Category: HLOGA

Lobbyist Donation Activity

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 31, 2009
Categories In HLOGA, LDA

Lobbyists.info released a new report on lobbyists’ political donations and other issues.

Lobbying Compliance Activities

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 4, 2009
Categories In HLOGA, LDA

The Hill reports that increased penalties for failure to comply with lobbyist reporting rules has created a new focus on compliance. “Due to higher awareness and potential for greater penalties, anecdotally it appears that reporting has improved,” [Kenneth] Gross said. As one industry lobbyist put it: “If you are audited and they find some miscalculations, […]

Lobbyists Honor President Obama

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 4, 2009
Categories In HLOGA

The Hill reports on lobbyist spending to honor President Obama. Corporate sponsorship paid for Inaugural festivities as well as events after Obama took office. For example, Ford Motor Co. spent $105,000 to help sponsor the NAACP’s annual convention last month, at which Obama spoke.