• Department of Defense FY09 Authorization, Title II, Information Technology/Data Storage; Department of Defense FY09 Appropriation, Title II, Information Technology/Data Storage;

Duration: April 15, 2007 to December 31, 2008

General Issues: Computer Industry, Defense

Spending: about $30,000 (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: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Army - Dept of (Other) , Defense - Dept of (DOD), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Natl Geospatial Intelligence Agency, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Social Security Administration (SSA), Y Y DOD