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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 6801 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |
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City | BETHESDA |
State | MD |
Zip Code | 20817 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 23031-12
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6. House ID# 311450000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2012 |
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: Gregory J. Walters, VP, Legislative Affairs |
Date | 02/26/2013 |
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
S TBD/HR 5856 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013 including provisions related to aircraft and technology programs, Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, procurement, and Operations & Maintenance provisions, Coast Guard and joint federal firefighting aircraft programs; 2467/S 3254/HR 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act, 2013 including provisions related to aircraft and technology programs, procurement and Research, Development, Test & Evaluation titles, Army aviation,
missiles, air and missile defense programs, and tactical wheeled vehicles, Operation & Maintenance provisions; HR 6091 - Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 including provisions related to forest fire suppression; S 3240 - Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012 including provisions related to forestry titles related to forest fire suppression; S 3216/HR 5855 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2013 including provisions related to US Coast Guard aviation programs; HJRes 117 Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 including provisions related to the continued funding of the government through March 27, 2013; HR 5872 - Sequestration Transparency Act of 2012; S 2323/HR 5326 - Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 including provisions related to biometric programs, information technology programs, and science programs; S 3215/HR 5854 - Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 including provisions related to Veterans healthcare information technology programs, electronic patient care records, compensation and pension examinations, aircraft programs; S 2322/HR 5972 - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 including provisions related to aviation, airport security, and Housing and Urban Development Working Capital Fund, and Federal Housing Administration Transformation Fund Initiatives; S 3301/HR 6020 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2013 including provisions related to the Treasury and Financial systems and the Internal Revenue System; S 3295/H TBD - Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 including provisions related to the Social Security Administration information technology infrastructure, Centers for Medicare/Medicaid Services and the Department of Education; H.Con.Res. 112 FY 2013 House Budget Resolution including provisions related to defense
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Defense - Dept of (DOD), Army - Dept of (Other) , Navy - Dept of, Air Force - Dept of, State - Dept of (DOS), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Energy - Dept of, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Interior - Dept of (DOI)
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 |
Scott |
Burnison |
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Gregory |
Dahlberg |
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Kristine |
Fauser |
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Scott |
Gudes |
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Gerald |
Harvey |
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Robert |
Head |
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John |
O'Donnell |
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Jack |
Overstreet |
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Anthony |
Rosemarino |
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Donald |
Schilpp |
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Gregory |
Walters |
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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 AER
16. Specific lobbying issues
S 2323/S.Rept 112-158/HR 5326/H.Rept 112-462 - Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 including provisions related to NASA
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)
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 |
Michelle |
Robbins |
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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
S 2467/S 3254/HR 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 including provisions related to counterfeit parts, rare Earth minerals, spectrum, sequestration, shipbuilding, Navy radars, defense industrial base, Department of Energy environmental management, Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR), science and technology programs, cyber security issues, aircraft programs, depot maintenance, contractor compensation,
commercial satellite export licensing, export control reform, technology programs, Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDTE), procurement, Operations & Maintenance (O&M), Army missile and communications programs; S TBD/HR 5856 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013 including provisions related to sequestration, shipbuilding, Navy radars, defense industrial base, C4ISR programs, classified intelligence programs, aircraft programs, space programs, missile defense programs, strategic nuclear programs, RDT&E, procurement, O&M, Army missile and communications programs; HJRes 117 FY 2013 Continuing Resolution including provisions related to sequestration, shipbuilding, Navy radars, defense industrial base; S 2465/HR 5325 - Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 including provisions related to Department of Energy environmental management; S 3454/HR 5743 - Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 including provisions related to classified programs; HR 3523 - Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act including provisions related to defense programs; HR 3674 - PRECISE Act of 2012 including provisions related to defense programs; S 2105 - Cybersecurity Act of 2012 including provisions related to defense programs; S 2151 - SECURE IT Act including provisions related to defense programs; S 3211/HR 3288 - Safeguarding United States Satellite Leadership and Security Act of 2012; S 3216/HR 5855 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2013 including provisions related to Coast Guard programs
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Defense - Dept of (DOD), Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Navy - Dept of, Army - Dept of (Other) , Air Force - 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 |
Linda |
Banton |
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Gwendolyn |
Brown |
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Gabrielle |
Carruth |
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Carrie |
Desmond |
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Melvin |
Dubee |
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Lawrence |
Duncan |
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Kristine |
Fauser |
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Mary Ellen |
Fraser |
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Mark |
Gaspar |
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Robert |
Head |
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Rory |
Maynard |
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Lauren |
McCollum |
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Gerald |
Musarra |
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Jack |
Overstreet |
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Anthony |
Rosemarino |
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Donald |
Schilpp |
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Andrew |
Schnabel |
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Cedric |
Sheridan |
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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 ENV
16. Specific lobbying issues
S 847 - Safe Chemicals Act of 2011 including provisions related to overhauling the Toxic Substances Control Act; HR 6091 - Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 and House Report 112-589 including provisions related to the Environmental Protection Agency funding, Integration Risk Information System, and Safe Drinking Water Act; HR 6564 - EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2012 including provisions related to reforming the Science Advisory
Board and its subpanels; Congressional outreach regarding environmental issues including Perchlorate and Hexavalent Chromium, and EPA enforcement of the Safe Drinking Water Act;
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 |
Linda |
Banton |
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Gwendolyn |
Brown |
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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
HR 3523 - Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act including provisions related to the sharing of certain cyber security information and procedures to share intelligence regarding cyber threats, specifically sections on liability; HR 3674 - PRECISE Act of 2012 including provisions to protect federal systems and critical infrastructure systems from adverse cyber acts; S 3414 -
Cybersecurity Act of 2012 including provisions to enhance the security of cyber networks and communications infrastructure, and
specifically sections on liability; S 2105 - Cybersecurity Act of 2012 including provisions to improve the security of federal cyber networks, enhance the security and resiliency of the cyber networks and communications infrastructure; S 3342 - SECURE IT including provisions to protect critical networks, improve the nation's cybersecurity network by promoting collaboration and information-sharing, and updating criminal laws; S 3254/HR 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 including provisions related to RDT&E, procurement, O&M; HR 5856 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013 including provisions related to RDT&E, procurement, O&M; S 3216/HR 5855 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2013 including provisions related to Coast Guard programs
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 |
Linda |
Banton |
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Gwendolyn |
Brown |
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Anthony |
Rosemarino |
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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 SCI
16. Specific lobbying issues
Commercial Space Launch Act liability provision - support for extension
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
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 |
Gerald |
Musarra |
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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
S 2240/HR 4196 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the allowance for bonus depreciation for certain business assets; S 2237 - Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Act; S 1577 - Greater Research Opportunities With Tax Help Act including provisions related to enhancing and making permanent the R&D Credit; HR 871 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
to make the credit for research activities permanent and to provide an increase in such credit for taxpayers whose gross receipts
are predominantly from domestic production activities; HR 942 - American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2011; S 3485/HR 1864 - Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2012 to limit the authority of States to tax certain income of employees duties performed in other States; S 1813/HR 4348 - MAP-21 including provisions related to reauthorizing Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs and pension funding stabilization
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 |
Linda |
Banton |
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Gwendolyn |
Brown |
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Gerald |
Musarra |
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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 TEC
16. Specific lobbying issues
S 3254/HR 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Senate Report 112-173 and House Report 112-479) including provisions related to spectrum
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 |
Gwendolyn |
Brown |
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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 TRD
16. Specific lobbying issues
S 3254/HR 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 including provisions related to contractor compensation, counterfeit electronic parts, commercial satellite export licensing, export control reform, Taiwan, Comsats and export controls; S 3211/HR 3288 - Safeguarding United States Satellite Leadership and Security Act of 2011; S 1539/HR 2992 - Taiwan Airpower Modernization Act of 2011 including provisions related to export control reform; HR 2918 - Taiwan Policy Act of
2011 including provisions related to export control reform; S 2165/HR 4133 - United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act of 2012; Support for US-Korea bilateral relations; S 3241/HR 5857 - Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2013; UN Convention on the Law of the Sea - support ratification; International Taxation on U.S. Contractor Support for U.S. Government Missions Abroad: Issues related to the taxation of U.S. contractor work performed for the U.S. Government in the absence of a bilateral agreement with explicit tax exemption provisions
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Natl Security Council (NSC), White House Office
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 |
Gerald |
Musarra |
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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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