• Discuss impact of regular and substantive definition on CBE programs.
• Monitor the impact of negotiated rulemaking on state authorization at the Department of Education. Monitor HEA Reauthorization and definition of 'regular and substantive' interaction. Support Short Term Pell legislation
• Assist client in altering language of Post-9/11 GI Bill vis-a-vis housing stipends for veterans attending distance learning institutions; monitor implementation of PL 112-249, the Improving Transparency of Education Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2012.
• Discuss benefits of distance education for job training and workforce development.

Duration: November 1, 2007 to present

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Education, Veterans, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Defense, Health Issues

Spending: about $2,410,000 (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, Education - Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), Labor - Dept of (DOL), Defense - Dept of (DOD), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA),, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Education - Dept of,, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS),, Y Y Department of Health and Human Services; Department of Defense; House of Representatives; Senate; Department of Veteran Affairs; Department of Labor; Department of Education