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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 1220 LINDEN DRIVE, 1764 VAN HISE HALL |
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City | MADISON |
State | WI |
Zip Code | 53706 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 71314-12
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6. House ID# 359560000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2008 |
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: Kristine D. Andrews, Asst. Vice President for Federal Relations |
Date | 04/21/2008 |
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
H.R. 2419, Title VII, IFAFS mandatory funds; Section 7107, AASCARR institution grants
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 |
Kristine |
Andrews |
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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. 1908, Patent Reform Act of 2007; apportionment of damages; patent venue; second/third windows in post-grant opposition proceedings
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 |
Kristine |
Andrews |
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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
H.R. 5789, The Science & Technology Improvement Act of 2008; SBIR set-aside; H.R. 5819, reauthorization of SBIR/STTR
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 |
Kristine |
Andrews |
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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 Development Administration, University Center Program; UW-Stout Grant Competition
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 |
Kristine |
Andrews |
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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
No Child Left Behind Act, Improving Teacher Quality State Grants Program; S. 991, Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation Act; TRIO, Upward Bound Math-Science Program, UW-Green Bay Upward Bound Math-Science Center Program appeal; S. 1642 and H.R. 4137, Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, college price provisions, accreditation, peer to peer file sharing, campus safety, endowments, student aid; international education and area studies, teacher quality enhancement, textbooks.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Education - Dept of
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 |
Kristine |
Andrews |
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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 BUD
16. Specific lobbying issues
Agriculture: Expanded Food & Nutrition Program; USDA Challenge Grant; Smith-Lever; Hatch Act; McIntire-Stennis; National Research Initiative; Animal Health Disease Program; Commerce-Justice-State: Economic Development Administration-University Center, NASA Space Grant College & Fellowship Program, National Science Foundtion, National Sea Grant College Program; Defense: Academic ADL Co-Lab; Foreign Language Instruction; Financial Services: Federal Small Business Innovation Research
and Small Business Technology Transfer Grant & Contract Programs, Small Business Deveopment Centers, Emerging Technology & Training Centers for Wisconsin; Interior-Environment: Environmental Education and Training Partnership, Green Power Partnership Program, State Water Resources Research Institute Program, U.S. Geological Survey; Labor-HHS-Education: AmeriCorps*Vista, Corporation for Public Braodcating, Department of Labor (various funds), Federa Supplemental Education Opportunity Grant, Federal Work-Study Program, and Federal Perkins Loan Program, Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, GEAR UP, Head Start, Health Resoruces & Services Administration, Improving Teacher Quality Grants, National Resource Center and Foreign Language Area Studies Program, National Institutes of Health, National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grants, Pell Grants, Teaching American History Grant Program, Title III Part A--Strengthening Institutions Program, TRIO; State-Foreign Operations: Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs, International Center on Enterprise Studies.
Other FY09 Appropriations Requests: Implementation of a master's level progrm in Appled Behavior Analysis, increase baccalaureate nursing student admissions through building renovation, and modernizzation of an existing athletic training education laboratory and rehabilitation center at UW-EC; expansion of "Phuture Phoenix," a program for academic success at UW-Green Bay; establishment of ongoing professional development opportunities for physical science and math teachers, launch a Center for Regional Entrepreneurship, and improvement of connectivity to regional and national high-performance networks through enhanced computing infrastructure at UW-La Crosse.
Continuation of the U.S. Army Research, Develpment and Engineering Command partnership for research on advanced and rapid manufacture of lightweight materials and components for military applications, to conduct research on advanced materials in partnership with the Army Research Laboratory and with the materials industry, particularly metal processors, expansion of the Great Lakes Aquaculture Center in cooperation with USDA/Agricultural Research Service for the advancement of Great Lakes species aquaculture technology, to build and coordinate an interdisciplinary research team to address a program of childhood obesity, implementation and evaluation of a jail-based program identify substance abusing parents of minor children and providing interventions, to support the creation of an accredited School of Public Health, to support a technology business acceleator (incubator), provide for operational, coaching and general administrative support, to build on existing research to design, conduct and evaluate the performance of a new human above-the-knee socket interface pressure relief system, initiation of the Children's Readiness, Enrichment and Mastery program, establishment of a high-technology business accelerator in close proximity to the Great Lakes WATER Institute, and continuation and expansion of the study of emerging viral hemorrhagic septicemia disease at UW-Milwaukee.
Improvement of campus sections of the WiOuWah trail, the longest bicycle/pedestrian trail in the region, development of baseline data for the Northeast Wisconsin Environmental Footprint initiative, expansion of training to reduce the incidence of abuse and neglect in long-term health care settings, to support a feasibility study of a foot/bicycle bridge, and to establish a food waste recycling program to reduce organic waste sent to landfills and produce alternative fuels for campus operations at UW-Oshkosh; development and modelling of environmental education and reserach initiatives in southeast Wisconsin, development of new international business courses, faculty and student international exchange program, and promotion of regional economic development, and development of bridge programs to prepare K-12 students and facilitate high school to college transition at UW-Parkside; establishment of an Engagement Center for the purpose of entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship training, and develpment of the Renewable Energy Resource Center at UW-Platteville.
Support for a clearinghouse to assist communities, businesses and non-profits address sustainability issues, to provide biosecurity training and education program for small dairy producers/processors, and assess local food systems, local agricultural land use policies, benefits and costs of bioenergy investments, international food retailing and competition, and food industry and food products at UW-River Falls; development of a Wisconsin Institute for Sustainable Technology, institutionalize a collaborative management plan for the Wisconsin River watershed, and to launch the Central Wisconsin Health Horizons collaboration at UW-Stevens Point; to support the hiring of a health care professional to provide lean flow services to health care providers, and preparation of graduates in STEM fiels through increased educational offerings at UW-Stout.
Renewal of funding for the One Step JP-8 Bio-Diesel Fuel program, ongoing support for the Great Lakes Maritime Research Institute, support for Biochemical Sensor Systems, and for the Great Ships initiative at UW-Superior.
Establishment of the Center for Community Research and Projects, comprehensive training and services support for the Entrepreneurship Center, creation of an integrated instructional learning community to support first-generation, low-socioeconomic status freshment in targeted high-need fields, and prepration of educators to teach in a global environment by establishing student teaching sites on other continents at UW-Whitewater.
UW-Whitewater also seeks funds for development of the Global Business Resource Center, to alleviate the shortage of elementary/middle school teachers highly qualified in scientific content areas, to expand the Fiscal and Economic Research Center to provide applied economics and interdiscipinary research, and to establishment a portable assistance project to serve emerging entrepreneurs and existing small businesses.
Creation of the Center for Effective Environmental Health and Safety initiatives to study the role of environmental health and safety programs in Wisconsin's economic growth, to develop an off-campus clinic that would train graduate students and provide counseling and outreach services to address trauma, violence and other concerns of residents, and for expansion of academic offerings in Multimedia at UW-Whitewater.
UW-Whitewater also seeks funding to develop, implement and assess an intensive peer-mentoring program, for a new Center of Geographic Information Systems and Local Intelligence, and expansion of high-quality teacher education and student programming to identify and nurture academicallty gifted and talented students, to increase study-abroad participation through expansion of the Global Study Abroad initiative, to establish the Center for ESL/BE Teacher Preparation and Professional Development, to pilot a centralized graduation assistance office to assist and advise former students who left college before completion, and to provide mentoring, training and related services to help individuals obtain custodial positions.
Improvement of access to and the quality of postsecondary education through the Adult Student Initiative and to help establish a Communications Arts Center at UW-Colleges.
To meet existing commitments of the Wisconsin Conservation Technology Transfer Program, support three aquaculture specialists providing statewide outreach, educational materials and applied research data on behalf of the Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility, development of pre-college partnership that connects youth from Milwaukee's central city high schools with postsecondary opportunities at UW-Washington County, and for educational programs and applied research in rural economic develpment as it pertains to agriculture and horticulture at UW-Extension.
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
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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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