• Legislation and issues pertaining to: telecommunications law, regulatory reform, universal service fund reform, net neutrality, and broadband deployment to rural areas; National Broadband Plan; privacy issues; Title II issues; HR 1391 Stop M-Spam Abuse as a Sales Industry Habit Act of 2009; American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; jobs; Universal Service Reform Act
• Legislation and issues relating to: telecommunications law, regulatory reform, universal service fund reform, net neutrality, and broadband deployment to rural areas; HR 2902 Broadband Internet Fairness Act; HR 3101 Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009; HR 3458 Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2009; American Recovery and Reinvestment Act National Broadband Plan; jobs; privacy; Universal Service Reform Act - S 788 - M-SPAM Act of 2009 - Issues related to the implementation of P.L. 111-16 and broadband grant programs administered by the Department of Commerce and the Department of Agriculture - HR 226 - Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2009 - To prevent the Federal Communications Commission from repromulgating the fairness doctrine. - HR 299 - National Digital Television Consumer Education Act. - HR 339 - Digital Television Coupon Improvement Act. - HR 400 - Protecting Consumers through Proper Forbearance Procedures Act - To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prevent the granting of regulatory forbearance by default. - HR 508 - DTV Converter Box Rebate Act of 2009. - FY 2011 Financial Services Appropriations FCC appropriations - HR 3348 - A bill to amend the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 to extend the interoperable emergency communications grant program through fiscal year 2012. - HR 3458 - Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2009 - to establish a national broadband policy, safeguard consumer rights, spur investment and innovation, and for related purposes. - HR 3498 - Statewide PTV Access Act of 2009 - to permit satellite carriers to retransmit the signals of certain noncommercial, educational broadcast stations outside their local markets, and for other purposes. - HR 3646 - Broadband Affordability Act of 2009 - to establish a Lifeline Assistance Program for universal broadband adoption, and for other purposes. - S 899 - DTV Cliff Effect Assistance Act of 2009 - A bill to establish an assistance program for the construction of digital TV translators to fill coverage gaps that are created from the transition from analog to digital signals. - FY 2011 Agriculture Appropriations RUS rural broadband programs - S 1670 - Satellite Television Modernization Act of 2009 - to reform and modernize the limitations on exclusive rights relating to secondary transmissions of certain signals. - Satellite Home Viewer Act
• Continuing Resolution through 12/3/10 S. Amend to HR 3081; HRes1493/SConRes60 FY11 Budget Resolution and Spectrum; S 3636 FY 2011 Commerce/Justice/Science Appropriations Bill; S 3800 FY 2011 Defense Appropriations Bill; S 3677 FY 2011 Financial Services Appropriations Bill; HR 5822/S 3615 FY 2011 Military/Veterans Appropriations Bill; HR 5850/S 3644 FY 2011 Transportation/HUD Consolidated Appropriations Act
• HR 915/S 1451 - FAA Reauthorization Act of 2009; Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient, Transportation Equity Act (SAFETEA-LU); HR 4016 - Hazardous Material Transportation Safety Act of 2009; HR 4915 Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2010; HR 1586 FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act
• HR 4213 Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010
• Senate Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies

Duration: January 1, 2009 to June 30, 2011

General Issues: Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV, Telecommunications, Budget/Appropriations, Transportation, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Health Issues

Spending: about $360,000 (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 2009: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), U.S. Copyright Office, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)