Lobbying Relationship

Client

CROSS MATCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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Lobbying firm

SIFF & LAKE LLP

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  • Legislative proposals related to reauthorization of the BASIC PILOT (E-VERIFY) Program; Regulations regarding safe harbor procedures for employers who receive "no-match" letters
  • Legislative proposals regarding critical infrastructure protection, and Federal access control and credentialing programs; H.R. 3179, Local Preparedness Acquisition Act, entire bill; general proposals relating to first responder mobile credentialing and access control systems at disaster sites; implementation of the Transportation Workers Identification Credential at maritime facilities and use of biometric technologies; general education regarding application of biometric technologies.
  • Federal grant programs and training for State and local law enforcement; Law enforcement technologies and application of mobile biometric technologies for law enforcement purposes

Duration: to

General Issues: Immigration, Homeland Security, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Government Issues, Budget/Appropriations

Spending: about $30,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2007: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Natl Institute of Justice, House of Representatives,, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Y Y Department of Homeland Security Executive Office of the President, Y, Department of Defense Department of Homeland Security

Bills mentioned

H.R.3179: Local Preparedness Acquisition Act

Sponsor: Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.)

H.R.1: Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007

Sponsor: Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.)

H.R.3916: Border Security Technology Innovation Act of 2008

Sponsor: Ralph M. Hall (R-Texas)

H.R.2419: Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008

Sponsor: Collin C. Peterson (D-Minn.)

S.1348: Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007

Sponsor: Harry Reid (D-Nev.)

S.1639: A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other...

Sponsor: Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.)

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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?
Andrew Siff Chief of Staff, Secretary of Labor
Victor Cerda Counsel, DHS Asst. Secretary for ICE
Chris Granberg n/a
Sean O'Neill 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.

Termination
Q2 Report
MM Report

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

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