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Voluntary Incentive Auctions Act of 2010
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2010 · fourth_quarter · Telecommunications
S. 3304 and H.R. 3101 - Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010; H.R. 5828 - Universal Service Reform Act of 2010; H.R. 5947 - Voluntary Incentive Auctions Act of 2010; S. 3610 and H.R. 5947 - Spectrum Measurement and Policy Reform Act; H. Res. 1570 - Supporting the preservation of Internet entrepreneurs and small businesses; FCC Open Internet Proceeding; FCC Notice of Inquiry on Framework for Next Generation 911 Deployment; Government access to communications; National Broadband Plan; Spectrum allocation; TV white spaces proceedings; VoIP regulation; Broadcast political advertising issues; Telecommunications accessibility; Inter-carrier compensation reform; Universal service reform.
Client expense: $1,240,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Library of Congress (LOC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2010 · fourth_quarter · Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
H.R. 1084 - Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act S.3756 - Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act H.R.5947 - Voluntary Incentive Auctions Act of 2010 Retransmission Consent
Client expense: $720,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Vice President of the United States, SENATE, U.S. Copyright Office
2010 · fourth_quarter · Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
S.34, Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2009, all provisions. S.62, Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2009, all provisions. S.592, Local Community Radio Act of 2009, all provisions. S.649, Radio Spectrum Inventory Act, all provisions. S.752, Fair Elections Now Act, all provisions related to broadcasters. S.771, Four Corners Television Access Act of 2009, all provisions. S.2847, "Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act," all provisions. S.3304,Equal Access to 21st Century Communications Act, all provisions related to broadcasters. S.3610, Spectrum Measurement and Policy Reform Act, all provisions. S.3828, A bill to make technical corrections in the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 and the amendments made by that Act, all provisions. S.3852, Healthy Media for Youth Act, all provisions. S.3894, A bill to allow the FCC to review petitions relating to the secondary transmission of broadcast programming in orphan counties, all provisions. S.con.res.14, A concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act, all provisions. H.R.226, Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2009, all provisions. H.R.245, Local Emergency Radio Service Preservation Act of 2009, all provisions related to broadcasters. H.R.363, United States Broadcasting Reorganization Act of 2009, all provisions related to broadcasters. H.R. 505, To amend section 119 of title 17, United States Code, to allow the secondary transmission to any subscriber in the State of Oklahoma of primary transmissions of local network stations in that State, all provisions. H.R. 927, Satellite Consumers' Right to Local Channels Act, all provisions related to broadcasters. H.R. 1084, Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act, all provisions. H.R.1147, Local Community Radio Act of 2009, all provisions. H.R.1155, Satellite Consumers' Access to Public Television Digital Programming Act of 2009, all provisions related to broadcasters. H.R. 1826, Fair Elections Now Act, all provisions related to broadcasters. H.R.1860, Four Corners Television Access Act of 2009, all provisions. H.R.2056, Clean Money, Clean Elections Act of 2009, all provisions related to broadcasters. H.R.2175, Families for ED Advertising Decency Act, all provisions. H.R. 3101, Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009, all provisions related to broadcasters. H.R. 3125, Radio Spectrum Inventory Act, all provisions related to broadcasters. H.R.3216, To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to permit the retransmission of signals of local television broadcast stations in an adjacent underserved county, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R.3498, To amend section 119 of title 17, United States Code, and the Communications Act of 1934 to permit satellite carriers to retransmit the signals of certain noncommercial, educational broadcast stations outside their local markets, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 4053, Healthy Kids Act, all provisions related to broadcasters. H.R.5777, Best Practices Act, all provisions. H.R. 5947, Voluntary Incentive Auctions Act of 2010, all provisions. H.con.res.49, Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act, all provisions. MM 00-167- Status of Childrens Television Programming MB 07-294, MB 06-121, MB 02-277, MM 01-235, MM 01-317, MM 00-244 Ownership 2006 Quadrennial Regulatory Review Review of the Commissions Broadcast Ownership Rules and Other Rules Adopted Pursuant to Section 202 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996; Promoting Diversification of Ownership in the Broadcasting Services. Complaints Regarding Various Television Broadcasts Between February 2, 2002 and March 8, 2005 MB 05-171- Use of Video News Releases by Broadcast Licensees ET 04-186 and 02-380, WT 08-166 and 08-167- Unlicensed operation in the TV Broadcast Bands; Public Interest Spectrum Coalition, Petition for Rulemaking Regarding LP Auxiliary Stations, including wireless microphones, and the DTV Transition MB 04-233- Broadcast Localism CS 98-82, Implementation of Section 11 of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992; CS 96-85, Implementation of Cable Act Reform Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996; MM 92-264, The Commission's Cable Horizontal and Vertical Ownership Limits and Attribution Rules; MM 94-150, Review of the Commission's Regulations Governing Attribution of Broadcast and Cable/MDS Interests; MM 92-51, Review of the Commission's Regulations and Policies Affecting Investment in the Broadcast Industry; MM 87-154, Reexamination of the Commission's Cross-Interest Policy MM 00-168- Standardized and Enhanced Disclosure Requirements for Television Broadcast License Pubic Interest Obligations MB 08-90- Sponsorship Identification Rules and Embedded Advertising MM 99-325- Digital Audio Broadcasting Systems and Their Impact on the Terrestrial Radio Broadcast Service MB 09-26- Implementation of the Child Safe Viewing Act; Examination of Parental Control Technologies or Video of Audio Programming GN 09-51, 09-47, 09-137- In the Matter of a National Broadband Plan for Our Future (spectrum) MB 10-71- Petition for Rulemaking to Amend the Commission's Rules Governing Retransmission Consent MB 09-194- Empowering Parents and Protecting Children in an Evolving Media Landscape WT 10-153 - Amendment of Part 101 of the Commissions Rules to Facilitate the Use of Microwave for Wireless Backhaul and Other Uses and to Provide Additional Flexibility to Broadcast Auxiliary Service and Operational Fixed Microwave Licensees; WT 09-106 - Request for Interpretation of Section 101.141(a)(3) of the Commissions Rules Filed by Alcatel-Lucent, Inc., et al.; WT 07-121 - Petition for Declaratory Ruling Filed by Wireless Strategies, Inc. and Request for Temporary Waiver of Section 101.141(a)(3) of the Commissions Rules Filed by Fixed Wireless Communications Coalition MB 09-182 - 2010 Quadrennial Regulatory Review Review of the Commissions Broadcast Ownership Rules and Other Rules Adopted Pursuant to Section 202 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 MB 10-91, Video Device Competition, Implementation of Section 304 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996; CS 97-80, Commercial Availability of Navigation Devices; PP 00-67, Compatibility Between Cable Systems CG 05-231 and ET 99-254, In the Matter of Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau Seeks to Refresh the Record on Notices of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding Closed Captioning Rules
2010 · fourth_quarter · Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
Issues concerning the inclusion of radio receiver chips in mobile phones. Issues related to potential legislative update/rewrite of the Communications Act, Broadcast Provisions Issues relating to allocation of spectrum for broadcasting and other communications services. Issues relating to retransmission consent Issues relating to the reinstatement of an incentive program to provide tax credits or other benefits to companies that sell communications properties to new entrants. H.R.1147, Local Community Radio Act of 2009, All provisions H.R.1860, Four Corners Television Access Act of 2009, All provisions H.R.3101, Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009, Title 2 H.R.3125, Radio Spectrum Inventory Act, All provisions H.R.5947, Voluntary Incentive Auctions Act of 2010, All provisions HR 6533, Local Community Radio Act of 2010, All provisions HR. 1084, Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act, All provisions S.448, Free Flow of Information Act of 2009, All provisions S.510, FDA Food Safety Modernization Act , Amdt. #4702 and Amdt # 4713 S.592, Local Community Radio Act of 2009, All provisions S.649, Radio Spectrum Inventory Act, All provisions S.771, Four Corners Television Access Act of 2009, All provisions S.2847, Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act, All provisions S.3304, Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010, Title 2 S.3610, The Spectrum Management and Policy Reform Act, All provisions S.3756, Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act, Spectrum Provisions S.3828, A bill to make technical corrections in the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 and the amendments made by that Act., All provisions S.3894, Letting Our Communities Access Local Television Act of 2010, All provisions Before the Federal Communications Commission: Issues relating to an FCC report to Congress on report on in-state broadcast programming. Before the National Economic Council: Issues relating to allocation of spectrum for broadcasting and other communications services.
2010 · fourth_quarter · Telecommunications
HR 5947, Voluntary Incentive Auctions Act of 2010 (Boucher-Stearns) S 3610, Spectrum Measurement and Policy Reform Act (Kerry-Snowe) National Broadband Plan (GN Docket Nos. 09-47, 09-51, 09-137, 09-157; WT Docket No. 09-66) Framework for Broadband Internet Service (GN Docket No. 10-127) Preserving the Open Internet / Broadband Industry Practices (GN Docket No. 09-191; WC Docket No. 07-52) Fixed and Mobile Services in the Mobile Satellite Service Bands (ET Docket No. 10-142) Connect America Fund; A National Broadband Plan for Our Future; High-Cost Universal Service Support (WC Docket No. 10-90, GN Docket No. 09-51, WC Docket No. 05-337) Seventh Broadband Deployment Notice of Inquiry (GN Docket No. 10-159) Implementing a Nationwide, Broadband Interoperable Public Safety Network in the 700 MHz Band, etc. (PS Docket No. 06-229; WT Docket Nos. 96-86 and 06-150) Monitoring of net neutrality legislation that was being negotiated
Client expense: $880,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Client expense: $850,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Client expense: $3,720,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Library of Congress (LOC), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, U.S. Copyright Office
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Security Agency (NSA), Natl Security Council (NSC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2010 · fourth_quarter · Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
H. Con. Res. 49/S. Con. Res. 14 Local Radio Freedom Act, all provisions; H.R. 848/S. 379 Performance Rights Act, all provisions; H.R. 1084/S. 2847 CALM Act, all provisions; Cable programming issues, including program access issues and retransmission consent; H.R. 3745 Community Access Preservation (CAP) Act; all provisions; H.R. 3125 Radio Spectrum Inventory Act and related legislation (including S.649), all provisions; S. 3304 Twenty-First Century Communications Video Accessibility Act and related legislation (including H.R. 3101 and S. 3828), all provisions; H.R. 5947 Voluntary Incentive Auctions Act of 2010 and related legislation (including S. 3610 and S. 3756), all provisions; Media ownership issues generally; Phone regulation generally; Broadcast issues generally, including TV spectrum issues, retransmission consent, and FM chip inclusion in mobile devices; S.3295 Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act (including H.R.5175), provisions related to lowest unit charge for political advertising.
Client expense: $830,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2010 · fourth_quarter · Telecommunications
H.R. 5947 Need for voluntary incentive auction authority S. 1462, American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009, advocate for wireless smart grid infrastructure S. 3442, Electric Vehicle Deployment Act of 2010, advocate for wireless smart grid infrastructure for electric vehicles S. 3715 - The Charging America Forward Act to advocate for wireless smart grid infrastructure for electric vehicles S. 3815, The Promoting Natural Gas & Electric Vehicles Act, to advocate for wireless smart grid infrastructure for electric vehicles H.R. 5696 - The e-Know Act to advocate for intellectual property rights protections S. 3487, the e-Know Act, to advocate for intellectual property rights protections H.R. 4128 - The Conflict Minerals Trade Act, advocate for reasonable review and disclosure of materials supply chain S. 891, The Congo Conflict Minerals Act, advocate for reasonable review and disclosure of materials supply chain H.R. 4173, The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, advocate for reasonable review and disclosure of materials supply chain in Congo Conflict Minerals provisions
Client expense: $1,480,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Policy Development, Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2010 · fourth_quarter · Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
S.649, Radio Spectrum Inventory Act; H.R.3125, Radio Spectrum Inventory Act; Accessible Technologies; H.R.3101, Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act; H.R. 4533 Technology Bill of Rights for the Blind Act of 2010; S.3304 Equal Access to 21st Century Communications Act; S. 3610 Spectrum Measurement and Policy Reform Act; H.R. 5947 The Voluntary Incentive Auctions Act of 2010
Client expense: $400,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2010 · fourth_quarter · Telecommunications
Mobile service issues, including mobile TV and spectrum allocation Spectrum Relocation Improvement Act (S. 3490); spectrum auction incentives legislation (H.R. 5947) TV commercial volume legislation (S. 2847)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2010 · fourth_quarter · Telecommunications
REGULATION OF WIRELESS INDUSTRY HR 1, HR 428, HR 560, HR 681, HR 1346, HR 1391, HR 2357, HR 2428, HR 3101, HR 3125, HR 3126, HR 3458, HR 3682, HR 3717, HR 3802, HR 3803, HR 3924, HR 4167, HR 4173, HR 4829, HR 5257, HR 5777, HR 5828, HR 5907, HR 5947, S 251, S 328, S 336, S 352, S 649, S 788, S 1266, S 1397, S 1447, S 1749, S 1836, S 2825, S 2879, S 3115, S 3304, S 3490, S 3742, S 3828, S 3756, S 3995
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $80,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2010 · fourth_quarter · Telecommunications
Issues relating to Universal Service Fund Issues relating to Handset Exclusivity Issues relating to Data Roaming H.R. 3125 / S. 649, the Radio Spectrum Inventory Act H.R. 3010, the Spectrum Relocation Improvement Act of 2009 H.R. 4829/S. 3115, the Next Generation 9-1-1 Preservation Act of 2010 H.R. 5081, the Broadband for First Responders Act of 2010 S. 3872, the Cell Phone Bill Shock Act of 2010 H.R. 5907, the Next Generation Public Safety Device Act of 2010 S. 3731, the Next Generation Public Safety Device Act of 2010 H.R. 5828, the Universal Service Reform Act of 2010 H.R. 5947, the Voluntary Incentive Auctions Act of 2010 H.R. 1521, the Cell Tax Fairness Act of 2009 H.R. 3103, the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009 S. 3304, the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 H.R. 5297, the Small Business Jobs and Credit Act of 2010 S. 3710, the Broadband Program Reauthorization Act of 2010 S. 3490, the Spectrum Relocation and Improvement Act of 2010 S. 3756, the Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act S. 3625, the First Responders Protection Act of 2010 H.R. 6530, To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to establish a position for a representative of Indian Tribes on the Joint Board overseeing the implementation of universal service, and for other purposes. Issues relating to the National Broadband Plan Issues relating to Spectrum Band Classes Issues relating to Broadband Funding Programs Issues relating to E911 Issues relating to Wireless Competition Issues relating to 700 MHz D Block Spectrum Issues relating to 700 MHz Paired Spectrum Interoperability Issues relating to a Public Safety Broadband Network Issues relating to FM Chip Mandates for Mobile Devices Issues relating to Broadband Regulation Issues relating to Federal Communications Commission Authority
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2010 · fourth_quarter · Telecommunications
Monitoring proposals to reform the Universal Service Fund (HR 5828), spectrum inventory legislation (HR3019 and S3490). Also, monitoring on broadband plan-general spectrum policies (S 3610, HR 5947, S 3756).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $110,000
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2010 · third_quarter · Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
HR 3101, S. 3304 & S. 3828, Twenty First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010; S. 2847, Commerical Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act (CALM Act); HR 1083, Business Activity Tax Simplification Act; S. 3742, The Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2010; S. 3756, Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act; HR 5828, Universal Reform Act of 2010; HR 1521, Cell Tax Fairness Act of 2009; H. Con. Res. 311; HR 3745, PEG bill; (cont.) HR 5947, Voluntary Incentives Auction Act of 2010; S. 3624, Freedom for Consumer Choice Act; HR 5777, Best Practices Act; S. 3610, Spectrum Measurement and Policy Reform Act; S. 3579, Data Security Act of 2010; S. 3295, Disclose Act; HR 5649, Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act; and HR 5660, Main Street Fairness Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2010 · third_quarter · Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
Issues concerning the inclusion of radio receiver chips in mobile phones. Issues relating to allocation of spectrum for broadcasting and other communications services. Issues related to potential legislative update/rewrite of the Communications Act, Broadcast Provisions Issues relating to retransmission consent Issues relating to the reinstatement of an incentive program to provide tax credits or other benefits to companies that sell communications properties to new entrants. HR.1084, Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act, All provisions H.R.1147, Local Community Radio Act of 2009, All provisions H.R.3101, Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009, Title 2 H.R.3125, Radio Spectrum Inventory Act, All provisions H.R. 5947, Voluntary Incentive Auctions Act of 2010, All provisions S.448, Free Flow of Information Act, All provisions S.592, Local Community Radio Act of 2009, All provisions S.649, Radio Spectrum Inventory Act, All provisions S.2847, Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act, All provisions S.3304, Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010, Title 2 S.3610, The Spectrum Management and Policy Reform Act, All provisions S.3756, Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act, Spectrum Provisions S.3828, A bill to make technical corrections in the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 and the amendments made by that Act, All provisions Before the National Economic Council: Issues relating to allocation of spectrum for broadcasting and other communications services.
Client expense: $3,410,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Economic Council (NEC), SENATE
2010 · third_quarter · Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
Singapore Cross-Carriage Regulation H.R. 1084 - Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act S.3756 - Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act H.R.5947 - Voluntary Incentive Auctions Act of 2010 Retransmission Consent
Client expense: $930,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Maritime Commission, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2010 · third_quarter · Telecommunications
National Broadband Plan (GN Docket Nos. 09-47, 09-51, 09-137, 09-157; WT Docket No. 09-66).Framework for Broadband Internet Service (GN Docket No. 10-127).Preserving the Open Internet / Broadband Industry Practices (GN Docket No. 09-191; WC Docket No. 07-52).Fixed and Mobile Services in the Mobile Satellite Service Bands (ET Docket No. 10-142).Fixed and Mobile Services in the Mobile Satellite Service Bands (ET Docket No. 10-142).Connect America Fund. A National Broadband Plan for Our Future; High-Cost Universal Service Support (WC Docket No. 10-90, GN Docket No. 09-51, WC Docket No. 05-337) Seventh Broadband Deployment Notice of Inquiry (GN Docket No. 10-159) Implementing a Nationwide, Broadband Interoperable Public Safety Network in the 700 MHz Band, etc. (PS Docket No. 06-229; WT Docket Nos. 96-86 and 06-150) HR 5947, Voluntary Incentive Auctions Act of 2010 (Boucher-Stearns) HR ____, Discussion Draft The Public Safety Broadband Act of 2010 (Waxman) HR ____, Discussion Draft American Competitiveness and Robust Media Marketplace Act (Markey) HR 5907, Next Generation Public Safety Device Act (Harman) S 3610, Spectrum Measurement and Policy Reform Act (Kerry-Snowe) S 3765, Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act (Rockefeller) Monitoring of net neutrality legislation that was being negotiated Rural Broadband NPRM e-Rate to include BB and PCs to the home
Client expense: $830,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Science Foundation (NSF), Natl Security Council (NSC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2010 · third_quarter · Telecommunications
H.R. 5947 - Need for voluntary incentive auction authority S. 3487 - the e-Know Act to provide electric consumers the right to access electric energy information S. 3246 - The Advanced Vechicle Technology Act of 2009 to provide R&D for the development of advanced vehicles S. 3495 - Promoting Electric Vehicles Act of 2010 to provide incentives for the development & deployment of electric vehicles H.R. 4128 - The Conflict Minerals Trade Act to improve transparency and reduce trade in conflict minerals S. 3171 - The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act includes a provision to improve transparency and reduce trade in conflict minerals Agenda of various bilateral dialogues between the United States and foreign governments in the areas of trade, telecom and IPR
Client expense: $1,530,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Policy Development, Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2010 · third_quarter · Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
H.R. 5947 - Need for voluntary incentive auction authority
Client expense: $1,530,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Policy Development, Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2010 · third_quarter · Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
H. Con. Res. 49/S. Con. Res. 14 - Local Radio Freedom Act, all provisions; H.R. 848/S. 379 - Performance Rights Act, all provisions; H.R. 1084/S. 2847 - CALM Act, all provisions; Cable programming issues, including program access issues and retransmission consent; H.R. 3745 - Community Access Preservation (CAP) Act; all provisions; H.R. 3125 - Radio Spectrum Inventory Act and related legislation (including S.649), all provisions; S. 3304 Twenty-First Century Communications Video Accessibility Act and related legislation (including H.R. 3101 and S. 3828), all provisions; H.R. 5947 Voluntary Incentive Auctions Act of 2010 and related legislation (including S. 3610 and S. 3756), all provisions; Media ownership issues generally; Phone regulation generally; Broadcast issues generally, including TV spectrum issues, retransmission consent, and FM chip inclusion in mobile devices; S.3295-Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act (including H.R.5175), provisions related to lowest unit charge for political advertising.
Client expense: $630,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2010 · third_quarter · Telecommunications
Issues relating to Universal Service Fund Issues relating to Handset Exclusivity Issues relating to Data Roaming H.R. 3125 / S. 649, the Radio Spectrum Inventory Act H.R. 3010, the Spectrum Relocation Improvement Act of 2009 H.R. 4829/S. 3115, the Next Generation 9-1-1 Preservation Act of 2010 H.R. 5081, the Broadband for First Responders Act of 2010 S. 3872, the Cell Phone Bill Shock Act of 2010 H.R. 5907, the Next Generation Public Safety Device Act of 2010 S. 3731, the Next Generation Public Safety Device Act of 2010 H.R. 5828, the Universal Service Reform Act of 2010 H.R. 5947, the Voluntary Incentive Auctions Act of 2010 H.R. 1521, the Cell Tax Fairness Act of 2009 H.R. 3103, the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009 S. 3304, the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 H.R. 5297, the Small Business Jobs and Credit Act of 2010 S. 3710, the Broadband Program Reauthorization Act of 2010 S. 3490, the Spectrum Relocation and Improvement Act of 2010 S. 3756, the Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act S. 3625, the First Responders Protection Act of 2010 Issues relating to the National Broadband Plan Issues relating to Spectrum Band Classes Issues relating to Broadband Funding Programs Issues relating to E911 Issues relating to Wireless Competition Issues relating to 700 MHz D Block Spectrum Issues relating to 700 MHz Paired Spectrum Interoperability Issues relating to a Public Safety Broadband Network Issues relating to FM Chip Mandates for Mobile Devices Issues relating to Broadband Regulation Issues relating to Federal Communications Commission Authority
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2010 · third_quarter · Telecommunications
Telecommunications access for the disabled (H.R. 3101, S. 3304) Spectrum Relocation Improvement Act (S. 3490); spectrum auction incentives legislation (H.R. 5947) Net neutrality; Federal Communications Commission action on white spaces Telecommunications infrastructure investment
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2010 · third_quarter · Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
S.34, Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2009, all provisions. S.62, Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2009, all provisions. S.592, Local Community Radio Act of 2009, all provisions. S.649, Radio Spectrum Inventory Act, all provisions. S.752, Fair Elections Now Act, all provisions related to broadcasters. S.771, Four Corners Television Access Act of 2009, all provisions. S. 1694, A bill to allow the funding for the interoperable emergency communications grant program established under the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 to remain available until expended through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes, all provisions related to broadcasters. S.2847, "Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act," all provisions. S.3304,Equal Access to 21st Century Communications Act, all provisions related to broadcasters. S.3610, Spectrum Measurement and Policy Reform Act, all provisions. S.3828, A bill to make technical corrections in the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 and the amendments made by that Act, all provisions. S.3852, Healthy Media for Youth Act, all provisions. S.3894, A bill to allow the FCC to review petitions relating to the secondary transmission of broadcast programming in orphan counties, all provisions. S.con.res.14, A concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act, all provisions. H.R.226, Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2009, all provisions. H.R.245, Local Emergency Radio Service Preservation Act of 2009, all provisions related to broadcasters. H.R.363, United States Broadcasting Reorganization Act of 2009, all provisions related to broadcasters. H.R. 505, To amend section 119 of title 17, United States Code, to allow the secondary transmission to any subscriber in the State of Oklahoma of primary transmissions of local network stations in that State, all provisions. H.R. 927, Satellite Consumers' Right to Local Channels Act, all provisions related to broadcasters. H.R. 1084, Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act, all provisions. H.R.1147, Local Community Radio Act of 2009, all provisions. H.R.1155, Satellite Consumers' Access to Public Television Digital Programming Act of 2009, all provisions related to broadcasters. H.R. 1826, Fair Elections Now Act, all provisions related to broadcasters. H.R.1860, Four Corners Television Access Act of 2009, all provisions. H.R.2056, Clean Money, Clean Elections Act of 2009, all provisions related to broadcasters. H.R.2175, Families for ED Advertising Decency Act, all provisions. H.R. 3101, Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009, all provisions related to broadcasters. H.R. 3125, Radio Spectrum Inventory Act, all provisions related to broadcasters. H.R.3216, To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to permit the retransmission of signals of local television broadcast stations in an adjacent underserved county, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R.3498, To amend section 119 of title 17, United States Code, and the Communications Act of 1934 to permit satellite carriers to retransmit the signals of certain noncommercial, educational broadcast stations outside their local markets, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 4053, Healthy Kids Act, all provisions related to broadcasters. H.R. 4851, Continuing Extension Act of 2010, all provisions related to broadcasters. H.R.5020, To require the Federal Communications Commission to extend the time period for filing petitions to deny, oppositions, and comments in the proceeding relating to the proposed merger of Comcast and NBC Universal, all provisions related to broadcasters. H.R.5777, Best Practices Act, all provisions. H.R. 5947, Voluntary Incentive Auctions Act of 2010, all provisions. H.con.res.49, Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act, all provisions. MM 00-167- State of Childrens Television Programming MB 07-294, MB 06-121, MB 02-277, MM 01-235, MM 01-317, MM 00-244 Ownership 2006 Quadrennial Regulatory Review Review of the Commissions Broadcast Ownership Rules and Other Rules Adopted Pursuant to Section 202 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996; Promoting Diversificiation of Ownership in the Broadcasting Services. Complaints Regarding Various Television Broadcasts Between February 2, 2002 and March 8, 2005 MB 05-171- Use of Video News Releases by Broadcast Licensees ET 04-186 and 02-380, WT 08-166 and 08-167- Unlicensed operation in the TV Broadcast Bands; Public Interest Spectrum Coalition, Petition for Rulemaking Regarding LP Auxiliary Stations, including wireless microphones, and the DTV Transition MB 04-233- Broadcast Localism CS 98-82, Implementation of Section 11 of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992; CS 96-85, Implementation of Cable Act Reform Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996; MM 92-264, The Commission's Cable Horizontal and Vertical Ownership Limits and Attribution Rules; MM 94-150, Review of the Commission's Regulations Governing Attribution of Broadcast and Cable/MDS Interests; MM 92-51, Review of the Commission's Regulations and Policies Affecting Investment in the Broadcast Industry; MM 87-154, Reexamination of the Commission's Cross-Interest Policy MM 00-168- Standardized and Enhanced Disclosure Requirements for Television Broadcast License Pubic Interest Obligations MB 08-90- Sponsorship Identification Rules and Embedded Advertisting MM 99-325- Digital Audio Broadcasting Systems and Their Impact on the Terrestrial Radio Broadcast Service MB 09-26- Implementation of the Child Safe Viewing Act; Examination of Parental Control Technologies or Video of Audio Programming GN 09-51, 09-47, 09-137- In the Matter of a National Broadband Plan for Our Future MB 10-71- Petition for Rulemaking to Amend the Commission's Rules Governing Retransmission Consent MB 09-194- Empowering Parents and Protecting Children in an Evolving Media Landscape WT 10-153 - Amendment of Part 101 of the Commissions Rules to Facilitate the Use of Microwave for Wireless Backhaul and Other Uses and to Provide Additional Flexibility to Broadcast Auxiliary Service and Operational Fixed Microwave Licensees; WT 09-106 - Request for Interpretation of Section 101.141(a)(3) of the Commissions Rules Filed by Alcatel-Lucent, Inc., et al.; WT 07-121 - Petition for Declaratory Ruling Filed by Wireless Strategies, Inc. and Request for Temporary Waiver of Section 101.141(a)(3) of the Commissions Rules Filed by Fixed Wireless Communications Coalition MB 09-182 - 2010 Quadrennial Regulatory Review Review of the Commissions Broadcast Ownership Rules and Other Rules Adopted Pursuant to Section 202 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996
Client expense: $810,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2010 · third_quarter · Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
Congressional oversight and legislation affecting local broadcast radio stations; broadcast ownership limitations, broadcast localism and diversity, the regulation of broadcast programming and the Federal Communications Commission; H.R. 848/S. 379, the "Performance Rights Act;" H. Con. Res. 49/S. Con. Res. 14, "A resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act"; H.R. 1147/S. 592, the "Local Community Radio Act of 2009"; H.R. 26/S. 34, the "Broadcast Freedom Act of 2009"; H.R. 5947, the Voluntary Incentive Auctions Act of 2010; H.R. 5175, S.3295 and S.3628, the "Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act."
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2010 · third_quarter · Telecommunications
Federal spectrum and auction policies; general wireless regulation issues; AWS and 700 MHz spectrum issues; FCC and NTIA oversight; universal service reform; National Broadband Plan; E911; S.649, the "Radio Spectrum Inventory Act"; H.R. 3019, the "Spectrum Relocation Improvement Act of 2009"; H.R. 2221, the "Data Accountability and Trust Act"; H.R. 2449, the "Wireless Pre-Paid Access Device Enforcement Act of 2009"; S.562, the "Pre-Paid Calling Card Consumer Protection Act of 2009"; H.R. 3458, the "Internet Freedom Preservation Act"; H.R. 3993, the "Calling Card Consumer Protection Act"; S.3427, the "Pre-Paid Mobile Device Identification Act"; Staff Discussion Draft at H.R. ____, the "Public Safety Broadband Act of 2010"; and H.R. 5081, the "Broadband for First Responders;" H.R. 5947, the "Voluntary Incentive Auctions Act of 2010"; S.3490, the "Spectrum Relocation Improvement Act"; S.3610, the "Spectrum Measurement and Policy Reform Act"; S.1749, the "Cell Phone Contraband Act of 2010"; S.3625, the "First Responders Protection Act of 2010"; S.3756, the "Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act"; and the "Proposed Net Neutrality Legislative Framework" of Reps. Waxman and Boucher.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2010 · third_quarter · Telecommunications
Monitoring proposals to reform the Universal Service Fund (HR 5828), spectrum inventory legislation (HR3019 and S3490). Also, monitoring on broadband plan-general spectrum policies (S 3610, HR 5947, S 3756).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $110,000
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2010 · third_quarter · Telecommunications
D-Block legislation Legislation allocating spectrum to public safety Classificiation of broadband Internet access services Spectrum relocation legislation (H.R. 3019) Spectrum inventory legislation (H.R. 3125) Rewrite of "The Telecommunications Act of 1996" Disabilities legislation (H.R. 3101) Incentive auction legislation (H.R. 5947) National Broadband Plan
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2010 · third_quarter · Telecommunications
CALM Act (H.R. 1084) Spectrum user fees Disabilities legislation (H.R. 3101) National Broadband Plan Incentive auction legislation (H.R. 5947) Permitting unlicensed devices to operate in the broadcast television bands
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2010 · third_quarter · Telecommunications
CALM Act (H.R. 1084, S. 2847) Spectrum allocations legislation (H.R. 3125) Spectrum relocation legislation (H.R. 3019) FTC provisions in the financial services reform legislation (H.R. 4173) Disabilities legislation (H.R. 3101) Rewrite of "The Telecommunications Act of 1996" Spectrum provisions of the National Broadband Plan Retransmission consent Incentive auction legislation (H.R. 5947)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2010 · third_quarter · Telecommunications
REGULATION OF WIRELESS INDUSTRY HR 1, HR 428, HR 560, HR 681, HR 1346, HR 1391, HR 2357, HR 2428, HR 3101, HR 3125, HR 3126, HR 3458, HR 3682, HR 3717, HR 3802, HR 3803, HR 3924, HR 4167, HR 4173, HR 4829, HR 5257, HR 5777, HR 5828, HR 5907, HR 5947, S 251, S 328, S 336, S 352, S 649, S 788, S 1266, S 1397, S 1447, S 1749, S 1836, S 2825, S 2879, S 3115, S 3304, S 3490, S 3742, S 3828, S 3756
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2010 · third_quarter · Telecommunications
Disabilities legislation (H.R. 3101) Spectrum provisions of the National Broadband Plan Rewrite of "The Telecommunications Act of 1996" Retransmission consent FTC provisions in the financial services reform bill (H.R. 4173) Incentive auctions legislation (H.R. 5947) "A la carte" pricing of cable channels Broadcast indecency Privacy legislation
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES