VERISIGN/NETWORK SOLUTIONS

Lobbying Spend

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Filings

Firms Hired

Active Period

1999–2004

Lobbying Spend by Year

Client-reported lobbying expenses on LDA filings

Year	Lobbying Spend	Filings	Firms
2004	—	1	1
2002	—	1	1
2001	—	1	1
2000	—	3	1
1999	—	2	1

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

Firm Name	Reported Spend	Filings
DUTKO WORLDWIDE, LLC	—	8

Government entities explicitly identified as targets in LDA filings

Government Body	Filings
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)	6
Executive Office of the President (EOP)	6
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	6
SENATE	6
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)	5
Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)	1
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)	1
Defense, Dept of (DOD)	1
Education, Dept of	1
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)	1
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)	1
Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)	1
Interior, Dept of (DOI)	1
Intl Trade Administration (ITA)	1
Office of the Vice President of the United States	1
Small Business Administration (SBA)	1
State, Dept of (DOS)	1
Treasury, Dept of	1
Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)	1

Most frequently reported lobbying issues

Issue Code	Description	Reports
Telecommunications	Telecommunications	7
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV	Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV	7
Copyright/Patent/Trademark	Copyright/Patent/Trademark	6
Trucking/Shipping	Trucking/Shipping	1
Natural Resources	Natural Resources	1
Automotive Industry	Automotive Industry	1
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	1
Science/Technology	Science/Technology	1
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products	Consumer Issues/Safety/Products	1
Commodities (big ticket)	Commodities (big ticket)	1
Government Issues	Government Issues	1
Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries	Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries	1
Computer Industry	Computer Industry	1
Health Issues	Health Issues	1
Postal	Postal	1
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities	Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities	1
Banking	Banking	1
Trade (domestic/foreign)	Trade (domestic/foreign)	1
Aviation/Airlines/Airports	Aviation/Airlines/Airports	1
Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice	Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice	1

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