• States rights vs federal govt to impose wearing of masks, social distancing, shelter in place, curfews, economic shutdown, job losses, tax breaks for COVID-19 hiring, food supply chain for population, mandatory sanitation for businesses and govts offices, no-interest loans for individuals and businesses, etc.
• Federal Budget supplement development, congressional passage of financial aid bills, including SBA PPP loans. Fed monetary policy IR at 0%, and U-6 analysis.
• Ensuring logistics of food supply chain via national, regional, and local grocers and social distancing policies that ensured access by POV transportation.
• Addressed challenges to freedom of movement due to COVID19 shelter in place orders and other public policy restrictions. PSAs promoting homeschooling and online college education for residents. Back to school policies and timeline. CHAZ/CHOP crisis management with federal, state, and local entities.
• PSAs and event notices for personal sanitation guidelines from CDC, SBA loan programs, and community support services, including PPP program, food banks, exercise, transportation, and countering defund police efforts.
• IRS tax breaks for hiring; development of PPP, business bank loans, and Fed monetary policy and cash injections to support the US and foreign economies. Application of DPA to supply and restock PPE and essential medical equipment. Provide seed money to OEMs to rehire staff and produce needed items. Developed public and private sector guidance for COVID-19 essential worker programs and HR policies.
• Reinforce US and allied defensive posture against enemies who might try to take advantage of the COVID19 "distraction". Developed guidance for DoJ, DIA, and National Guard response to autonomous zones nationwide.
• Reiterated the need for effective national borders to protect American way of life. Sent additional personnel to reinforce border operations.
• Provided guidance for COVID19 threat response levels for federal, state and municipal govts. Ensured food supply chain fully operational, ensured essential worker access to worksites and transportation. implemented homeschooling curricula nationwide to relieve pressure upon Dept Ed. Established PPE standards at Level B Hazmat at hospitals/clinics and for public hub (buses, trains, restaurants, public bathrooms, etc.) sanitation protocols to reduce the likelihood of infection recidivism.
• Addressed federal budget deficits versus economic growth concerns as a result of COVID19 shutdown. Directed OMB and Treasury sell unused property assets >2yrs in disuse. DARPA to license tech IP to domestic US firms to raise capital to cover deficit shortfalls. Reopened TARP facilities to support corporates.
• Provided guidance to convert artistic and musical public venue events to paid online streaming formats.
• Designed and implemented individual, SBA PPP and other businesses related relief loans for national, regional, and local banks, credit unions etc. Provided additional guidance.

Duration: October 1, 2019 to present

May Have Ended?

General Issues: Constitution, Accounting, Agriculture, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV, Economics/Economic Development, Defense, Immigration, Urban Development/Municipalities, Budget/Appropriations, Arts/Entertainment, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Aerospace, Advertising, Education, Computer Industry, Alcohol & Drug Abuse, Miscellaneous Tariff Bills, Veterans

Spending: about $0 (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 2019: Executive Office of the President (EOP), U.S. Senate, Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Economic Development Administration, Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Labor - Dept of (DOL), Treasury - Dept of, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Bureau of Economic Analysis, Federal Reserve System, House of Representatives, Small Business Administration (SBA), Education - Dept of, Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau (TTB), Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Natl Guard, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), General Services Administration (GSA), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Defense - Dept of (DOD), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Natl Foundation on the Arts & Humanities, Natl Endowment for the Humanities, Natl Endowment for the Arts, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Defense Information Systems Agency, Defense Logistics Agency