• No specific legislation. Energy savings, energy management and quality issues. Introductions to various agencies because of the directive put forth by the Executive Branch through the Department of Energy mandating a 20% reduction of energy costs by all Departments and Agencies.

Duration: October 1, 2007 to December 31, 2008

General Issues: Energy/Nuclear, Science/Technology

Spending: about $80,000 (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 2007: Architect of the Capitol (AOC), Defense - Dept of (DOD), Energy - Dept of, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)