4th Quarter - Report

CONNECT for CONNECT

Period 4th Quarter 2011 Filed Jan 20, 2012 Signed by Timothy Tardibono, V.P. of Public Policy

Official filing
Firm
CONNECT
Client
CONNECT
Income
—
Expenses
$80,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Science/Technology SCI

policy ideas/legislation on innovation/science/tech and related start-up issues: SBIR/STTR reauthorization S. 493/H.R. 1425; general manufacturing issues; tax policy/repatriation H.R. 1036/H.R. 1834; workforce development/immigration issues related to high-tech visas, STAPLE Act and Start-up Visa Act; start-up access to capital: increase SEC Reg A cap H.R. 1070/S. 1544, crowdfunding H.R. 2930/S. 1791, increase shareholder cap S. 556/H.R. 1965, Start-up Act S. 1965; FDA reform; support of AT&T/T-Mobile merger

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY TARDIBONO Legislative, Counsel to U.S. Senator Tom Coburn

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Small Business Administration (SBA); Natl Science Foundation (NSF); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Economic Development Administration; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); SENATE

Bills named: S. 1544 (112th), H.R. 1965 (112th), H.R. 2930 (112th), H.R. 1070 (112th), S. 493 (112th), H.R. 1834 (112th), S. 1965 (112th), S. 1791 (112th), S. 556 (112th), H.R. 1036 (112th), H.R. 1425 (112th)

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.