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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 1825 K Street, NW |
Address2 | Suite 510 |
City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20006 |
Country | USA |
3. Principal place of business (if different than line 2)
City | Morristown |
State | NJ |
Zip Code | 09760 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 14520-12
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6. House ID# 315090000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2011 |
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 |
INCOME OR EXPENSES - YOU MUST complete either Line 12 or Line 13 | |||||||||
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12. Lobbying | 13. Organizations | ||||||||
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: Sherri Thomas - Manager, Administration Government Affairs |
Date | 01/11/2012 |
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 ACC
16. Specific lobbying issues
Complexity in Financial Reporting; Auditor Liability; Private Company Standard Issues/Financial Statements; PCAOB's proposed
auditing standards; SEC's interpretive guidance Accounting Standards (FASB & IASB); Convergence/International Financial Reporting Standards; S.303 Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 2009; Dodd-Frank Act, Hedge Accounting, LIFO; H.R. 2779 - To Exempt Inter-affiliate Swaps from Certain Regulatory Requirements; Money Market Fund Reform
; Compensation Caps for Government Contractors
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Treasury - Dept of, Defense - Dept of (DOD), Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
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 |
Christina |
Crooks |
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Kramer |
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A. Tyler |
Roberts |
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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 ECN
16. Specific lobbying issues
Economic recovery; job creation; tax policy; debt ceiling; Burdensome regulations negatively impacting economy, the need to go beyond $1.2 trillion in deficit reductions; Administration's Budget Request
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 |
Christina |
Crooks |
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Robert |
Kramer |
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A. Tyler |
Roberts |
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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 GOV
16. Specific lobbying issues
Federal Acquisition and Contracting Policy; 3% Withholding Provisions - Amendment 212 to S. 493 (SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011), H.R. 674 (To Amend the IRS Code of 1986 to Repeal the Imposition of 3% Withholding on Certain Payments Made To Vendors by Government Entities); Compensation Caps for Government Contractors
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
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 |
Christina |
Crooks |
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Robert |
Kramer |
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A. Tyler |
Roberts |
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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 RET
16. Specific lobbying issues
Defined Benefit & Defined Contribution Plans, Pension Harmonization, Retirement Plans in Tax Reform debate, Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation premium increases, hedging pension plan risk with swaps.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)
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 |
Christina |
Crooks |
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Robert |
Kramer |
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A. Tyler |
Roberts |
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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 SMB
16. Specific lobbying issues
Individual Alternative Minimum Tax (individual AMT); Tax Rates & Deductions; S. Corporation Modernization H.R. 1478; Tax Reform; Private Company access to capital and tax structure; consumer financial protection bureau; healthcare law; paperwork burden; H.R. 674 - To Amend the IRS Code of 1986 to Repeal the Imposition of 3% Withholding on Certain Payments Made To Vendors by Government Entities.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
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 |
Karen |
Bachman Lapsevic |
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Christina |
Crooks |
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Robert |
Kramer |
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A. Tyler |
Roberts |
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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
Individual Alternative Minimum Tax (individual AMT); Tax Rates & Deductions; The S Corporation Modernization Act H.R. 1478; The Tax Relief , Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010 H.R. 4853; Health & Compensation Act H.R. 847-911; Research & Development; Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2011 H.R. 1439; Comprehensive Tax Reform, R&D Tax Credit (H.R. 942 The American Research and Competiveness Act of 2011); LIFO, Estate Tax, Taxation of flow-through
entities; 3% Withholding (H.R. 674 To Amend the IRS Code of 1986 to Repeal the Imposition of 3 Percent Withholding on Certain Payments Made to Vendors by Government Entities); repatriation; extend expiring tax provision; proposal to establish a participation exemption system for the taxation of foreign income
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
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 |
Karen |
Bachman Lapsevic |
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Christina |
Crooks |
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Robert |
Kramer |
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A. Tyler |
Roberts |
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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 FIN
16. Specific lobbying issues
Credit Rating Agencies; Regulation of Derivatives and Exemption of Corporate End Users from Clearing and Margin Requirements; Dodd-Frank Act; Money Market Fund Reform and Preserving Stable Net Asset Value; Debt ceiling impact; H.R. 1610, Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act; H.R. 1573 To Facilitate Implementation of Dodd-Frank Title VII; H.R. 2779 To Exempt Inter-Affiliate Swaps; H.R. 2682 The Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act; S. 1650 the Dodd-Frank Improvement Act;
Volker Rule; H.R. 2308 the SEC Regulatory Accountability Act; H.R. 3045 the Retirement Income Protection Act; H.R. 2586 the Swap Execution Facility Clarification Act;
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Treasury - Dept of, Federal Deposit Insurance Commission (FDIC), Federal Reserve System
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 |
Christina |
Crooks |
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Robert |
Kramer |
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A. Tyler |
Roberts |
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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
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
1 | 3 | 5 |
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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
1 | 5 | 9 |
2 | 6 | 10 |
3 | 7 | 11 |
4 | 8 | 12 |