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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 80 F STREET, NW |
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City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20001 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 54302-12
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6. House ID# 307510000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2010 |
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: John Gage, National President |
Date | 01/20/2011 |
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
FY 2011 Agriculture Appropriations - provisions relating to the pay, benefits, staffing levels (specifically, USDA proposal to eliminate independent poultry inspection), and job security of USDA employees. Worked with Consumer, Labor, and Industry
Coalition to develop language providing for a 15-member shareholder panel and National Academy of Science study to develop
evidence-based reform at FSIS.
FDA Reform - provisions relating to meat and poultry inspection.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)
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 |
Beth |
Moten |
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Alan |
Kadrofske |
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Amy |
Lloyd |
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John |
Threlkeld |
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Ryan |
Mims |
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Linda |
McCumber |
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Bob |
Nicklas |
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Walter |
Greely |
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Cheryl |
Kelso |
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Fred |
McDuff |
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Yolanda |
Pickstock |
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Robert |
Mechan |
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Timothy |
Snyder |
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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
FY 2011 Budget Resolution - provisions to increase the Department of Veterans Affairs health care budget with particular attention to budget reconciliation, legislation, blue collar pay, white collar pay, minimum wage, retirement, part-time annuity computations, and compensatory time.
Federal Deficit Commission - working with Labor and Consumer Groups to oppose anti-middle class reforms.
FY 2011 Senate Budget Resolution - Medicaid cuts that would adversely affect health care and result in the cost of uncompensated health care being shifted to employer-sponsored health care plans.
FY 2011 Budget Resolution - conference agreement providing for an increase for veterans health care programs.
FY 2011 Homeland Security Appropriations - provisions on funding for Customs and Border Patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Federal Emergency Management Agency. DHS Personnel Plan - provisions to halt the Administration's plan to reduce the Federal Protective Service workforce. Provision to require TSA to authorize the use of protective equipment, including masks and respirators, during public health emergencies.
FY 2011 Military Quality of Life/Veterans Affairs Appropriations - provisions to provide funding for VA health and benefits programs, and contracting out.
FY 2011 Interior and Environmental Appropriations - provisions on contracting out of federal employee jobs.
FY 2011 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations - provisions on contracting out, cuts in funds for job training and employment services, college aid for students, rural health care services, funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and contracting out at NIH, and the increase in Social Security Administration's administrative budget to ease processing backlog of more than 600,000 disability claims.
FY 2011 Financial Services Appropriations - provisions to make the A-76 process less unfair to federal employees and more accountable to taxpayers, establish a reliable contractor inventory, and promote insourcing.
FY 2011 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations - amendment to prohibit funds from being used to close or consolidate any EEOC office or make any reductions in force stemming from workforce repositioning, restructuring, or organizing of the
EEOC; provision preventing use of CJS funds for A-76 competition for BoP/FPI work; and funding for BOP "Salaries and Expenses" as it relates to prison inmate overcrowding; correctional personnel understaffing; and the ever increasing prison inmate assaults showing the need to improve safety and security at BoP institutions, specifically, the murder of Correctional Officer Jose Rivera.
FY 2011 Agriculture Appropriations - provisions on contracting out of federal employee jobs.
FY 2011 Defense Appropriations - provisions on contracting out of federal employee jobs.
FY 2011 Energy and Water Appropriations - provisions banning A-76 public-private competition at the Army Corps of Engineers.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS), Natl Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Interior - Dept of (DOI), Labor - Dept of (DOL), Defense - Dept of (DOD), Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers)
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 |
Beth |
Moten |
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Alan |
Kadrofske |
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Amy |
Lloyd |
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Ryan |
Mims |
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John |
Threlkeld |
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Marilyn |
Park |
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Charity |
Wilson |
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Linda |
McCumber |
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Bob |
Nicklas |
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Timothy |
Snyder |
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Walter |
Greely |
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Cheryl |
Kelso |
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Fred |
McDuff |
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Yolanda |
Pickstock |
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Robert |
Mechan |
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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 CIV
16. Specific lobbying issues
FY 2011 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations - provisions on reorganization plan that may compromise the EEOC's ability to protect employees from employment discrimination.
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 |
Beth |
Moten |
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John |
Threlkeld |
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Charity |
Wilson |
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Amy |
Lloyd |
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Bob |
Nicklas |
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Linda |
McCumber |
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Ryan |
Mims |
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Walter |
Greely |
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Cheryl |
Kelso |
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Fred |
McDuff |
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Yolanda |
Pickstock |
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Robert |
Mechan |
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Timothy |
Snyder |
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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
FY 2011 Defense Appropriations and Authorization- provisions on contracting out of federal employee jobs.
Department of Defense purchase of Unicorp goods and services.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Air Force - Dept of, Army - Dept of (Other) , Defense - Dept of (DOD), Defense Commissary Agency, Defense Finance & Accounting Agency (DFAS), U.S. Marines, Navy - Dept of, 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 |
Beth |
Moten |
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John |
Threlkeld |
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Amy |
Lloyd |
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Alan |
Kadrofske |
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Bob |
Nicklas |
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Linda |
McCumber |
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Ryan |
Mims |
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Walter |
Greely |
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Cheryl |
Kelso |
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Fred |
McDuff |
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Yolanda |
Pickstock |
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Robert |
Mechan |
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Timothy |
Snyder |
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Diana |
Price |
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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 DOC
16. Specific lobbying issues
FY 2011 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations - provisions on contracting out A-76, and Budget Reconciliation with particular attention to the pay, benefits, staffing levels, and job security of DC Government employees.
Enforcement of DC and federal law, and collective bargaining agreements involving increased oversight of the conversion of public worker jobs to private contractors. Approval of the FY 2011 DC budget in the Continuing Resolution.
FY 2011 Defense Authorization - provision allowing Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency (CSOSA) staff hired between 1987-1997 to count all of their years of service for federal retirement eligibility.
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 |
Beth |
Moten |
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Charity |
Wilson |
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Diana |
Price |
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Amy |
Lloyd |
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Bob |
Nicklas |
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Ryan |
Mims |
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Linda |
McCumber |
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Walter |
Greely |
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Cheryl |
Kelso |
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Fred |
McDuff |
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Yolanda |
Pickstock |
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Robert |
Mechan |
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Timothy |
Snyder |
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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 FOO
16. Specific lobbying issues
FY 2011 Agriculture Appropriations - provisions on contracting out of federal employees jobs and potential food and public safety issues. Crafted a provision for the House Agriculture Appropriations with various labor, consumer, and industry groups to
create a 15-member shareholder panel and National Academy of Science study to develop evidence-based reform at FSIS.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)
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 |
Beth |
Moten |
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Alan |
Kadrofske |
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Amy |
Lloyd |
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Robert |
Mechan |
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Timothy |
Snyder |
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Bob |
Nicklas |
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Linda |
McCumber |
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Ryan |
Mims |
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Walter |
Greely |
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Cheryl |
Kelso |
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Fred |
McDuff |
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Yolanda |
Pickstock |
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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 FOR
16. Specific lobbying issues
FY 2010 Foreign Operations Appropriations - provisions on the pay, benefits, staffing levels, and job security of the Department of State employees. Provisions that adversely affect Voice of America Employees, particularly in Greenville Transmitting Station in North Carolina.
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 |
Beth |
Moten |
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John |
Threlkeld |
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Amy |
Lloyd |
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Diana |
Price |
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Alan |
Kadrofske |
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Bob |
Nicklas |
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Linda |
McCumber |
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Ryan |
Mims |
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Walter |
Greely |
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Cheryl |
Kelso |
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Fred |
McDuff |
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Yolanda |
Pickstock |
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Robert |
Mechan |
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Timothy |
Snyder |
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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
FY 2011 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations - amendment to prohibit bill from being used to implement the pro-contractor revision of OMB Circular A-76; Civil Service Reform; contracting out; blue collar pay; minimum wage; federal retirement systems; and union representation.
HR 2736/S 924 - "Clean Up" Act - Correction of Longstanding Errors in Agencies Unsustainable Procurements - provisions to revive the civil service, save taxpayer dollars, restore good government, and reduce waste, fraud, and abuse in contracting out.
HR 1881 - Transportation Security Workforce Enhancement Act -- provisions on pay and personnel management requirements for Transportation Security Administration employees.
HR 5143/S 714, National Criminal Justice Commission - provisions to establish and improve public safety, cost-effectiveness, overall prison administration, and fairness in the implementation of the criminal justice system.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
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 |
Beth |
Moten |
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Alan |
Kadrofske |
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Amy |
Lloyd |
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Timothy |
Snyder |
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John |
Threlkeld |
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Marilyn |
Park |
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Charity |
Wilson |
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Ryan |
Mims |
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Linda |
McCumber |
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Bob |
Nicklas |
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Walter |
Greely |
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Cheryl |
Kelso |
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Fred |
McDuff |
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Yolanda |
Pickstock |
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Robert |
Mechan |
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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
Possible bill to increase the federal government's share of health benefits premiums for its employees and retirees.
Possible changes to recently passed health care reform legislation.
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 |
Beth |
Moten |
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Charity |
Wilson |
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Amy |
Lloyd |
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Alan |
Kadrofske |
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Ryan |
Mims |
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Linda |
McCumber |
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Bob |
Nicklas |
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Walter |
Greely |
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Cheryl |
Kelso |
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Fred |
McDuff |
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Yolanda |
Pickstock |
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Robert |
Mechan |
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Timothy |
Snyder |
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Diana |
Price |
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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 HOM
16. Specific lobbying issues
FY 2011 Homeland Security Appropriations - provisions on the pay, benefits, contracting out and staffing levels, funding, and job security of DHS employees in Customs and Border Patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Transportation Security Administration.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
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 |
Beth |
Moten |
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John |
Threlkeld |
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Amy |
Lloyd |
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Linda |
McCumber |
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Ryan |
Mims |
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Alan |
Kadrofske |
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Charity |
Wilson |
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Bob |
Nicklas |
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Walter |
Greely |
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Cheryl |
Kelso |
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Fred |
McDuff |
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Yolanda |
Pickstock |
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Robert |
Mechan |
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Timothy |
Snyder |
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Eric |
Shulman |
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Diana |
Price |
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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 HOU
16. Specific lobbying issues
FY 2011 Financial Services Appropriations - provisions on contracting out; and pay, benefits, staffing levels, and job security of HUD employees.
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 |
Beth |
Moten |
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Alan |
Kadrofske |
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Amy |
Lloyd |
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Timothy |
Snyder |
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Threlkeld |
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Ryan |
Mims |
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Linda |
McCumber |
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Bob |
Nicklas |
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Greely |
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Cheryl |
Kelso |
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McDuff |
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Yolanda |
Pickstock |
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Robert |
Mechan |
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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 IMM
16. Specific lobbying issues
FY 2011 Homeland Security Appropriations - provisions on the Border Patrol and INS, with particular attention to contracting out, pay, benefits, staffing levels, and job security of DHS employees.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)
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 |
Beth |
Moten |
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John |
Threlkeld |
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Amy |
Lloyd |
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Linda |
McCumber |
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Kadrofske |
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Nicklas |
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Charity |
Wilson |
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Ryan |
Mims |
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Walter |
Greely |
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Cheryl |
Kelso |
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McDuff |
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Yolanda |
Pickstock |
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Robert |
Mechan |
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Eric |
Shulman |
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Timothy |
Snyder |
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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
FY 2011 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations - amendment to prohibit funds from being used to close or consolidate any office of the EEOC or to make reductions in force part of any workforce repositioning, restructuring, or organizing of the EEOC.
FY 2011 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill - provisions on cuts in funds for job training and employment services, college aid for students, rural health care services, funding for the National Institutes of Health, and increasing the Social Security Administration's administrative budget to ease processing backlog of more than 600,000 disability claims.
HR 626/S 354, Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act -- proposal to provide federal employees who are new parents or adoptive parents with eights weeks of full pay and benefits.
HR 1722/S 707, Telework Improvements Act - provisions to increase amount of telework for eligible employees to at least 20% of the hours worked for every two work week period.
HR 1881 - Transportation Security Workforce Enhancement Act, provision to grant TSOs true workplace rights and protections as other federal employees.
S 362/HR 949 - provision to restore the rights of VA health care professionals to bargain and file grievances over workplace issues under Title 38 (RNs, physicians, physician assistants, and other VA employees on front lines of VA health care).
HR 1507/S 372, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act, provisions to reform protection from retaliation for disclosure of fraud, waste, and abuse.
HR 1409/S 560, Employee Free Choice Act, establishment of a pro-worker system for employees to form, join, or assist a labor organization thus assuring workers the right to bargain for better working conditions, wages, and benefits.
S 1963 - Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Healthy Services Act; including personnel provisions impacting VA health care professionals' pay and scheduling, and converting Title 5 Nursing Assistants to Hybrid Title 38 personnel system.
HR 4832, One America, Many Voices Act, to grant federal employees whose position descriptions require a multilingual skill a 5% pay differential.
HR 4735 - proposal to terminate federal employees who have seriously delinquent tax debt due the Internal Revenue Service.
HR 1383, Air Force Depot Workers Fairness Act - provision on compensatory time and a half.
HR 3345, National Guard Technician Equity Act - provisions on Title 32 National Guard and Reserve issue including dual status and retiree health care.
H.R.3493, Locality Pay Equity Act - provisions to align blue collar and white collar wage areas.
HR 673 and HR 675, Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act - provisions to provide law enforcement officer status to many different groups of federal employees.
HR 1990, Pepper Spray bill - provisions dealing with Bureau of Prisons management policy changes, including the use of non-lethal weaponry.
H.R.4239 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, to provide statutory relief from 10% early withdrawal penalty for BOP correctional workers who participate in the Thrift Savings Plan.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Merit Systems Protection Board, Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Kelso |
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McCumber |
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Kadrofske |
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Wilson |
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Marilyn |
Park |
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McDuff |
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Yolanda |
Pickstock |
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Mechan |
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Timothy |
Snyder |
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Diana |
Price |
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Amy |
Lloyd |
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Mims |
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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 NAT
16. Specific lobbying issues
FY 2011 Interior and Environmental Appropriations - provisions on the pay, benefits, staffing levels, job security, and contracting out of Department of Interior employees.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Interior - Dept of (DOI)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Threlkeld |
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Nicklas |
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McCumber |
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Mims |
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Kelso |
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McDuff |
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Yolanda |
Pickstock |
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Mechan |
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Snyder |
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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
AFGE is part of a coalition of 28 health organizations and labor unions urging support of Health and Human Services's funding request to appropriate $2 billion for research, vaccine purchases, and related activities.
HR 4489, The FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency, and Cost Savings Act - support of bill and use of Pharmacy Benefit
Managers to ensure fairness to taxpayers and enrollees.
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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Moten |
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Kadrofske |
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McCumber |
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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 VET
16. Specific lobbying issues
S 362/HR 949, to amend Section 7422 of Title 38, which provides medical professionals with collective bargaining rights, including the right to resolve disputes with management over matters affecting working conditions through grievances, arbitrations, and negotiations. S 362/HR 949 would give VA registered nurses, psychiatrists, doctors, and dentists the same bargaining rights as their counterparts in military hospitals and prison facilities.
HR 5145, Assuring Quality Care for Veterans Act, which seeks to increase reimbursement of VA Health Care Professionals' expenses for continuing medical education.
HR 5542/S 3456, seeks to amend Section 7422 of Title 38, which provides medical professionals with collective bargaining rights over compensation matters, including the right to resolve disputes with management over matters affecting additional compensation through grievances, arbitrations, and negotiations.
S 3517, Claims Processing Improvement Act of 2010, strives to improve the processing of claims for disability compensation filed with the Department of Veterans Affairs. Amendment to S 3517, directing OPM to develop an action plan and legislative language for a pay for performance system for VA employees, especially, employees of the Veterans Benefits Administration who process disability claims.
HR 5120/S 3234, Veteran Employment Assistance Act of 2010, seeking to improve employment, training, and placement services furnished to veterans, especially those serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.
S 3486/HR 5543, amending Section 7422 of Title 38, which provides medical professionals with compensation bargaining rights, including the right to resolve disputes with management over matters affecting compensation through grievances, arbitrations, and negotiations. S 362/HR 949 would give VA registered nurses, psychiatrists, doctors, and dentists the same compensation bargaining rights as their counterparts in military hospitals and prison facilities.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Moten |
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Marilyn |
Park |
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Amy |
Lloyd |
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McCumber |
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Mims |
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Threlkeld |
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Nicklas |
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Greely |
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Kelso |
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McDuff |
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Yolanda |
Pickstock |
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Robert |
Mechan |
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Snyder |
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Price |
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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 FAM
16. Specific lobbying issues
HR 626/S 354, Federal Employee Paid Parental Leave Act - provisions providing executive and legislative branch federal employees an opportunity as parents to bond with newborn infants, newly adopted children, or fostered children by providing them with 4 weeks of paid parental leave.
HR 2517/S 1102, Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act, to provide same gender domestic partners of federal employees the same benefits available to spouses of married federal employees.
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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Moten |
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Threlkeld |
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Amy |
Lloyd |
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Timothy |
Snyder |
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Nicklas |
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Charity |
Wilson |
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Linda |
McCumber |
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Ryan |
Mims |
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Greely |
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Kelso |
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McDuff |
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Pickstock |
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Mechan |
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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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