INTERNET CORPORATION FOR ASSIGNED NAMES AND NUMBERS

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This entity appears on both sides of lobbying disclosures. The firm tab shows registrant-reported income; the client tab shows client-reported lobbying spend. Contract awards are separate and are not included here.

Lobbying Spend

$8.1M

Filings

Firms Hired

Active Period

2009–2026

Lobbying Spend by Year

Client-reported lobbying expenses on LDA filings

Year	Lobbying Spend	Filings	Firms
2026	$165,000	3	1
2025	$220,000	4	1
2024	$335,000	5	1
2023	$340,000	4	1
2022	$340,000	4	1
2021	$340,000	4	1
2020	$340,000	4	1
2019	$340,000	4	1
2018	$425,000	5	1
2017	$1,320,000	5	1
2016	$800,000	4	1
2015	$760,000	4	1
2014	$580,000	4	1
2013	$570,000	4	1
2012	$565,000	4	1
2011	$646,000	6	1
2010	—	1	1
2009	—	4	1

Hired Firms

Lobbying firms retained by this client; amounts are client-reported expenses when available

Firm Name	Reported Spend	Filings
INTERNET CORPORATION FOR ASSIGNED NAMES AND NUMBERS	$8,086,000	68
PODESTA GROUP, INC.	—	5

Government Bodies Lobbied

Government entities explicitly identified as targets in LDA filings

Government Body	Filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	49
SENATE	49
Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA)	35
Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)	35
State, Dept of (DOS)	35
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)	34
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)	34
Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)	26
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)	22
Office of the Secretary of Defense	10
Defense, Dept of (DOD)	9
Executive Office of the President (EOP)	9
Natl Economic Council (NEC)	9
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)	8
Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)	8
Natl Security Council (NSC)	8
Office of the Vice President of the United States	4
U.S. Copyright Office	4
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)	3
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)	3

Top Issues

Most frequently reported lobbying issues

Issue Code	Description	Reports
Computer Industry	Computer Industry	66
Copyright/Patent/Trademark	Copyright/Patent/Trademark	6
Telecommunications	Telecommunications	3
Science/Technology	Science/Technology	2

Bills Explicitly Cited (2)

Bill numbers found in source-reported LDA specific issue text; broad topic matches are excluded

H.R. 3261112th Congress

Stop Online Piracy Act

2012 · first_quarter · Firm: INTERNET CORPORATION FOR ASSIGNED NAMES AND NUMBERS

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Cited source text and reported amounts

Education and outreach related to ICANN mission and activities, including ICANN's private sector-led, bottom-up policy development model; preserving and enhancing the security and stability of the Internet's systems of unique identifiers, including the Domain Name System; introduction of new gTLD's; IANA functions contract with the US Department of Commerce; Affirmation of Commitments, executed with US Department of Commerce; cybersecurity; domain name seizures and DNS filtering; HRes 117. S.968, Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011, and H.R.3261, Stop Online Piracy Act.

Client expense: $140,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R.3261

H.R. 3261112th Congress

Stop Online Piracy Act

2011 · fourth_quarter · Firm: INTERNET CORPORATION FOR ASSIGNED NAMES AND NUMBERS

Open original LDA filing ↗

Cited source text and reported amounts

Education and outreach related to ICANN mission and activities, including ICANN's private sector-led, bottom-up policy development model; preserving and enhancing the security and stability of the Internet's systems of unique identifiers, including the Domain Name System; introduction of new gTLD's; IANA functions contract with the US Department of Commerce; Affirmation of Commitments, executed with US Department of Commerce; cybersecurity; domain name seizures and DNS filtering. S.968, Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011, and H.R.3261, Stop Online Piracy Act.

Client expense: $140,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R.3261

Source: Senate LDA

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