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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 400 COLLINS ROAD, NE |
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City | CEDAR RAPIDS |
State | IA |
Zip Code | 52498 |
Country | USA |
3. Principal place of business (if different than line 2)
City | Arlington |
State | VA |
Zip Code | 22209 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 68296-12
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6. House ID# 356710000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2009 |
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: Walter S. Hogle, Jr., Senior Vice President of International Business & Washington Operations |
Date | 04/10/2009 |
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 AER
16. Specific lobbying issues
Department of Transportation Authorization and Appropriations
FAA FAA Authorization and Appropriations - FAA Reauthorization & various provisions included in HR 915, to include lobbying against the inclusion of a user fee, to amend language in Sec 303, and to address issues regarding inspection language in HR 915.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Transportation - Dept of (DOT)
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 |
John |
Provenzano |
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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 AVI
16. Specific lobbying issues
Department of Transportation Authorization and Appropriations
FAA Authorization and Appropriations
NASA Authorization and Appropriations- lobbied for increased funding for NASA aeronautics programs
Lobbied on a wide range of issues with regard to the FAA Reauthorization bill (HR 915)
With regards to the FAA Reauthorization bill, specific issues lobbied included language regarding foreign repair stations, funding for the FAA via the Aviation and Airway Trust Fund, and funding for the Next Generation Air Transportation System
With regards to the NASA budget, lobbied House and Senate Science Committees ref jurisdiction regarding funding for NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Transportation - Dept of (DOT)
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 |
John |
Provenzano |
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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 DEF
16. Specific lobbying issues
Defense Authorization and Appropriations
Budget requests submitted by the President for the Department of Defense
Federal Government (Defense) Acquisition Policy
Office of Management and Budget (Office of Federal Procurement Policy)
Specific issues lobbied on this quarter include additional funding for several defense programs in the FY10 defense authorization and appropriations bills (to be designated by bill number at a later time), such as the:
- Air National Guard's F-16C Improved Communications (ARC 210)
- Army's CH-47F's Common Avionics Architecture System-Pilot Vehicle Interface (CAAS-PVI)
- Defense Advanced GPS Receiver (DAGR)
- E-6B Strategic Communications Upgrade (VLF-TX)
- SOCOM's PSYOP Technical Integration Center (PSYOP TIC)
- Title III: Low Cost GPS
- Next Generation Manufacturing Technology Initiative (NGMTI)
- Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS), to include the Ground Mobile Radio (GMR) and MIDS-J (Multifunctional Display System-JTRS compliant) w/ the Tactical Targeting Networking Technology (TTNT) waveform
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Defense - Dept of (DOD), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Army - Dept of (Other) , Navy - Dept of, Air Force - 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 |
Timothy |
Peterson |
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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
FAA Appropriations
Defense Appropriations
Budget Resolutions
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations
Lobbied to streamline the Specialty Metals acquisition reform within DoD and next FY's congressional defense appropriations bills.
Lobbied to streamline the Commercial Items acquistion reform within DoD and next FY's congressional defense appropriations bills.
Lobbied on providing funding regarding a joint University of Iowa and Rockwell Collins collaborative lab environmental project within Model Based Manufacturing
Lobbied on the FY09 DOT appropriations bill for the Department of Transportion; specifically, the FAA appropriations and funding for the Next Generation Air Transportation System.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Defense - Dept of (DOD), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), 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 |
Timothy |
Peterson |
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John |
Provenzano |
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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
Plan fee disclosure (no expansion of current reporting procedures) in HR 3185
Pension funding relief for defined benefit plans (expand smoothing corridor %) in HR 7327
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Treasury - 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 |
Martha |
Cogdell |
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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
Lobbied for two-year extension of R&D Tax Credit and 20% ASC in HR 2138 and HR 6059
Lobbied to revoke the 3% tax withholding for government contractors in HR 275
Lobbied in opposition to removal of international tax deferral in 2010 budget
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury - 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 |
Martha |
Cogdell |
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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 LBR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Lobbied in opposition to the Employee Free Choice Act (arbitration and non-ssecret ballot) in S 560 and HR 1409
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Labor - Dept of (DOL)
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 |
Martha |
Cogdell |
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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
Lobbied on Health Care reform (i.e., to preserve employer-based system; tax-deductibility of employer contributions to employee premiums; employee exclusion to income; general individual and small group insurance markets; supported patient accountability)
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor - Dept of (DOL), Treasury - 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 |
Martha |
Cogdell |
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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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