• Outreach to the Dept. of Agriculture to discuss potential opportunities in their strategic communications and public relations efforts.
• Position client for technical services support relating to strategic communications initiatives relating to homeland security preparedness planning and coordination, health IT, military education and training, and energy conservation. Met with DOD Army, Navy, and Airforce to discuss supporting strategic communications initiatives.
• Position client for technical services support relating to strategic communications initiatives relating to homeland security preparedness planning and coordination, health IT, military education and training, and energy conservation.

Duration: March 5, 2009 to October 31, 2010

General Issues: Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV, Defense, Health Issues, Energy/Nuclear, Homeland Security, Housing, Environmental/Superfund, Banking

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 2009: Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Defense - Dept of (DOD), Army - Dept of (Other) , Air Force - Dept of, Navy - Dept of, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Energy - Dept of, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)