• Requested and monitored available resources for direct research grants and any available programs presently existing or planned with private sector/university/government partnerships.
• Monitored and discussed immigration issues that pertain to higher education and faculty.
• Monitored and discussed education policy impacts to higher education.

Duration: November 1, 2007 to present

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Defense, Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries, Natural Resources, Roads/Highway, Science/Technology, Health Issues, Manufacturing, Immigration, Education, Transportation, Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs, Disaster Planning/Emergencies, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Unemployment, Energy/Nuclear, Environmental/Superfund, Automotive Industry, Small Business, Railroads, Fuel/Gas/Oil, Utilities, Aviation/Aircraft/Airlines

Spending: about $1,865,000 (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: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Defense - Dept of (DOD), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Federal Railroad Administration, Energy - Dept of, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Federal Reserve System, Defense - Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Y Y, Y Y Department of Defense, Y Y Department of Energy, Y Y Environmental Protection Agency, Y Y National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Y Y Department of Agriculture, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Y Y Department of Transportation