• Issues related to Federal contracts for organizations that employ individuals with disabilities. Specifically the President's Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled.

Duration: March 6, 2008 to June 5, 2008

General Issues: Government Issues, Defense, Economics/Economic Development, Veterans, Manufacturing

Spending: about $30,000 (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 2008: Executive Office of the President (EOP),