Year-End Report — NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE… for NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE… (2007)

Firm

NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION

Client

NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION

Income

—

Expenses

$480,000

What was lobbied

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Monitored and reacted to proposals tied to the federal excise tax on communications which is unfairly applied to different communications services, the federal estate tax, which inhibits the transfer of rural telcos and other rural assets to heirs, and other taxation initiatives that may help or hinder the operations of rural community based communications providers. Also focused attention on the full implementation of the Sarbanes-Oxley statute that has the potential to create many financial burdens on small

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SHIRLEY BLOOMFIELD	N/A
JOSEPH EAVES	LA-CONG. LINCOLN DAVIS 7/9/05-7/9/07
ADAM HEALY	LA-SEN. TIM JOHNSON 9/10/05-11/7/06
TAMMIE LOGAN	N/A
THOMAS WACKER	N/A

Contacted: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Retirement RET

Monitored and responded to policies that ensure NTCA is able to continue offering its high quality Retirement Security Plans to members, their employees and the association staff at affordable rates and on reasonable terms and conditions. During the reporting period, the association focused particular attention on the following: Unintroduced-ongoing discussions with House, Senate, Dept.of Labor and Treasury regarding technical corrections to the Pension Protection Act passed in the prior Congress.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SHIRLEY BLOOMFIELD	N/A
JOSEPH EAVES	LA-CONG. LINCOLN DAVIS 7/9/05-7/9/07
ADAM HEALY	LA-SEN. TIM JOHNSON 9/10/05-11/7/06
TAMMIE LOGAN	N/A
THOMAS WACKER	N/A

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Telecommunications TEC

Monitored and reacted to, and develop proposals that will impact the operations of rural communications providers and the association. With regard to the measures listed below, the association is committed to pursuing a policy environment that allows the associations members to continue serving the high cost markets few or no other entities have cared to serve. The association's primary objective in this regard is to ensure artificial and uneconomical hurdles and barriers are not placed in their way as they

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SHIRLEY BLOOMFIELD	N/A
JOSEPH EAVES	LA-CONG. LINCOLN DAVIS 7/9/05-7/9/07
ADAM HEALY	LA-SEN. TIM JOHNSON 9/10/05-11/7/06
TAMMIE LOGAN	N/A
THOMAS WACKER	N/A

Contacted: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Economics/Economic Development ECN

Monitored and commented on the concept of rural economic development and talked to different policy makers about the connection between advanced telecommunications technologies and the ability of rural communities to survive and contribute to the general economic and national security. During this reporting period the association focused particular attention on several bills related to universal service and broadband which are listed under the TEC subject heading.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SHIRLEY BLOOMFIELD	N/A
JOSEPH EAVES	LA-CONG. LINCOLN DAVIS 7/9/05-7/9/07
ADAM HEALY	LA-SEN. TIM JOHNSON 9/10/05-11/7/06
TAMMIE LOGAN	N/A
THOMAS WACKER	N/A

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

The association follows various budget and appropriations measures as well as related bills, that in one way or another either relate to funding for a specific program the organization's members may be able to utilize, or that are tied to the ongoing operations of agencies that are important to the operations of the association and its members. During this reporting period, the association focused particular attention on the following:

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SHIRLEY BLOOMFIELD	N/A
JOSEPH EAVES	LA-CONG. LINCOLN DAVIS 7/9/05-7/9/07
ADAM HEALY	LA-SEN. TIM JOHNSON 9/10/05-11/7/06
TAMMIE LOGAN	N/A
THOMAS WACKER	N/A

Contacted: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Insurance INS

Monitored and reacted to policies that ensure NTCA is able to continue offering its high quality Group Health Plan to members, their employees and the association staff at affordable rates and on reasonable terms and conditions. During this reporting period the association focused particular attention on the following:

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SHIRLEY BLOOMFIELD	N/A
JOSEPH EAVES	LA-CONG. LINCOLN DAVIS 7/9/05-7/9/07
ADAM HEALY	LA-SEN. TIM JOHNSON 9/10/05-11/7/06
TAMMIE LOGAN	N/A
THOMAS WACKER	N/A

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

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.