Lobbying Relationship

Client

Nuance Communications, Inc.

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Lobbying firm

HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP

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  • Role of Speech Recognition technology in addressing the problem of distracted driving.

Duration: to

General Issues: Transportation, Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid, Copyright/Patent/Trademark

Spending: about $240,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2009: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), U.S. Senate,, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Bills mentioned

H.R.3535: ALERT Drivers Act

Sponsor: Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.)

H.R.3994: Distracted Driving Prevention Act of 2009

Sponsor: Eliot L. Engel (D-N.Y.)

S.1938: Distracted Driving Prevention Act of 2010

Sponsor: John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.)

S.1536: ALERT Drivers Act

Sponsor: Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.)

H.R.1: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Sponsor: David R. Obey (D-Wis.)

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Lobbyists

Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented twice here.

Lobbyist Covered positions?
Robert Bradner 5/85-11/93 Various positions, Rep. John E. Porter 5/95-3/00 Various positions, Rep. John E. Porter
Gerry Sikorski 1983-2003 Member, U.S. House of Representatives 1983-1993 Member, House of Representatives 1983-1993, Member US House of Representatives
Lynn Cutler 97-01 Deputy Asst. to the President for Intergovt. Affairs 97-01 Sr. Advisor to the President on Native American Issues
Julie Minerva 8/99-12/03, Leg Asst. to Rep Robert Matsui
John Busher 1/93-6/96 LA, Senator Carol Moseley-Braun
John Buscher 1/92-12/92 Staff Assistant, Senator Alan Dixon
Michael Gaba n/a
Lisa Barkovic n/a

Disclosures Filed

Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.

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Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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