Agencies Reporting Communications with Federally Registered Lobbyists

by Amanda Adams*, 5/27/2009

Lobbying and Ethics, Nonprofit Lobbying Rights, Protecting Nonprofit Rights, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act)

Updated April 20, 2010
President Barack Obama's March 20 memo restricts communications between federally registered lobbyists and executive branch employees on use of Recovery Act funds and requires disclosure of written communications. A closer examination of the summaries of lobbyist contacts with federal agencies shows that there are few online postings of those communications; some agencies have not posted any contacts at all. Below is a review of the 29 agencies receiving stimulus money and disclosed communications.

**Agencies Reporting Communications with Federally Registered Lobbyists**
Agency	Number of Lobbying Notices	The amount the agency is currently committed to spend
Agency for International Development (USAID)	1	$22.62 million
Corporation for National and Community Service	1	$178.87 million
Department of Agriculture (USDA)	20	$13.83 billion
Department of Commerce	16	$2.92 billion
Department of Defense	1	$4.74 billion
Department of Education (ED)	27	$76.62 billion
Department of Energy (DOE)	30	$27.26 billion
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)	41	$84.9 billion
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)	3	$13.32 billion
Department of Justice (DOJ)	27	$3.97 billion
Department of Labor (DOL)	11	$64.02 billion
Department of Interior (DOI)	3	$1.87 billion
Department of Transportation (DOT)	8	$37.84 billion
Department of Treasury	5	$8.73 billion
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)	6	$7.12 billion
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)	196	$84.61 million
General Services Administration (GSA)	18	$4.57 billion
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	4	$898.14 million
National Science Foundation	6	$2.68 billion
Small Business Administration (SBA)	5	$557.58 million
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)	20	$3.45 billion

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