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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 900 17th Street, NW |
Address2 | Suite 400 |
City | Washington |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20006 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 10296-12
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6. House ID# 330150000
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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 |
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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. | ||||||||
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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: Alan Hill, SVP, Government Relations |
Date | 01/19/2012 |
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 TEC
16. Specific lobbying issues
see attached
FCC:
WC Docket No. 10-90 Connect America Fund
GN Docket No. 09-51 A National Broadband Plan for Our Future
WC Docket No. 07-135 Establishing Just and Reasonable Rates for Local Exchange Carriers
WC Docket No. 05-337 High-Cost Universal Service Support
CC Docket No. 01-92 Developing a Unified Intercarrier Compensation Regime
CC Docket No. 96-45 Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service
WC Docket No. 03-109 Lifeline and Link-Up
WC Docket No. 11-42 Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization
WC Docket No. 11-188 Petition seeking reversal of forbearance granted to Verizon by operation of law
PS Docket No. 10-255 Framework for next generation 911 deployment
PS Docket No. 11-153 Facilitating deployment of next generation 911 applications
CC Docket 99-200 Numbering Resource Optimization
PS Docket11-82 - Outage Reporting
House of Representatives:
General Lobbying on Cyber Security and Privacy issues
General lobbying related to the 1996 Telecommunications Act
General lobbying related to proposed AT&T T-Mobile merger
Draft Data Security Legislation specifically issues related to information security and notification requirements
HR 1707 Data Accountability and Trust Act
General lobbying on Lifeline/LinkUp Reform
General lobbying on IP-IP Interconnection as part of Intercarrier Compensation Reform
General lobbying regarding spectrum auctions - specifcially issues related to interoperability and elegibility
HR 3309 - FCC Process Reform Act
HR 3523 - Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011
HR 3261 - Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) - specifically, provisions related to service providers
US Senate:
General lobbying related to the 1996 Telecommunications Act
General lobbying related to proposed AT&T T-Mobile merger
General Lobbying on Cyber Security and Privacy issues
S911 SPECTRUM Act - focus on interoperability
General lobbying on Lifeline/LinkUp Reform
General lobbying on IP-IP Interconnection as part of Intercarrier Compensation Reform
General lobbying regarding spectrum auctions - specifcially issues related to interoperability and elegibility
S.1784 - FCC Process Reform 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 |
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Barbara |
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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
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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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2 | 4 | 6 |
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 |