• FY2011 House and Senate Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations bills and the FY2011 House and Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations bills: funding for local governments. Monitored FY2011 Budget request for program and grant opportunities for local governments.
• Monitored legislative activity related to the reauthorization of the Surface Transportation Authorization Act of 2009, including high priority projects. FY2011 House and Senate Transportation, Housing & Urban Development Appropriations bills. Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act (PL 111-147) for extensions to SAFETEA-LU. Monitored FY2011 Budget request for programs and grant opportunities under the Livable Community Initiative.
• Monitored funding opportunities for environmental projects for the city.
• Monitored potential legislation related to the city's energy priorities, including the Kerry/Lieberman American Power Act.
• FY2011 House and Senate Commerce, Justice and Related Agencies Appropriations bills. Met with staff regarding city's broadband priorities list.
• Monitored funding opportunities for broadband priorities.

Duration: January 1, 2008 to July 1, 2010

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Transportation, Environmental/Superfund, Energy/Nuclear, Telecommunications, Utilities, Clean Air & Water (Quality), Urban Development/Municipalities, Disaster Planning/Emergencies, Economics/Economic Development, Aviation/Aircraft/Airlines, Natural Resources, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Education, Indian/Native American Affairs

Spending: about $200,000 (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, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)