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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 2111 WILSON BOULEVARD, #700 |
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City | ARLINGTON |
State | VA |
Zip Code | 22201 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 82658-12
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6. House ID# 363700000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2013 |
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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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: Michael Gessel, Vice President, Federal Government Programs |
Date | 01/17/2014 |
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
Funding for economic development of Dayton, Ohio region; supporting the Ohio-Indiana proposal for FAA 6 Test Site Competition for integration of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in the National Airspace System (NAS); supporting research at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in technologies related to Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS); increasing funding for human effectiveness research at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL);
Urging the Department of Defense to exercise care when following a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) acquisition strategy; urging the Air Force to maintain original plans for managing the Air ForceIntegrated Pay and Personnel Systems (AF-IPPS); supporting legislation that would establish the right of first refusal for federal property funded by the military; supporting legislation that would help establish closer ties between the NASA Glenn Research Center and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base; urging the Department of Defense to increase monitoring of Small Business Subcontracting reports; supporting Air Force consideration of a historical commemorative exhibit to promote Daytons role in the Dayton Peace Accord; improve data management within the department of defense; locate Predator aircraft at Springfield Air National Guard Base; make it easier for the Air Force Institute of Technology to enter into a lease for laboratory facilities; examine reporting chain issues related to the Air Force Institute of Technology; urge the Air Force to switch to an inventory management systems for planning its educational requirements for advanced degrees; creating an Assault Strip in Ohio for the 445th Airlift Wing increasing research at the Dayton Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center; bringing the National Veterans Archives to Dayton; legislation to amend 6 U.S.C. Section 1102(b) to add the National Center for Medical Readiness as a member of the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium and provide funding for the Consortium, supporting military construction funding for an Acquisition Management Complex, Phase V, and a Foreign Materiel Exploitation Facility at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base; development of Dayton region rivers with the assistance of the United States Army Corps of Engineers for economic development and recreation; adding provisions to S. 507 and H.R. 1208, Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act to provide greater recognition to sites around the country that were involved in the Manhattan Project; actions to urge the National Park Service to complete a new General Management Plan for the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park and to complete a Historic Structures Report for a the Wright Factory Company buildings and Hawthorn Hill, two sites recently included within the boundaries of the park; funding through Land and Water Conservation Fund for the National Park Service to acquire the Wright Company Factory buildings; the following sections of H.R. 1960, Fiscal Year 2014 National Defense Authorization Act, as passed the House: Sec. 263, Extension and Expansion of Mechanisms to Provide Funds for Defense Laboratories for Research and Development of Technologies for Research and Development of Technologies for Military Missions; Sec. 1077, Reports on Unmanned Aircraft Systems; Sec. 1093, Unmanned Aircraft Systems and National Airspace, Sec. 1107, Defense Science Initiative For Personnel; Sec. 2801, Modification of Authority to Carry Out Unspecified Minor Military Construction; Sec. 3147, Manhattan Project National Historical Park, Sec. 1077, Reports on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, the following sections of House Report 113102, report of the House Committee on Armed Services to accompany H.R. 1960, Fiscal Year 2014 National Defense Authorization Act: Page 69, Unmanned Aerial Systems Development, Page 69, Trusted autonomy for Unmanned Aerial Systems, Page 185, Use of Lowest Price, Technically Acceptable Source Selection Processes, Page 319, Dayton Peace Accord Exhibit, Page 200, Data Management and Protection, Page 141, Air Force Education Programs, Page 318, Air Force Institute of Technology Laboratory Recapitalization ,Page 208, Technical Defense Intelligence Training, Page 319, Foreign Materiel Exploitation, Page 75, Ballistic missile threat analysis; H.R.3304, National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2014: Sec. 1613, Reporting on Goals for Procurement Contracts Awarded to Small Business Concerns; opposition to Senate Amendment 2464 to S. 1197, National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2014, which would add a new section, Study of Effects of Relocation of Air Force Office of Scientific Research(printed in the Congressional Record but not offered; increasing funding for Air Force human effectiveness applied research (Air Force RDT&E, line 6) in H.R. 2397, Fiscal Year 2014 Defense Appropriations Act; S. Rep. 11385, report to accompany S. 1429, Fiscal Year 2014 Defense Appropriations Act, page 171,Human Optimization of Autonomous Systems.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Defense - Dept of (DOD), Interior - Dept of (DOI), Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), Transportation - Dept of (DOT)
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
Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.
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ISSUE UPDATE
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
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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
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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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