Secure Delivery for America Act of 2014

Issues related to nonprofit postal rates including H.R.2748 Postal Reform Act of 2013; S. 1486 Postal Reform Act of 2013; H.R.3801 To repeal the reductions in military retirement benefits made by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 and to authorize the United States Postal Service to implement a modified Saturday delivery schedule; H.R.4670 Secure Delivery for America Act of 2014;

Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Postal Regulatory Commission, SENATE, U.S. Postal Service (USPS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

H.R. 961 United States Postal Service Stabilization Act of 2013; H.R. 933, Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2013; S. 1486, Postal Reform Act of 2013; H.R. 2748, Postal Reform Act of 2013; S. 316, Postal Service Protection Act of 2013; H.R. 2690, Innovate to Deliver Act; H.R. 4670, Secure Delivery for America Act of 2014, for all bills provisions related to rates and governance.

Client expense: $120,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Support H.R. 630, the Postal Service Protection Act. Support S. 316, the Postal Service Protection Act. Support H.R. 961, the United States Postal Service Stabilization Act of 2013 Oppose H.R. 2748, the Postal Reform Act of 2013 Oppose S. 1486, the Postal Reform Act of 2013. Support amendment to remove provisions related to Federal Employees Compensation Act revisions. Oppose draft bill representing the President's postal reform proposals. Oppose H.R. 4670, the "Secure Delivery for America Act."

Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, U.S. Postal Service (USPS)

All matters pertaining to reform of the United States Postal Service; All matters pertaining to mail service frequency; H.R. 2748, Postal Reform Act of 2013; S. 1486, A Bill to Improve, Sustain and Transform the USPS; H.R. 4670 Secure Delivery

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Postal Regulatory Commission, SENATE, U.S. Secret Service

All matters pertaining to reform of the United States Postal Service; All matters pertaining to the delivery frequency of mail; H.R. 2748, Postal Reform Act of 2013; S. 1486, A Bill to Improve, Sustain and Transform the USPS.; H.R. 4670, Secure Delivery

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Postal Regulatory Commission, SENATE, U.S. Postal Service (USPS)

Support H.R. 630, the Postal Service Protection Act.Support S. 316, the Postal Service Protection Act. Support H.R. 961, the United States Postal Service Stabilization Act of 2013 Oppose H.R. 2748, the Postal Reform Act of 2013 Oppose S. 1486, the Postal Reform Act of 2013. Support amendment to remove provisions related to Federal Employees Compensation Act revisions. Oppose draft bill representing the President's postal reform proposals. Oppose H.R. 4670.

Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, U.S. Postal Service (USPS)

Issues related to nonprofit postal rates including H.R.2748 Postal Reform Act of 2013; S. 1486 Postal Reform Act of 2013; H.R.3801 To repeal the reductions in military retirement benefits made by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 and to authorize the United States Postal Service to implement a modified Saturday delivery schedule; H.R.4670 Secure Delivery for America Act of 2014;

Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Postal Regulatory Commission, SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

S. 1486; H.R. 2748; H.R. 4670; H.R. 5179 - Discussed issues related to U.S. Postal Service modernization.

Client expense: $1,590,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

All matters pertaining to reform of the United States Postal Service, All matters pertaining to mail service frequency, HR 2748, Postal Reform Act of 2013, S. 1486 A bill to Improve, Sustain and Transform the USPS, HR 4670 Secure Delivery

Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Urge support for six-day delivery, opposition of pre-funding mandate for retiree health benefits, calculation Federal Employee Retirement Systerm (FERS) pension surpluses service standards, support for new products and innovation. H. Res. 30-Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should take all appropriate measures to ensure the continuation of its 6-day mail delivery service.H.R. 2748- Postal Reform Act 2013: Amends provisions of federal law relating to the governance, workforce, and financing of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). H.R. 1486- Postal Reform Act of 2013: Amends provisions of federal law relating to the funding of the U.S. Postal Services (USPS) retirement and health care systems, operations, revenue, and governance. H.R. 630 and 316- Postal Service Protection Act of 2013: Sets forth rules for the recalculation of annuities for employees of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and for the redetermination of surplus or supplemental liabilities under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS). Prescribes the "average pay" to be used in calculating annuities and surplus amounts. H.R. 961- United States Postal Services Stabilization Act of 2013: Amends provisions concerning the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS), with respect to employees of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), to: (1) Provide a new formula for calculating employee pension contributions using the normal-cost percentage method multiplied by the aggregate amount of basic pay payable to employees of USPS and the Postal Regulatory Commission, and (2) Provide for the use of excess FERS contributions to pay USPS debt obligations and make pension contributions. H.R. 2690- Innovate to Deliver Act of 2013: Establishes in the U.S. Postal Services (USPS) the position of Chief Innovation Officer, who shall manage the development and implementation of innovative postal and nonpostal products and services. Requires: (1) The Postmaster General, not later than 12 months after the designation of a Chief Innovation Officer, to submit to Congress a comprehensive strategy for maximizing revenues through innovative postal and nonpostal products and services; and (2) The Comptroller General (GAO) to study and report on the implementation of the USPS innovation strategy. H.R. 4670- Secure Delivery for America of 2014: Requires the Postal Service to eliminate door delivery for 15 million addresses by forcing 1.5 million households and businesses to convent from door delivery to curbside or cluster boxes every year over the next 10 years. H.R. 2291- Designates the Facility of the United States Postal Service located at 450 Lexington Avenue in New York, New York, as the Vincent R. Sombrotto Post Office. H.R. 5445- Postal jobs protection Act of 2014: Delays implementation of 82 plant closures until December 2015. H.R. 5179- Providing opportunities for savings, transactions and lending act: Allows USPS to offer basic financial services and partner with private banks to offer these services. H. Res. 711- Door delivery resolution: Expressing sense of House that all appropriate measure to maintain and preserve door delivery.

H.R. 2748, S. 1486, Postal Reform Act of 2013, all provisions. H.R. 4670, Secure Delivery for America Act, all provisions.

Client expense: $320,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Postal Regulatory Commission, SENATE, U.S. Postal Service (USPS)

All matters pertaining to reform of the United States Postal Service; All matters pertaining to mail service frequency; H.R. 2748, Postal Reform Act of 2013; S. 1486, A Bill to Improve, Sustain and Transform the USPS; H.R. 4670 Secure Delivery

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Postal Regulatory Commission, SENATE, U.S. Postal Service (USPS)

All matters pertaining to reform of the United States Postal Service; All matters pertaining to the delivery frequency of mail; H.R. 2748, Postal Reform Act of 2013; S. 1486, A Bill to Improve, Sustain and Transform the USPS.; H.R. 4670, Secure Delivery

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Postal Regulatory Commission, SENATE, U.S. Postal Service (USPS)

Support H.R. 630, the Postal Service Protection Act.Support S. 316, the Postal Service Protection Act. Support H.R. 961, the United States Postal Service Stabilization Act of 2013 Oppose H.R. 2748, the Postal Reform Act of 2013 Oppose S. 1486, the Postal Reform Act of 2013. Support amendment to remove provisions related to Federal Employees Compensation Act revisions. Oppose draft bill representing the President's postal reform proposals. Oppose H.R. 4670.

Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE

Urge support for six-day delivery, opposition of pre-funding mandate for retiree health benefits, support for the use of postal-specific assumptions when calculating Federal Employee Retirement Systerm (FERS) pension surpluses, support for maintaining pre-2011 service standards, support for new products and innovation.H. Res. 30- Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should take all appropriate measures to ensure the continuation of its 6-day mail delivery service. H.R. 2748- Postal Reform Act of 2013: Amends provisions of federal law relating to the governance, workforce, and financing of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). H.R. 1486: Postal Reform Act of 2013: Amends provisions of federal law relating to the funding of the U.S. Postal Services (USPS) retirement and health care systems, operations, revenue, and governance. H.R. 630 and S. 316: Postal Service Protection Act of 2013: Sets forth rules for the recalculation of annuities for employees of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and for the redetermination of surplus or supplemental liabilities under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS). Prescribes the "average pay" to be used in calculating annuities and surplus amounts. H.R. 961 United States Postal Service Stabilization Act of 2013: Amends provisions concerning the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS), with respect to employees of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), to: (1) provide a new formula for calculating employee pension contributions using the normal-cost percentage method multiplied by the aggregate amount of basci pay payable to employees of USPS and the Postal Regulatory Commission, and (2) provide for the use of excess FERS contributions to pay USPS debt obligations and make pension contributions. H.R. 2690 Innovate to Deliver Act of 2013: Establishes in the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) the position of Chief Innovation Officer, who shall manage the development and implementation of innovative postal and nonpostal products and services. Requires: (1) the Postmaster General, not later than 12 months after the designation of a Chief Innovation Officer, to submit to Congress a comprehensive strategy for maximizing revenues through innovative postal and nonpostal products and services; and (2) the Comptroller General (GAO) to study and report on the implementation of the USPS innovation strategy. H.R. 4670 Secure Delivery for America of 2014: Requires the Postal Service to eliminate door delivery for 15 million addresses by forcing 1.5 million households and businesses to convent from door delivery to curbside or cluster boxes every year over the next 10 years. H.R. 2291: Designates the Facility of the United States Postal Service located at 450 Lexington Avenue in New York, New York, as the Vincent R. Sombrotto Post Office.

Issues related to nonprofit postal rates including H.R.2748 Postal Reform Act of 2013; S. 1486 Postal Reform Act of 2013; H.R.3801 To repeal the reductions in military retirement benefits made by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 and to authorize the United States Postal Service to implement a modified Saturday delivery schedule; H.R.4670 Secure Delivery for America Act of 2014;

Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Postal Regulatory Commission, SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

S. 1486; H.R. 2748; H.R. 4670 - Discussed issues related to U.S. Postal Service modernization.

Client expense: $1,550,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

All matters pertaining to reform of the United States Postal Service; All matters pertaining to mail service frequency; H.R. 2748, Postal Reform Act of 2013; S. 1486, A Bill to Improve, Sustain and Transform the USPS; H.R. 4670 Secure Delivery

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Postal Regulatory Commission, SENATE, U.S. Postal Service (USPS)

All matters pertaining to reform of the United States Postal Service; All matters pertaining to the delivery frequency of mail; H.R. 2748, Postal Reform Act of 2013; S. 1486, A Bill to Improve, Sustain and Transform the USPS.; H.R. 4670, Secure Delivery

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Postal Regulatory Commission, SENATE, U.S. Postal Service (USPS)

HR4670, Secure Delivery for America Act of 2014, general issues regarding postal reform pricing and oversight.

Client expense: $390,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

H.R. 961 United States Postal Service Stabilization Act of 2013; H.R. 933, Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2013; S. 1486, Postal Reform Act of 2013; H.R. 2748, Postal Reform Act of 2013; S. 316, Postal Service Protection Act of 2013; H.R. 2690, Innovate to Deliver Act; H.R. 4670, Secure Delivery for America Act of 2014, for all bills provisions related to rates and governance.

Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

- Amendment to HR 4670 "Secure Delivery for America Act of 2014" to remove the requirement that the USPS install parcel lockers; require attribution of competitive product costs. - Use savings from USPS to fund Highway Transit and Trust Fund: policy mandating competitive product services-Saturday only competitive product delivery should result in full cost attribution.

Client expense: $1,353,203 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office

All matters pertaining to reform the USPS All matters pertaining to mail service frequency HR2748, Postal Reform ACt of 2013 S. 1486, A bill to Improve, Sustain and Transform the USPS, HR 4670 Secure Delivery

Client expense: $55,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE