• Seeking federal funding in the FY 2016 Labor, Health and Human Services Education appropriations bill to support workforce development and training programs; monitoring FY 16 appropriations bills for grant program funding levels; seeing federal grant opportunities to expand workforce development and training services; supporting funding for dual enrollment programs, advocating for DOL TAACCCT funding.

Duration: January 15, 2007 to June 30, 2015

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Economics/Economic Development, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Agriculture

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 2007: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Economic Development Administration, Education - Dept of, Labor - Dept of (DOL), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Natl Science Foundation (NSF), Natl Endowment for the Humanities, U.S. Senate,, Employment & Training Administration, Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)