• Introductory meetings with Senate staff and discussion of BigBear.ais comment letters in response to Office of Science and Technology Policys National Priorities for AI public comment period, and the National Telecommunications and Information Administrations public comment period concerning accountability measures and policies for Artificial Intelligence systems.

Duration: June 23, 2023 to present

General Issues: Computer Industry, Budget/Appropriations, Science/Technology, Defense

Spending: about $100,000 (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 2023: U.S. Senate, Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), House of Representatives