• Telecommunications, franchise fees and agreements, broadband issues, and communication tax structures
• Disaster planning and emergency responce funding issues as well as port, rail, and bus security
• E-Rate program and Universal Service Fund, Vocational Training
• Securing fixed Energy Infrastructure
• Homeland Security Funding and Mandate Issues, grant formulas, and apportioned formulas
• Section 8, HOPE VI, CDBG, CSBG, Eminent Domain, Community Development
• Mass transit funding and development, bridge rehabilitation, transportation security
• International Aid for Africa
• COPS, Juvenile Justice, Prisoner Reentry, Justice Assistance Grants, Illegal Guns

Duration: November 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008

General Issues: Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV, Disaster Planning/Emergencies, Education, Energy/Nuclear, Homeland Security, Housing, Transportation, Foreign Relations, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Firearms/Guns/Ammunition, Environmental/Superfund, Government Issues, Urban Development/Municipalities

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 2007: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Energy - Dept of, Labor - Dept of (DOL), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Economic Development Administration, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), State - Dept of (DOS), Office of Juvenile Justice & Deliquency Prevention, Office of Justice Program, Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Y Y Department of Commerce, FCC, Y Y DHS, FEMA, Department of Energy, Y Y Department of Education, Department of Labor, Y Y Department of Energy, DHS, Department of Transporation, Y Y HUD, Department of Commerce, EDA, Department of Transportation, Y Y State Department, Y Y Department of Justice, ATF, FBI