• Idenitfy opportunities related to Identity Stronghold's capabilities to support the government in identity and privacy protection capabilities. Made outreach to Secretary Brenda Sprague at the State Dept. to discuss incorporating Identity Stronghold's product into passport services.
• Identify opportunities related to Identity Stronghold's capabilities to support the government in identity and privacy protection capabilities. Made outreach to officials, including HHS to discuss incorporating Identity Stronghold's product into card services.

Duration: July 12, 2010 to January 31, 2011

General Issues: Homeland Security, Government Issues

Spending: about $50,000 (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 2010: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Defense - Dept of (DOD), Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), State - Dept of (DOS), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)