2nd Quarter - Amendment — CONNECT for CONNECT (2011)

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/technology and related small business issues including: tech start-up research funding SBIR/STTR reauthorization S. 493/H.R. 1425; Patent Reform and USPTO funding S. 23/H.R. 1249; tax policy and repatriation H.R. 1036 and H.R. 1834; workforce development/immigration issues related to high-tech visas, STAPLE Act and Start-up Visa Act; start-up/small business access to capital--increase of SEC Reg A cap H.R. 1070 and other SEC regulatory issues; FDA reform

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY TARDIBONO	Legislative--U.S. Senate, Counsel to Sen. Coburn

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

Bills named: H.R. 1036 (112th), S. 493 (112th), H.R. 1070 (112th), H.R. 1834 (112th), H.R. 1249 (112th), H.R. 1425 (112th), S. 23 (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.