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress Volunteer, U.S. Peace Corps Legislative Correspondent, Rep. Peter Barca Staff Assistant, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson
Kathy Mitchell Deputy Pol. Adv/Deputy COS, Rep. Tim Mahoney Senior Legislative Assistant, Rep. Dan Boren
Michael Sheehy Nat. Sec. Adv., Speaker of the House of Reps. Sta.Dir/Chief Coun. H. Perm Select Comm Intel Chief of Staff, Congressman Richard Neal Chief of Staff, Congressman Edward Boland
Glynda Becker Associate Political Director, White House
Kathleen Frangione Sr. Pol. Advisor, Senate Foreign Relations Comm. Prof. Staff, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Leg. Asst., Senator John Kerry
Julie Hrdlicka n/a

Disclosures Filed

Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.

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Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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