• Issues related to Lean Six Sigma and creating business practice efficiencies at government agencies. Issues related to Executive Order: Improving Government Program Performance and the Performance Improvement Council and Performance Improvement Officers.

Duration: June 5, 2007 to February 25, 2009

General Issues: Government Issues, Homeland Security, Defense, Veterans

Spending: about $280,000 (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: Office of Management & Budget (OMB),, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Transportation - Dept of (DOT),, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS),, House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Y Y US Department of Veteran Affairs White House - Office of Management and Budget, Y N, US Department of Veteran Affairs White House - Office of Management and Budget