3rd Quarter - Report

SMITH GARSON for KIVVIT (FORMELY ASGK PUBLIC STRATEGIES) (ON BEHALF OF RTA)

Period 3rd Quarter 2012 Filed Oct 10, 2012 Signed by Amy R. Williams (Business Manager)

Official filing
Firm
SMITH GARSON
Client
KIVVIT (FORMELY ASGK PUBLIC STRATEGIES) (ON BEHALF OF RTA)
Income
$40,000
Expenses
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What was lobbied

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Advocated for parity between the employee transit tax benefit and the employee parking tax benefit.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BRETT GARSON —
JAMES PATRICK SMITH —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Transit Administration (FTA); Federal Highway Administration (FHA)

Transportation TRA

Issues with transitioning from SAFETEA-LU (old surface transportation law) and MAP-21 (PL 112-141) as it relates to the JARC and New Freedom programs. Issues with the CMAQ program funding flexibility. MAP-21 implementation. Setting-up an FTA event related to State of Good Repair.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BRETT GARSON —
JAMES PATRICK SMITH —

Contacted: SENATE; Federal Transit Administration (FTA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Highway Administration (FHA)

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.