1st Quarter - Report

FINANCIAL EXECUTIVES INTERNATIONAL for FINANCIAL EXECUTIVES INTERNATIONAL

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$70,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Fiscal Year 2010 Federal Budget

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER GRAHAM Associate Manager, Government Affairs
MATTHEW M MILLER Senior Director, Government Affairs
CADY NORTH Manager, Government Affairs
AUSTIN TYLER ROBERTS Policy Analyst

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE

Accounting ACC

Complexity in Financial Reporting; Auditor Liability; Private Company Standard Issues/Financial Statements; PCAOB's proposed auditing standards; SEC's interpretive guidance Accounting Standards (FASB & IASB); Convergence/International Financial Reporting Standards; Financial Regulation Reform; S.303 Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 2009; H.R. 4173 Wall Street Reform and Consumer Act.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER GRAHAM Associate Manager, Government Affairs
MATTHEW M MILLER Senior Director, Government Affairs
CADY NORTH Manager, Government Affairs
AUSTIN TYLER ROBERTS Policy Analyst

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Treasury, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Bills named: H.R. 4173 (111th), S. 303 (111th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Credit rating agencies; regulation of derivatives H.R. 4173 Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER GRAHAM Associate Manager, Government Affairs
MATTHEW M MILLER Senior Director, Government Affairs
CADY NORTH Manager, Goverment Affairs
AUSTIN TYLER ROBERTS Policy Analyst

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Treasury, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Bills named: H.R. 4173 (111th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Interest Charge Domestic International Sales Corporation, Individual Alternative Minimum Tax (individual AMT), TAx Accural Workpapers & privilege doctrine, R&D Tax credit and extenders generally, Accunting for uncertain tax positions (FIN48), Corporate taxation and policy (domestic & international); estate tax; S Corporation modernization & policies for passthrough entitities; H.R.4154 Permanent Estate Tax Relief for Families, Farmers & Small Businesses Act, H.R. 436 Certain Estate Tax Relief Act, H.R 3463 Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER GRAHAM Associate Manager, Government Affairs
MATTHEW M MILLER Senior Director, Government Affairs
CADY NORTH Manager, Government Affairs
AUSTIN TYLER ROBERTS Policy Analyst

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 3463 (111th), H.R. 436 (111th), H.R. 4154 (111th)

Retirement RET

Defined Benefit & Defined Contribution Plans, Pension Harmonization H.R. 2926 Preserve Benefits & Jobs Act of 2009

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER GRAHAM Associate Manager, Government Affairs
MATTHEW M MILLER Senior Director, Government Affairs
CADY NORTH Manager, Government Affairs
AUSTIN TYLER ROBERTS Policy Analyst

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2926 (111th)

Economics/Economic Development ECN

Economic receovery and tax policy

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER GRAHAM Associate Manager, Government Affairs
MATTHEW M MILLER Senior Director, Government Affairs
CADY NORTH Manager, Government Affairs
AUSTIN TYLER ROBERTS Policy Analyst

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Health Issues HCR

Healthcare Reform H.R. 3200 America's Affordable Healthcare Choices Act S. 1796 America's Healthy Future Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER GRAHAM Associate Manager, Government Affairs
MATTHEW M MILLER Senior Director, Government Affairs
CADY NORTH Manager, Government Affairs
AUSTIN TYLER ROBERTS Policy Analyst

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE

Bills named: S. 1796 (111th), H.R. 3200 (111th)

Small Business SMB

Interest Charge Domestic International Sales Corporation (IC-DISC); Individual Alternative Minimum Tax (individual AMT); Tax rates & deductions; S Corporation modernization H.R. 2910 and S. 996 The S Corporation Modernization Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER GRAHAM Associate Manager, Government Affairs
MATTHEW M MILLER Senior Director, Government Affairs
CADY NORTH Manager, Government Affairs
AUSTIN TYLER ROBERTS Policy Analyst

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Bills named: H.R. 2910 (111th), S. 996 (111th)

Government Issues GOV

Federal acquisition and contracting policy; 3% withholding provision

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER GRAHAM Associate Manager, Government Affairs
MATTHEW M MILLER Senior Director, Government Affairs
CADY NORTH Manager, Government Affairs
AUSTIN TYLER ROBERTS Policy Analyst

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Treasury, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Climate change legislative related issues

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER GRAHAM Associate Manager, Government Affairs
MATTHEW M MILLER Senior Director, Government Affairs
CADY NORTH Manager, Government Affairs
AUSTIN TYLER ROBERTS Policy Analyst

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Treasury, Dept of

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Union Card Check issues

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER GRAHAM Associate Manager, Government Affairs
MATTHEW M MILLER Senior Director, Government Affairs
CADY NORTH Manager, Government Affairs
AUSTIN TYLER ROBERTS Policy Analyst

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

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.