3rd Quarter - Report — PODESTA GROUP, INC. for RELX INC (2008)

Firm

PODESTA GROUP, INC.

Client

RELX INC

Income

$230,000

Expenses

—

What was lobbied

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

Education EDU

S. 1642, Higher Education Amendments of 2007, textbook pricing provisions H.R.4137.IH College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SHARON COHEN	—
CLAUDIA JAMES	—
JOHN SCOFIELD	Comm Dir., House Approps. Committee

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Bills named: S. 1642 (110th), H.R. 4137 (110th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Fiscal Year 2009 Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, open access policy/NIH provisions (House) Fiscal Year 2009 Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, open access policy/NIH provisions (Senate)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DANIELE BAIERLEIN	—
SHARON COHEN	—
KIMBERLEY FRITTS	—
RANDALL GERARD	—
COURTNEY HAGEN	—
CLAUDIA JAMES	—
ELIZABETH ANN MORRA	—
ANTHONY PODESTA	—
ANNE MARIE POLAK	Leg. Correspondent for Cong. Mike Ferguson
JOHN SCOFIELD	Comm Dir., House Approps. Committee
JOHN SHANK New	Professional Staff, House Appropraitions Cmte
LANTIE SLENZAK	Dep. Pres Secy, Sen. Ernest Hollings
DONNI TURNER	Legislative Asst., Sen. Richard Durbin

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Media (information/publishing) MIA

Issues related to the acquisition of ChoicePoint

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
PAUL BRATHWAITE	Exec. Dir., Congressional Black Caucus
CLAUDIA JAMES	—
ANTHONY PODESTA	—
WALTER PRYOR	Legislative Director, Senator Mark Pryor

Contacted: SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Health Issues HCR

NIH public access issue. H.R. 4296, Incentive Payments for Physician Use of E-Prescribing Health IT issues

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SHARON COHEN	—
CLAUDIA JAMES	—
ANNE MARIE POLAK	Leg. Correspondent for Rep. Mike Ferguson
LANTIE SLENZAK	Legislative Dir., Rep. Gene Green

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 4296 (110th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Copyright issues relating to scientific, technical and medical publishing H.R. 6845, Fair Copyright in Research Works Act

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SHARON COHEN	—
KIMBERLEY FRITTS	—
RANDALL GERARD	—
CLAUDIA JAMES	—
ANTHONY PODESTA	—
MICHELLE TESSIER	—

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Bills named: H.R. 6845 (110th)

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.