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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
| Address1 | 444 North Capitol Street NW |
Address2 | Suite 334 |
| City | Washington |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20001 |
Country | USA |
3. Principal place of business (if different than line 2)
| City | Washington |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20001-5000 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 51571-12
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6. House ID# 348820000
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| TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2026 |
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 |
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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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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 |
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| Signature | Digitally Signed By: John Latini |
Date | 4/18/2026 1:17:24 AM |
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
Seeking support for introduction of legislation to establish in statute an authorization for the Office of Polar Programs within the National Science Foundation.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, 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 |
John |
Latini |
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Kanjorski: SA, LA, PD, LD; Kaptur: LA, SLA |
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Denae |
Benson |
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SCIA: SA |
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
Seeking support for appropriations to implement a ShakeAlert system in the State of Alaska.
Seeking support for the freezing of current federal policy related to indirect cost rates including in any continuing resolution for fiscal year 2026.
Seeking support for language to be added to the FY 26 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill that exempts undergraduate threshold requirements for the Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions program.
Seek support for appropriations to be provided to the Department of the Interior to fund state universities to support higher education for Native students.
FY 26 Agriculture Appropriations bills, support funding for cover crops and grain variety; horticulture and specialty crops development; Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions program; Hatch Act program; and Smith-Lever Cooperative Extension program.
FY 26 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations bills, supporting funding for a Biotechnology Research & Commercialization Initiative; Alaska Coastal Cooperative; Support for Survivors of Violence; Advancing Sustainable and Efficient Construction Technologies; Alaska Microgrid Cybersecurity Training Ground; Local Law Enforcement Rogue Drone Assistance Initiative; NSF EPSCoR; NASA EPSCoR; NASA Space Grant; Climate Adaptation Partnerships; National Sea Grant Program; National Estuarine Research Reserve (operations and construction) programs.
FY 26 Defense Appropriations bills, supporting funding for a GeoData Cooperative Production Center; Material and Coating Performance Evaluation for Ensuring Operational Readiness in Arctic Climates; Suicide Prevention for Rural, Remote, and Isolated Military Installations; Resilient Autonomous Sensing in the Arctic; Alaska Regional Collaboration for Technology Innovation and Commercialization; Enhancing energy Technologies in Cold Regions; Arctic Pathfinder; Poker Flat Research Range upgrades; Arctic Pacific Infrastructure Supporting Continuous engineering and Science; and Resilient Innovative Sustainable Economies via University Partnerships.
FY 26 Homeland Security Appropriations bills, supporting funding for Advancing Arctic Resiliency, Domain Awareness, and Security through Homeland Security Partnerships.
FY 26 Energy & Water Appropriations bills, supporting funding for National Coastal Mapping and DOE EPSCoR.
FY 26 Financial Services Appropriations bills, supporting the Alaska Co-op Empowerment Initiative.
FY 26 Interior & Environment Appropriations bills, supporting funding for Informing Flood Forecasting and Engineering Solutions for the Mendenhall Glacier Outburst Floods; Alaska Geological Hydrogen Equipment and Research; Advanced Regional Scale Mapping of Alaskan Mineral and Metal Resources; Alaska Microscopic Research Research and Development; Alaska Geochronology Expansion Initiative; Improving Community Landslide Preparedness in Southeast Alaska; USArray; Climate Adaptation Science Centers; Joint Fire Science Program; Volcano Hazards Program; and National Water Resources Research Act Program.
FY 26 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bills, supporting funding for the Alaska Future Workforce Initiative; Tamamta (All of Us): Transforming Western & Indigenous Sciences Together; Behavioral Health Workforce Development Program for Southeast Alaska; Workforce Development in Energy-Efficient Building Heating Ventilating and Air Conditioning Technologies; Alaska Health Sciences Equipment Acquisition; Supporting ANSEP Students with Workforce Development in Aviation, Business, and Health Care; Area Health Education Center Program; Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Program; Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need; Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants Program; TRIO Programs; Federal Pell Grant Program; and Institutional Development Awards.
FY 26 State-Foreign Operations Appropriations bills, supporting funding for the Arctic Remote Energy Network Academy and Arctic Energy Forum.
FY 26 Transportation-HUD Appropriations bills, supporting funding for the Centers of Excellence for Domestic Maritime Workforce Training and Education Maritime Technical Advancement Grant Program.
FY 27 Agriculture Appropriations bills, supporting funding for cover crops and grain variety research; Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions program; Hatch Act program; and Smith-Lever program.
FY 27 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations bills, supporting funding for
Advancing Detection of Harmful Algal Blooms; Assessing the Health of Permafrost; Improving Marine & Fish Information Gaps; Modernizing Public Safety; Innovations in Fish Monitoring Technology; Securing Alaska from Malicious Drones; National Science Foundation - Topline; NOAA Cooperative Institutes program; NOAA Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments program; NASA Earth Science Data Systems program; NASA Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research; NASA GLOBE program; NASA Sounding Rockets program; NASA Space Grant program; National Estuarine Research Reserve System (Operations); National Estuarine Research Reserve (Construction); National Sea Grant program; and NSF Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).
FY 27 Defense Appropriations bills, supporting funding for Resilient Autonomous Sensing in the Arctic; Resilient Innovative Sustainable Economies via University Partnerships; APEX Accelerators Program; and Office of the Local Defense Community Cooperations Defense Community Infrastructure Program (DCIP).
FY 27 Homeland Security Appropriations bills, supporting funding for Office of University Programs; Centers of Excellence program.
FY 27 Energy & Water Appropriations bills, supporting funding for Geologic Hydrogen Research for Alaska/Arctic Energy Resilience; Reliable Arctic Power Systems; National Coastal Mapping program; and DOE Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research.
FY 27 Financial Services Appropriations bills, supporting funding for AI & Manufacturing Initiative; Alaska Research Data Archive or Arctic Research Data Archive; Southeast Alaska Small Business Catalyst Lab; and Take Wing Initiative.
FY 27 Interior-Environment Appropriations bills, supporting funding for Innovations in Wildfire Surveillance; Enhancing Mineral & Geologic Research Capabilities; Alaska Wildfire Smoke Preparedness and Resilience Initiative; Arctic Wetland Mapping; Earthquake Early Warning; USArray; Climate Adaptation Science Centers program; Joint Fire Science program; National Water Resources Research Act program; and Volcano Hazards program.
FY 27 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bills, supporting funding for Alaska Correctional Education; Foundational Academic Strategy for Alaska; Helium Acquisition for Health & Biomedical Sciences; Alaska Area Health Education Center (AHEC) program; Alaska Native and Hawaiian Native-Serving Institutions (ANNH) program; Federal Pell Grant program; Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants program; Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need program; NIH Institutional Development Awards program; and TRIO Programs.
FY 27 State-Foreign Operations Appropriations bills, supporting funding for Arctic Remote Energy Network Academy.
FY 27 Transportation-HUD Appropriations bills, supporting funding for Centers of Excellence for Domestic Maritime Workforce Training and Education (COE) Maritime Technical Advancement Grant Program.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, 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 |
John |
Latini |
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Kanjorski: SA, LA, PD, LD; Kaptur: LA, SLA |
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Denae |
Benson |
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SCIA: SA |
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
Seeking support for the reversal of the Department of Educations termination of the Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions program including terminating of grants that were supporting personalized academic planning, strengthening student support services, and the developing of certain online programming in high-demand fields.
Seeking support for the Department of Education to fully fund Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions program existing grants despite the programs termination.
Seeking support for the Department of Education transferring Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions program funds to the Department of the Interior to administer.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, 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 |
John |
Latini |
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Kanjorski: SA, LA, PD, LD; Kaptur: LA, SLA |
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Denae |
Benson |
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SCIA: SA |
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 ENG
16. Specific lobbying issues
Seeking support for unfreezing funds awarded by the Department of Energy under the Carbon Ore, Rare Earth, and Critical Minerals Initiative that would support research on extraction, resource processing, and manufacturing of high-value, nonfuel, carbon-based products from carbon ores with a strong emphasis on environmental safeguards.
Seeking support for legislation to authorize the Department of Energys Arctic Energy Office.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, 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 |
John |
Latini |
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Kanjorski: SA, LA, PD, LD; Kaptur: LA, SLA |
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Denae |
Benson |
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SCIA: SA |
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
Seeking support for faster approval from the U.S. Coast Guard of educational programs that require certification from the U.S. Coast Guard.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, 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 |
John |
Latini |
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Kanjorski: SA, LA, PD, LD; Kaptur: LA, SLA |
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Denae |
Benson |
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SCIA: SA |
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
Seeking support for introduction of a resolution congratulating the Alaska 529 for decades of benefits being provided to savers including those in the State of Alaska.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, 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 |
John |
Latini |
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Kanjorski: SA, LA, PD, LD; Kaptur: LA, SLA |
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Denae |
Benson |
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SCIA: SA |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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LOBBYIST UPDATE
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)
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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
27. Add the following 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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CONVICTIONS DISCLOSURE
29. Have any of the lobbyists listed on this report been convicted in a Federal or State Court of an offense involving bribery,
extortion, embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money laundering?
| Lobbyist Name | Description of Offense(s) |