• Advise public affairs group within FASEB of ongoing legislative matters within Congress related to NIH and NSF funding and assist in arranging meetings with legislators if appropriate.
• Advise public affairs group within FASEB of ongoing appropriations matters within Congress related to NIH and NSF funding and assist in arranging meetings with legislators if appropriate. FY 2013 labor/HHS/Education Appropriations Bill; FY 2013 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations Bill

Duration: March 1, 2008 to May 5, 2014

General Issues: Science/Technology, Budget/Appropriations

Spending: about $480,000 (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: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate