• S. 1599, FY 2012 Labor-HHS appropriations.
• Older Americans Act reauthorization; Workforce Investment Act. H.R. 877, To express the sense of Congress that Federal job training programs that target older adults should work with nonprofit organizations that have a record of success in developing and implementing research based technology curriculum designed specifically for older adults.

Duration: August 1, 2010 to September 30, 2011

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Government Issues

Spending: about $160,000 (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, Labor - Dept of (DOL), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Corporation for Natl & Community Service, Employment & Training Administration