1st Quarter - Report — CROSS MATCH TECHNOLOGIES for CROSS MATCH TECHNOLOGIES (2008)

A later version of this report replaces this one, so LegiList's totals use the current version instead. This page shows this version exactly as filed.

Firm

CROSS MATCH TECHNOLOGIES

Client

CROSS MATCH TECHNOLOGIES

Income

—

Expenses

$150,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

Versions of this report

Every filing the register holds for this firm, client and period, oldest first. The most recent one is the version LegiList counts.

Filing	Filed	Amount	Counted
1st Quarter - Report (this page)	Apr 18, 2008	$150,000	Replaced
1st Quarter - Amendment	Jun 11, 2008	$150,000	Yes

What was lobbied

5 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Government Issues GOV

H.R. 2419, Food and Energy Security Act, Section 4302 regarding performance standards for biometric identification technologies

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ELAINE DEZENSKI	—
MEGAN FOGEL	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Natl Institute of Justice; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Bills named: H.R. 2419 (110th)

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW

Application of mobile biometrics for law enforcement purposes

Foreign entity interest: Cross Match Technologies Canada, Inc. produces mobile biometric technologies and has an interest in the application of mobile biometric technologies for law enforcement purposes.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ELAINE DEZENSKI	—
MEGAN FOGEL	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Natl Institute of Justice; Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY 2009 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, testing and deployment of facial recognition technologies for access control and the development of mobile biometric technologies

Foreign entity interest: Cross Match Technologies, GmbH produces facial recognition software and has an interest in the testing and deployment of facial recognition technologies for access control

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ELAINE DEZENSKI	—
MEGAN FOGEL	—

Contacted: Transportation Security Administration (TSA); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Natl Institute of Justice; SENATE

Immigration IMM

Legislative proposals related to the reauthorization of the BASIC PILOT (E-VERIFY) program; General use of biometric technologies in Federal immigration programs

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ELAINE DEZENSKI	—
MEGAN FOGEL	—

Contacted: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Institute of Justice; SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Homeland Security HOM

General education regarding biometric technologies and credentialing issues and standards; Implementation of the Transportation Worker Identification Credential, application of biometric technologies; general legislative proposals regarding use of mobile biometrics in border security applications and the US-VISIT program.

Foreign entity interest: Cross Match Technologies Canada, Inc., produces mobile biometric equipment and has an interest in the use of mobile biometric technologies in border security applications and US-VISIT program.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ELAINE DEZENSKI	—
MEGAN FOGEL	—

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; SENATE; Natl Institute of Justice; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Foreign entities

Foreign owners and affiliates the filer disclosed. Amounts are as declared on this filing.

Entity	Country	Principal place of business	Ownership	Contribution declared
CROSS MATCH TECHNOLOGIES, GMBH	Germany	Germany	—	—
CROSS MATCH TECHNOLOGIES CANADA, INC.	Canada	Canada	—	—

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.