• FY 2009 National Defense Authorization Act, HR 5658, S.3001; Defense Appropriations FY 2009; discussed wounded warriors provisions with certain members; H. Con Res and S. Con Res 70. Defense procurement issues. Emergency suplemental Funding for Iraq, Afghanistan, Veterans, Workers and Midwest disasters H.R. 2642; HR 6599, S3301; HR2638 Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act 2009
• FY 2009 Appropriations for the Department of Housing and Urban Development; all provisions related to, but not limited to, HUD Information Technology; FY 09 Transportation/HUD Appropriations bill @Senate) relating to cargo tracking
• FY 2009 Appropriations for Department of Justice and related agencies, all provisions related to funding for IT systems at the Deparmentt of Justice and related agencies
• S.3181, S.Report 110-396 Department of Hoomeland Security; House Appropriation bill 2009; all provisions relating to information technology and service DHS funding for DHS second data center, ICE, Bureau of Customs and Border protection, including but limited to SEVIS, TWIC, Registered Traveler, FEMA; HR 6947, S 3781; SRept 110-396
• Appropriations bill FY 09 Commerce, Justice, Science and related agencies. All provisions related to information tech and services with NASA, NOAA, including but not limited to JASON; HR 275, Global Online Freedom Act of 2007, to promote freedom of expression on the Internet, to protect United States businesses from coercion to participate in repression by authoritarian foreign governments,and for other purposes. Section 201, Protection of Personally Identifiable Information; Section 202, Integrity of Personally Identifiable Information. H.R.2406 Authorize the National Institute of Standards and Technology to increase its efforts in support of the integration of the healthcare information enterprise in the United States. Sponsor: Rep Gordon, Bart [TN-6] (introduced 5/21/2007 House Reports: 110-451 S 3182; S Rept 110-397
• S. 3093 Electronic Employment Verification Reauthorization Act of 2008; H.R. 3882, S. 5921 High Skilled Per Country Level Elimination Act; H.R. 4088, S. 2366 SAVE Act of 2007; H.R. 6039 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize certain aliens with Master's/higher degrees from US institutions in field of science, technology, engineering or math to be admitted for permanent residence. H.R. 5642 SUSTAIN Act
• Budget Resolution; HCon Res and S Con Res 70; Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, H.R. 6331; Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008, H.R. 5613
• The Wired for Health Care Quallity Act (S.1693); bill to enhancethe adoption of a nationwide interoperable health information technoloyg system and to imporve the quality and reduce the costs of health care in ght US; Heatlh Information Technology Act S. 1408; The 10,000 Trained by 1020 Act H.R. 1467; TRUST in Health Information Act H.R. 5442; National health Information Incentive Act H.R. 1952 to amend Title XI of SSA to achieve a national health information infrastructure; Promoting Health Information Technology H.R. 3800 - to advance the adoption of nationwide interoperable health information technology and to improve health care quality and reduce health care costs in the US; Protecting Records, Optimizing Treatment and Easing communication through Healthcare Technology Act of 2008, H.R. 6357
• HR 1908, S. 1145, Patent Reform Act of 2007, bills to amend Title 35 of the United States Code to provide for patent reform. S. 1145 Section 2 Right of The First Inventor to File; Section 4, Right of First Inventor to Obtain Damages; Section 8, Venue and Jurisdiction; Section 11, Applicant Quality Submissions (As amended by Specter and Leahy Amendments), search and analysis
• HR 2138 Investment in America; S2209 Research Credit Improvement Act; HR1820 Tax Equity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act; HR1385 EXTEND the Energy Efficiency Incentives Act; HR3735 To extend look thru treatment; HR3970 Tax Reduction and Reform Act; Universal Filing Portal; HR1023 To repeal the three percent withholding requirement; HR3396 Tax Fairness and Simplification Act; S34 Tax Fairness and Simplification Act
• Sarbanes Oxley Reform; Proxy Access
• HR 556 Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007; HR 1042 To extend trade promotion authority; Free trade agreements for Panama, Peru, Columbia, Korea; HR 3688, Peru FTA; Export Controls
• S495 Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2007
• Energy Policy Act of 2005, Public Law 109-058, Section 103; HR 3221, Section 9049 (House)-New Direction for Energy Independence, National Security and Consumer Protection Act 9049 Section=Energy Efficiency for Data Center Buildings HR 6 as amended (Senate) Renewable Fuels, Consumer Protection and Energy Efficiency Act of 2007; Title II, Subtitles A, B, C
• S. 40 National Insurance Act of 2007; HR 3200, to authorize the issuance of federal charters and licenses for carrying on the sale, solicitation, negotiation, and underwriting of insurance or any other insurance operations to provide a comprehensive system for the federal regulation and supervision of national insurers and national agencies, to provide for policyholder protections in the event of an insolvency or the impairment of a national insurer, and for other purposes. S. 40Title I, Subtitles A, B, C; Title II, Subtitles A, B; Title III, Sections 1301-1303.
• The Farm, Nutrition and Bioenergy Act of 2007; HR 2419 and S.3202, Food and Energy Security Act of 2007; HR 2419 Farm Nutrition and Bio-energy Act of 2007, Section 4015 Review Of Major Changes in Program Design as described in Section 4008 of House Report 110-256, Part 1. HR 6124 the Food, conservation and Energy Act of 2008, provisions related to Farm Service Agency information technology; and to House passed Baca amendment regarding outsourcing.
• S.1926 The national Infrastructure Bank to provide funding for quailified infratructure projects and for other purposes. HR 5244 Credit Cardholder's bill of Rights of 2008, to amend the Truth and Lending Act to establish fair and trasparent practices relating to the extension of credit uner an open ent consumer credit plan and for other purposes; HR l424 (PL 110-343, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, an Act to provide authority for the Federal Government to purchase and insurecertain types of troubled assets for the purposes of providing stability to and preventing disruption in the economy and financial system and protecting taxpayers, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes."
• Supplemental Appropriation bill, H.R. 2642, H.R. 5892, A bill to amend Title 38, US Code, to modernize the disability benefits claim processing system of the Department of Veterans Affairs; HR 2638 Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009

Duration: April 1, 2008 to August 26, 2008

General Issues: Defense, Housing, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Homeland Security, Science/Technology, Immigration, Medicare/Medicaid, Health Issues, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Computer Industry, Energy/Nuclear, Insurance, Agriculture, Banking, Veterans

Spending: about $1,508,000 (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: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Defense - Dept of (DOD), Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), State - Dept of (DOS), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), State - Dept of (DOS),, Treasury - Dept of, Energy - Dept of, Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)