Lobbying Relationship

Client

GOOGLE INC.

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Lobbying firm

KING & SPALDING LLP

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  • General telecommunications legislation and issues related to privacy, Google Voice, and Universal Service Fund.
  • Openness and competition in the online services market
  • Freedom of expression and intellectual property in international trade agreements
  • Intellectual property issues, including issues related to Google Book Search settlement
  • General online consumer privacy and protection issues
  • Online health-related initiatives
  • Issues regarding benefits of online advertising for small businesses
  • Renewable energy policies
  • Issues relating to online advertising, including privacy, competition and House/Senate use of online advertising
  • International freedom of expression and censorship

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General Issues: Telecommunications, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection, Health Issues, Small Business, Energy/Nuclear, Advertising, Foreign Relations, Science/Technology

Spending: about $640,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2006: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, U.S. Senate,, Executive Office of the President (EOP), State - Dept of (DOS)

Bills mentioned

H.R.1: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Sponsor: David R. Obey (D-Wis.)

H.R.275: Global Online Freedom Act of 2007

Sponsor: Christopher H. Smith (R-N.J.)

S.1738: PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008

Sponsor: Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.)

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Lobbyists

Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented twice here.

Lobbyist Covered positions?
Daniel R. Coats U.S. Ambassador to Germany
Allison F. Kassir staff to Rep. P. McHale, OSD/DOD & HASC
Claudia A. Hrvatin LD, Rep. Chris Cannon; LA, Rep. John Doolittle
Archibald Galloway II Senior Defense Policy Advisor, Sen. Jeff Sessions
Jason S. McKitrick Analyst, House Budget Comm.; LA, Rep. Kasich
Thomas J. Spulak GC, House Rules Cmte.; GC, House of Reps. GC, House Rules Committee; GC, House of Reps
Terry R. Snell Senior Foreign Service Officer
Andrew L. Woods n/a
Viraj M. Mirani n/a
Connie Mack n/a
William C. Talmadge n/a
Theodore M. Hester n/a

Disclosures Filed

Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.

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Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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