• Funding for the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Reimbursement Program (SCRP); review of the Build America Buy America guidelines for Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Program; the role of fiber optic equipment in the security of communications networks; effect of permitting requirements in draft designation of Chumash National Marine Sanctuary on submarine cables; funding for Affordable Connectivity Program; spectrum auction authority reauthorization; role of certain providers in foreign telecommunications networks.
• Funding for the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Reimbursement Program (SCRP); review of the Build America Buy America guidelines for Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Program; the role of fiber optic equipment in the security of communications networks; role of certain providers in foreign telecommunications networks; resiliency of submarine networks.
• Funding for the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Reimbursement Program (SCRP); review of the Build America Buy America guidelines for Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Program; the role of fiber optic equipment in the security of communications networks; authorizing legislation for the International Development Finance Corporation; impact of trade barriers on telecommunications equipment manufacturers; role of certain providers in foreign telecommunications networks.
• Authorizing legislation for the International Development Finance Corporation; impact of trade barriers on telecommunications equipment manufacturers; role of certain providers in foreign telecommunications networks.
• R&D expenses in 2024 revised tax bill.

Duration: January 1, 2008 to October 31, 2008

General Issues: Telecommunications, Homeland Security, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Foreign Relations, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Science/Technology, Copyright/Patent/Trademark

Spending: about $455,000 (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, Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), White House Office, State - Dept of (DOS), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Natl Science Foundation (NSF), General Services Administration (GSA), Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)