NORTEL

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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

$1.3M

Filings

Firms Hired

Active Period

1999–2009

Lobbying Spend by Year

Client-reported lobbying expenses on LDA filings

Year	Lobbying Spend	Filings	Firms
2009	—	2	1
2008	$640,000	4	1
2007	$562,000	2	1
2005	$15,000	1	1
2004	$30,000	2	1
2003	$50,000	2	1
2002	—	1	1
2001	—	2	1
2000	—	3	1
1999	—	2	1

Hired Firms

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

Firm Name	Reported Spend	Filings
NORTEL	$1,297,000	21

Government Bodies Lobbied

Government entities explicitly identified as targets in LDA filings

Government Body	Filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	18
SENATE	18
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)	9
State, Dept of (DOS)	6
Treasury, Dept of	4
White House Office	3
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)	2
Intl Trade Administration (ITA)	2
Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA)	2
Office of the Vice President of the United States	2
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)	2
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)	1
Labor, Dept of (DOL)	1

Top Issues

Most frequently reported lobbying issues

Issue Code	Description	Reports
Trade (domestic/foreign)	Trade (domestic/foreign)	19
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	18
Telecommunications	Telecommunications	14
Immigration	Immigration	6
Health Issues	Health Issues	4
Homeland Security	Homeland Security	4
Education	Education	4
Computer Industry	Computer Industry	3
Foreign Relations	Foreign Relations	2
Science/Technology	Science/Technology	2
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV	Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV	2
Government Issues	Government Issues	2
Copyright/Patent/Trademark	Copyright/Patent/Trademark	1
Retirement	Retirement	1

Source: Senate LDA

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