• Monitored issues on hill relating to gainful employment regulations. Monitoring progress of H.R. 1, Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 and its amendments to defund gainful employment. Monitored progess of H.R. 1303 Restoring GI Bill Fairness Act of 2011 and S. 745 to amend title 38 to protect certain veterans who would otherwise be subject to a reduction in education assistance. Monitor House and Senate S. 1599; the Labor Health and Human Services appropriation bill for changes in education levels; esp Pell. Monitored PL 112-25, Budget Congrol Act of 2011 and H.R. 2608, Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 with regard to their implications on education funding. Monitored general efforts to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Monitored higher education issues in general. Monitored discussions by DOD, VA and HELP to change 90/10 rule.
• Monitored issues on hill relating to gainful employment regulations. Monitoring progress of H.R. 1, Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 and its amendments to defund gainful employment. Monitored progess of H.R. 1303 Restoring GI Bill Fairness Act of 2011 and S. 745 to amend title 38 to protect certain veterans who would otherwise be subject to a reduction ineducation assistance. Monitored discussions by DOD, VA and HELP to change 90/10 rule.
• Monitored PL 112-25, Budget Control Act of 2011 and H.R. 2608, Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 with regard to their implications on education funding.

Duration: September 1, 2010 to December 31, 2011

General Issues: Education, Veterans, Budget/Appropriations

Spending: about $270,000 (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, Education - Dept of