• DoD Appropriations and Authorization Acts of 2009, RDT&E and Procurement

Duration: January 13, 2006 to February 19, 2008

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Defense, Transportation, Disaster Planning/Emergencies, Homeland Security, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Railroads, Science/Technology

Spending: about $83,800 (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 2006: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Y Y Department of Homeland Security - US Secret Service, Customs and Border Protection, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, TSA Department of Defense, Department of Justice - FBI, US Marshalls, DEA Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Y Y, Y Y Department of Homeland Security Department of Defense Director of National Intelligence