• S. 306, In support of establishing a criminal justice commission. No House bill introduced yet. Education of policymakers about the importance of independent science-based research to criminal justice policymaking.
• Supported increased federal funding for science-based research on criminal justice issues.

Duration: September 1, 2009 to June 30, 2012

General Issues: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Budget/Appropriations

Spending: about $120,000 (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, Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Office of Justice Program