• Defense Authorization and Appropriation Bills; defense acquisition issues; Title XI
• Transportation Authorization and Appropriation Bills; Coast Guard new-build programs and acquisition issues; Title XI; Jones Act
• Implementation of Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act
• Occupational safety and health issues
• Homeland Security Appropriations; Coast Guard new-build programs and acquisition issues; facility security legislation and regulations

Duration: January 1, 2008 to December 21, 2010

General Issues: Defense, Transportation, Clean Air & Water (Quality), Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Homeland Security

Spending: about $600,000 (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, Defense - Dept of (DOD), Navy - Dept of, Maritime Administration (MARAD), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),, Navy - Dept of,, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG),, Labor - Dept of (DOL)