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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 1025 Vermont Avenue, NW |
Address2 | Suite 500 |
City | Washington |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20005 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 40041329-12
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6. House ID# 399690000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2013 |
Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) | Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) | Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) | Q4 (10/1 - 12/31) |
9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report
10. Check if this is a Termination Report | Termination Date | |
11. No Lobbying Issue Activity |
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Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). | 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options. | ||||||||
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Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only
Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code |
Signature | Digitally Signed By: Sean Smith, Director of Government and Public Relations |
Date | 04/18/2013 |
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code AGR
16. Specific lobbying issues
(1) Meetings with the United States Department of Agriculture to discuss science centers and museums and their role in improving the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education acumen and agricultural literacy of America's students, parents, and teachers; January 2013; February 2013; Washington, DC.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
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Office of Senator Barbara Mikulski (1997-2001) |
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Anthony |
Rock |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code ART
16. Specific lobbying issues
(1) Meeting with Institute of Museum and Library Services to discuss science centers and museums and the "Let's Move! Museums and Gardens" initiative; January 2013; Washington, DC.
(2) Participation in the American Alliance for Museums' "Museums Advocacy Day"; February 2013; Washington, DC.
(3) Attendance at kickoff event for Congressional STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathmatics) Caucus; February 2013; Washington, DC.
(4) S.3295/S.Rept.112-176/[No House Bill Number]; Fiscal Year 2013 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act; Title IV; Related Agencies; Institute of Museum and Library Services; funding for museum programs under the Museum and Library Services Act of 1996; competitive grant programs related to museums.
(5) H.R. 933/P.L. 113-6; Fiscal Year 2013 Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act;
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Sean |
Smith |
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Office of Senator Barbara Mikulski (1997-2001) |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code BUD
16. Specific lobbying issues
(1) S.3295/S.Rept.112-176/[No House Bill Number]; Fiscal Year 2013 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act; Title IV; Related Agencies; Institute of Museum and Library Services; funding for museum programs under the Museum and Library Services Act of 1996; competitive grant programs related to museums.
(2) H.5326/H.Rept.112-463/S.2323/S.Rept.112-158; Fiscal Year 2013 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act; Title III; National Science Foundation; Directorate for Education and Human Resources; Division of Learning in Formal and Informal Environments; funding for the Informal Science Education/Advancing Informal Science Learning program and competitive grant programs related to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education through which museums may be eligible to receive funding.
(3) H.5326/H.Rept.112-463/S.2323/S.Rept.112-158; Fiscal Year 2013 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act; Title I; Department of Commerce; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Office of Education; funding for Competitive Education Grants/Environmental Literacy Grants and competitive grant programs related to environmental, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education through which museums may be eligible to receive funding.
(4) H.5326/H.Rept.112-463/S.2323/S.Rept.112-158; Fiscal Year 2013 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act; Title III; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Office of Education; funding for competitive grant programs related to environmental literacy and spherical display systems through wihch museums may be eligible to receive funding.
(5) S.3295/S.Rept.112-176/[No House Bill Number]; Fiscal Year 2013 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act; Title III; Department of Education; funding for competitive grant programs related to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education through which museums may be eligible to receive funding, including the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program.
(6) H.R. 933/P.L. 113-6; Fiscal Year 2013 Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act; Division B-Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2013; Department of Commerce; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; National Science Foundation; competitive funding opportunities for science centers and musuems; Division F-Further Continuing Appropriations Act; Title V; Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies; Department of Education, Institute of Museum and Library Services; competitive funding opportunities for science centers and museums.
(7) Meeting with Office of Science and Technology Policy to discuss sequestration, the FY 2013 budget request for the National Science Foundation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the role science centers and museums play in America's education infrastructure; January 2013; Washington, DC.
(8) Submission of outside witness testimony before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies; testimony regarding support for education programs at the Institute of Museum and Library Services (Office of Museum Services); Department of Education (21st Century Community Learning Centers); National Institutes of Health (Science Education Partnership Awards); March 2013; Washington, DC.
(9) Submission of outside witness testimony before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies; testimony regarding support for education programs at the National Science Foundation (Directorate for Education and Human Resources/Advancing Informal STEM Learning); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Competitive Program for Science Museums, Planetariums and NASA Visitor Centers Plus Other Opportunities); National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Environmental Literacy grants); March 2013; Washington, DC.
(10) Meeting with National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Office of Education; discussion about science centers and museums and their role in improving the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education acumen of America's students, parents, and teachers; March 2013; Washington, DC.
(11) Meeting with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Office of Education; discussion about science centers and museums and their role in improving the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education acumen of America's students, parents, and teachers; March 2013; Washington, DC.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Sean |
Smith |
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Office of Senator Barbara Mikulski (1997-2001) |
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Anthony |
Rock |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code EDU
16. Specific lobbying issues
(1) S.3295/S.Rept.112-176/[No House Bill Number]; Fiscal Year 2013 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act; Title IV; Related Agencies; Institute of Museum and Library Services; funding for museum programs under the Museum and Library Services Act of 1996; competitive grant programs related to museums.
(2) H.5326/H.Rept.112-463/S.2323/S.Rept.112-158; Fiscal Year 2013 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act; Title III; National Science Foundation; Directorate for Education and Human Resources; Division of Learning in Formal and Informal Environments; funding for the Informal Science Education/Advancing Informal Science Learning program and competitive grant programs related to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education through which museums may be eligible to receive funding.
(3) H.5326/H.Rept.112-463/S.2323/S.Rept.112-158; Fiscal Year 2013 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act; Title I; Department of Commerce; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Office of Education; funding for Competitive Education Grants/Environmental Literacy Grants and competitive grant programs related to environmental, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education through which museums may be eligible to receive funding.
(4) H.5326/H.Rept.112-463/S.2323/S.Rept.112-158; Fiscal Year 2013 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act; Title III; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Office of Education; funding for competitive grant programs related to environmental literacy and spherical display systems through wihch museums may be eligible to receive funding.
(5) S.3295/S.Rept.112-176/[No House Bill Number]; Fiscal Year 2013 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act; Title III; Department of Education; funding for competitive grant programs related to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education through which museums may be eligible to receive funding, including the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program.
(6) H.R. 933/P.L. 113-6; Fiscal Year 2013 Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act; Division B-Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2013; Department of Commerce; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; National Science Foundation; competitive funding opportunities for science centers and musuems; Division F-Further Continuing Appropriations Act; Title V; Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies; Department of Education, Institute of Museum and Library Services; competitive funding opportunities for science centers and museums.
(7) Meeting with Office of Science and Technology Policy to discuss sequestration, the FY 2013 budget request for the National Science Foundation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the role science centers and museums play in America's education infrastructure; January 2013; Washington, DC.
(8) Submission of outside witness testimony before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies; testimony regarding support for education programs at the Institute of Museum and Library Services (Office of Museum Services); Department of Education (21st Century Community Learning Centers); National Institutes of Health (Science Education Partnership Awards); March 2013; Washington, DC.
(9) Submission of outside witness testimony before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies; testimony regarding support for education programs at the National Science Foundation (Directorate for Education and Human Resources/Advancing Informal STEM Learning); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Competitive Program for Science Museums, Planetariums and NASA Visitor Centers Plus Other Opportunities); National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Environmental Literacy grants); March 2013; Washington, DC.
(10) Meeting with National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Office of Education; discussion about science centers and museums and their role in improving the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education acumen of America's students, parents, and teachers; March 2013; Washington, DC.
(11) Meeting with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Office of Education; discussion about science centers and museums and their role in improving the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education acumen of America's students, parents, and teachers; March 2013; Washington, DC.
(12) Participation in the American Alliance for Museums' "Museums Advocacy Day"; February 2013; Washington, DC.
(13) Attendance at kickoff event for Congressional STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathmatics) Caucus; February 2013; Washington, DC.
(14) Meeting with Institute of Museum and Library Services to discuss science centers and museums and the "Let's Move! Museums and Gardens" initiative; January 2013; Washington, DC.
(15) Meetings with the United States Department of Agriculture to discuss science centers and museums and their role in improving the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education acumen and agricultural literacy of America's students, parents, and teachers; January 2013; February 2013; Washington, DC.
(16) Meeting with Department of Education to discuss science centers and museums and their role in improving the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education acumen of America's students, parents, and teachers; February 2013; Washington, DC.
(17) Attendance at Office of Science and Technology Policy's "State of STEM Address;" Februrary 2013; Washington, DC.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Sean |
Smith |
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Office of Senator Barbara Mikulski (1997-2001) |
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Anthony |
Rock |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code SCI
16. Specific lobbying issues
(1) H.5326/H.Rept.112-463/S.2323/S.Rept.112-158; Fiscal Year 2013 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act; Title I; Department of Commerce; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Office of Education; funding for Competitive Education Grants/Environmental Literacy Grants and competitive grant programs related to environmental, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education through which museums may be eligible to receive funding.
(2) H.5326/H.Rept.112-463/S.2323/S.Rept.112-158; Fiscal Year 2013 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act; Title III; National Science Foundation; Directorate for Education and Human Resources; Division of Learning in Formal and Informal Environments; funding for the Informal Science Education/Advancing Informal Science Learning program and competitive grant programs related to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education through which museums may be eligible to receive funding.
(4) H.5326/H.Rept.112-463/S.2323/S.Rept.112-158; Fiscal Year 2013 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act; Title III; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Office of Education; funding for competitive grant programs related to environmental literacy and spherical display systems through wihch museums may be eligible to receive funding.
(5) S.3295/S.Rept.112-176/[No House Bill Number]; Fiscal Year 2013 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act; Title III; Department of Education; funding for competitive grant programs related to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education through which museums may be eligible to receive funding, including the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program.
(6) H.R. 933/P.L. 113-6; Fiscal Year 2013 Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act; Division B-Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2013; Department of Commerce; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; National Science Foundation; competitive funding opportunities for science centers and musuems; Division F-Further Continuing Appropriations Act; Title V; Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies; Department of Education, Institute of Museum and Library Services; competitive funding opportunities for science centers and museums.
(7) Meeting with Office of Science and Technology Policy to discuss sequestration, the FY 2013 budget request for the National Science Foundation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the role science centers and museums play in America's education infrastructure; January 2013; Washington, DC.
(8) Submission of outside witness testimony before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies; testimony regarding support for education programs at the Institute of Museum and Library Services (Office of Museum Services); Department of Education (21st Century Community Learning Centers); National Institutes of Health (Science Education Partnership Awards); March 2013; Washington, DC.
(9) Submission of outside witness testimony before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies; testimony regarding support for education programs at the National Science Foundation (Directorate for Education and Human Resources/Advancing Informal STEM Learning); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Competitive Program for Science Museums, Planetariums and NASA Visitor Centers Plus Other Opportunities); National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Environmental Literacy grants); March 2013; Washington, DC.
(10) Meeting with National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Office of Education; discussion about science centers and museums and their role in improving the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education acumen of America's students, parents, and teachers; March 2013; Washington, DC.
(11) Meeting with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Office of Education; discussion about science centers and museums and their role in improving the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education acumen of America's students, parents, and teachers; March 2013; Washington, DC.
(12) Participation in the American Alliance for Museums' "Museums Advocacy Day"; February 2013; Washington, DC.
(13) Attendance at kickoff event for Congressional STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathmatics) Caucus; February 2013; Washington, DC.
(14) Meeting with Department of Education to discuss science centers and museums and their role in improving the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education acumen of America's students, parents, and teachers; February 2013; Washington, DC.
(15) Attendance at Office of Science and Technology Policy's "State of STEM Address;" Februrary 2013; Washington, DC.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Sean |
Smith |
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Office of Senator Barbara Mikulski (1997-2001) |
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Anthony |
Rock |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code HCR
16. Specific lobbying issues
(1) Submission of outside witness testimony before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies; testimony regarding support for education programs at the National Institutes of Health (Science Education Partnership Awards); March 2013; Washington, DC.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Office of Senator Barbara Mikulski (1997-2001) |
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Anthony |
Rock |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
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28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization
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