NORTH STAR GROUP — Lobbying Disclosure

Lobbying Income by Year

Registrant-reported income from clients on LDA filings

Year	Lobbying Income	Filings	Clients
2007	$120,000	18	5
2006	$100,000	14	7
2005	$780,000	15	9
2004	$60,000	23	10
2003	$120,000	15	6

Largest clients by registrant-reported income

Client	Reported Income	Filings	Period
MATANUSKA-SUSITNA BOROUGH	$870,000	9	2004–2007
ALASKA FEDERATION OF NATIVES	$210,000	11	2003–2007
ALYESKA PIPELINE SERVICE CO	$60,000	3	2003
CRAB RATIONALIZATION & BUYBACK GROUP	$40,000	8	2003–2005
ALASKA NATIVE ARTS FOUNDATION	$0	15	2003–2007
UNITED CATCHER BOATS	$0	5	2004–2005
MH SYSTEMS	$0	4	2003–2004
CRACIUN RESEARCH GROUP	$0	4	2004–2006
RELIABLE POWER	$0	3	2003
INUIT CIRCUMPOLAR CONFERENCE / COUNCIL	$0	9	2005–2007
SITKA TRAIL WORKS INC	$0	8	2004–2007
MARINE CONSERVATION ALLIANCE	$0	3	2004–2006
KETCHIKAN AREA ARTS COUNCIL/KECTCHIKAN COMMUNITY CENTER FOR THE ARTS	$0	3	2004–2005

Government entities explicitly identified as targets in LDA filings

Government Body	Filings
SENATE	42
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	40
Interior, Dept of (DOI)	14
Natl Science Foundation (NSF)	7
Transportation, Dept of (DOT)	7
Energy, Dept of	5
White House Office	5
Education, Dept of	4
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)	4
Treasury, Dept of	4
State, Dept of (DOS)	3
Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)	2
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)	2
Labor, Dept of (DOL)	2
Defense, Dept of (DOD)	1
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)	1
Executive Office of the President (EOP)	1
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)	1
Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)	1
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)	1

Most frequently reported lobbying issues

Issue Code	Description	Reports
Indian/Native American Affairs	Indian/Native American Affairs	25
Transportation	Transportation	13
Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries	Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries	9
Budget/Appropriations	Budget/Appropriations	8
Natural Resources	Natural Resources	6
Arts/Entertainment	Arts/Entertainment	4
Energy/Nuclear	Energy/Nuclear	4
Environment/Superfund	Environment/Superfund	3
Homeland Security	Homeland Security	2
Retirement	Retirement	1
Clean Air and Water (quality)	Clean Air and Water (quality)	1
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities	Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities	1
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	1
Government Issues	Government Issues	1
Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear)	Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear)	1