Clerk of the House of Representatives
Legislative Resource Center
135 Cannon Building
Washington, DC 20515
http://lobbyingdisclosure.house.gov 		Secretary of the Senate
Office of Public Records
232 Hart Building
Washington, DC 20510
http://www.senate.gov/lobby

LOBBYING REGISTRATION

Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 4)

Check One: New Registrant New Client for Existing Registrant Amendment

1. Effective Date of Registration
4/13/2018
2. House Identification
 36338
 Senate Identification
 82055

REGISTRANT Organization/Lobbying Firm Self Employed Individual

3. Registrant Organization
Eris Group (formerly known as Bartlett & Bendall)
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439 New Jersey Avenue, SE
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5. Contact name and telephone number International Number
Contact
​Mr. Kenneth Swab
 Telephone
​2025461761
 E-mail
​kswab@erisgrp.com
6. General description of registrant’s business or activities
​Private consulting firm.

CLIENT A Lobbying Firm is required to file a separate registration for each client. Organizations employing in-house lobbyists should check the box labeled “Self” and proceed to line 10. Self

7. Client name
​Scratch Services Inc.
Address
​375 Alabama Street Suite 360
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​San Francisco
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 Zip
​94110
 Country
​USA
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9. General description of client’s business or activities
​Technology focused student loan servicing company.

LOBBYISTS

10. Name of each individual who has acted or is expected to act as a lobbyist for the client identified on line 7. If any person listed in this section has served as a “covered executive branch official” or “covered legislative branch official” within twenty years of first acting as a lobbyist for the client, state the executive and/or legislative position(s) in which the person served.

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​Doyle ​Bartlett ​ ​Chief of Staff, Rep. Bill McCollum.
​Chris ​McCannell ​ ​Press Secretary, Rep. Paul Kanjorski; Press Secretary, Rep. Steny Hoyer; Chief of Staff, Rep. Michael McMahon; Chief of Staff, Rep. Joseph Crowley.
​Travis ​Johnson ​ ​Deputy Chief of Staff, Senator David Vitter; Staff Director, Senate Banking Subcommittee on Economic Policy; Legislative Director, Rep John Shadegg; Sr. Legislative Assistant, Rep Tom Price; Staff Assistant, House Committee on Transportation.
​Greg ​Mesack ​ ​Staff Assistant, Rep. Wally Herger; Legislative Director, Rep. Bob Ney.
​Bradford ​Cheney ​ ​Chief of Staff, Rep. Brad Sherman; Assistant to the Chief of Staff, Sen. Hillary Clinton.

LOBBYING ISSUES

11. General lobbying issue areas (Select all applicable codes).

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12. Specific lobbying issues (current and anticipated)

Issues pertaining to student loan servicing.

AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

13. Is there an entity other than the client that contributes more than $5,000 to the lobbying activities of the registrant in a quarterly period and either participates in and/or in whole or in major part supervises or controls the registrant’s lobbying activities?

No --> Go to line 14. Yes --> Complete the rest of this section for each entity matching the criteria above, then proceed to line 14.
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FOREIGN ENTITIES

14. Is there any foreign entity

a) holds at least 20% equitable ownership in the client or any organization identified on line 13; or

b) directly or indirectly, in whole or in major part, plans, supervises, controls, directs, finances or subsidizes activities of the client or any organization identified on line 13; or

c) is an affiliate of the client or any organization identified on line 13 and has a direct interest in the outcome of the lobbying activity?

No --> Sign and date the registration. Yes --> Complete the rest of this section for each entity matching the criteria above, then sign the registration.
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Signature
Digitally Signed By: Kenneth Swab
 Date
4/24/2018 3:36:55 PM