• Funding for postsecondary education and research activities, CPF funding.
• Federal Education policy and DOE Neg Reg.
• Issues affecting GME, FAIR Act. Issues affecting health education, Title VII and VIII programs.
• Oceanographic research funding, Coral Reef Research, Fisheries research.
• GME legislation and policy.
• DOD RDT&E funding for oceanographic research. Biomedical and Health Care Research programs and funding through CDRMP and related programs.
• FEMA funding for disaster recovery programs.
• Veterans Administration research and Health Care programs and funding.

Duration: January 1, 2008 to present

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Education, Health Issues, Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries, Medicare/Medicaid, Defense, Disaster Planning/Emergencies, Veterans, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Natural Resources, Environmental/Superfund, Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation

Spending: about $3,560,000 (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: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Navy - Dept of, Education - Dept of, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), General Services Administration (GSA), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Natl Security Council (NSC), Interior - Dept of (DOI), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Defense - Dept of (DOD), Energy - Dept of, State - Dept of (DOS), Minerals Management Service, Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), House of Representatives, Senate, Navy, Dept of, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Education