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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 901 F Street, NW |
Address2 | Suite 800 |
City | Washington |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20004 |
Country | USA |
3. Principal place of business (if different than line 2)
City | New York |
State | NY |
Zip Code | 10023 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 400418991-12
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6. House ID# 406840000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2010 |
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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INCOME relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period was: | EXPENSE relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period were: | ||||||||
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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. | ||||||||
Method A.
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: Gail MacKinnon, Executive Vice President and Chief Government Relations Officer |
Date | 01/20/2011 |
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 ADV
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 5777 Building Effective Strategies To Promote Responsibility Accountability Choice Transparency Innovation Consumer Expectations and Safeguards (BEST PRACTICES) Act
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE,
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 |
Edward |
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John |
Lively |
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Gail |
MacKinnon |
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Steven |
Teplitz |
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Rachel |
Welch |
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C. Howie |
Hodges |
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Senior Political Appointee US Commerce Depart. |
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 COM
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 1019, State Video Tax Fairness Act of 2009
H.R. 2994, Satellite Home Viewer Extension Reauthorization Act
H.R. 3216 Local Television Freedom Act of 2009
H.R. 3570, Satellite Home Viewer Extension Reauthorization Act
S. 328, DTV Delay Act
S. 1670, Satellite Home Viewer Extension Reauthorization Act
Monitoring Retransmission Consent (No bill introduced)
H.R. 2847 Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act
H.R. 4213 American Workers, State and Business Relief Act of 2010
S. 3804 Combatting Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act
S. 3828 A bill to make technical corrections to in the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010
H.R. 2135 A bill to amend section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 to provide that funds received as universal service contributions and the universal service support programs established pursuant to that section are not subject to certain provisions of Title 31, United States Code, commonly known as the Antideficiency Act
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
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 |
Edward |
An |
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John |
Lively |
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Gail |
MacKinnon |
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Steven |
Teplitz |
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Rachel |
Welch |
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C. Howie |
Hodges |
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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 CPT
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 1260, Patent Reform Act of 2009
S. 515, Patent Reform Act of 2009
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE,
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 |
Edward |
An |
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John |
Lively |
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Gail |
MacKinnon |
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Steven |
Teplitz |
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Rachel |
Welch |
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C. Howie |
Hodges |
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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 CSP
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 3101, Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010
H.R. 2221, Data Accountability and Trust Act
H.R. 4173, Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE,
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 |
Edward |
An |
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John |
Lively |
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Gail |
MacKinnon |
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Steven |
Teplitz |
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Rachel |
Welch |
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C. Howie |
Hodges |
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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 LAW
16. Specific lobbying issues
S. 773, Cybersecurity Act of 2009
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE,
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 |
Edward |
An |
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John |
Lively |
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Gail |
MacKinnon |
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Steven |
Teplitz |
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Rachel |
Welch |
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C. Howie |
Hodges |
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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 TAX
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 691, Broadband Access Equality Act of 2009
H.R. 1019, State Video Tax Fairness Act of 2009
H.R. 1560, Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2009
Monitoring streamlined sales tax (no bill introduced)
S. 43, Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2009
S. 1447, Connecting America Act of 2009
HR. 4849, Small Business and Infrastructure Jobs Tax Act of 2010
S. 2765 Small Business Health Information Technology Financing Act
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE,
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 |
Edward |
An |
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John |
Lively |
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Gail |
MacKinnon |
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Steven |
Teplitz |
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Rachel |
Welch |
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C. Howie |
Hodges |
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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 TEC
16. Specific lobbying issues
S. 43, Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2009
S. 1447, Connecting America Act of 2009
S. 773, Cybersecurity Act of 2009
S. 2847, Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act of 2009
S.3756, A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide public safety providers an additional 10 megahertz of spectrum to support a national, interoperable wireless broadband network and authorize the Federal Communications Commission to hold incentive auctions to provide funding to support such a network, and for other purposes
H.R. 3458, Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2009
Monitoring Universal Service Fund reform to include broadband
H.R. 5828, Universal Service Reform Act of 2010
H.R. 2902, Broadband Internet Fairness Act
H.R. 2221, Data Accountability and Trust Act
H.R. 1084, Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act
H.R. 1076, Internet Stopping Adults Facilitating Exploitation of Today's Youth (SAFETY) Act of 2009
H.R. 3222, Aware Act, Online Safety
H.R. 3745, CAP Act, PEG
H.R. 3125, Radio Spectrum Inventory Act
H.R. 1319, Informed P2P User Act
H.R. 2428, Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2009
H.R. 4353, Wireless Microphone Users Interference Protection Act
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
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 |
Edward |
An |
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John |
Lively |
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Gail |
MacKinnon |
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Steven |
Teplitz |
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Rachel |
Welch |
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C. Howie |
Hodges |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.
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LOBBYIST UPDATE
23. Name of each previously reported individual who is no longer expected to act as a lobbyist for the client
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ISSUE UPDATE
24. General lobbying issue that no longer pertains
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)
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26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
27. Add the following 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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