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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
| Address1 | 444 North Capitol Street NW |
Address2 | Suite 334 |
| City | Washington |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20001 |
Country | USA |
3. Principal place of business (if different than line 2)
| City | Washington |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20001-5000 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 51571-12
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6. House ID# 348820000
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| TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2025 |
Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) | Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) | Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) | Q4 (10/1 - 12/31) |
9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report
| 10. Check if this is a Termination Report | Termination Date |
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11. No Lobbying Issue Activity |
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| Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). | 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options. | ||||||||
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Method A.
Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only
Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code |
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| Signature | Digitally Signed By: John Latini |
Date | 4/21/2025 1:32:07 PM |
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code SCI
16. Specific lobbying issues
Seeking support for introduction of legislation to authorize regional wildland fire research centers (S. 647, Regional Leadership in Wildland Fire Research Act of 2025)
Seeking support for introduction of legislation to require the National Science Foundation to develop a plan to support cybersecurity compliance for the academic research vessel fleet (S. 318, Accelerating Networking, Cyberinfrastructure, and Hardware for Oceanic Research Act).
Seeking support for introduction of legislation to authorize the Department of the Interiors Climate Adaptation Science Centers.
Seeking support for introduction of legislation to authorize financial assistance to support research collaboration opportunities for members of the University of the Arctic.
Seeking support for legislation to establish the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has an independent federal agency (NOAA Organic Act).
Seeking support for the National Science Foundation to provide funding to support the cooperative agreement to operate a vessel in the academic research fleet.
Supporting introduction of legislation to reauthorization the National Volcano Early Warning System including requesting the following changes to the authorization:
Requiring the Secretary to update the management plan every five years;
Including consulting with volcano observatories during development of the management plan; and
Including at least two individuals from the volcano observatories on the advisory committee to assist with implementation.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
John |
Latini |
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Kanjorski: SA, LA, PD, LD; Kaptur: LA, SLA |
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Denae |
Benson |
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SCIA: SA |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code BUD
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 9027 & S. 4690, FY 25 Agriculture Appropriations bills, supporting funding for cover crops and grain variety; Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions program; Hatch Act; and Smith-Lever Cooperative Extension program.
H.R. 9026 & S. 4795, FY 25 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations bills, supporting funding for Alaska Crime Victimization and Justice Initiative; Alaska Coastal Cooperative Expansion at UAF Bristol Bay Campus; Advancing Kelp Mariculture Research in Alaska; Microgrid Operational and Technology Cybersecurity Testbed for Energy Resilience; Kelp Forest Restoration; Improving Salmon Counting with Drone Maritime Lidar; Aerospace Engineering Program Support; Protecting Sustainable Alaska Salmon Fisheries; Enhancing Salmon Migration and Spawning through eDNA; Climate Driven Changes to High Latitude Coastal Water Resources; NSF overall funding; NSF EPSCoR; NASA EPSCoR; NASA Space Grant; Climate Adaptation Partnerships; National Sea Grant program; Manufacturing Extension Partnership program; National Estuarine Research Reserve - Operations; and National Estuarine Research Reserve - Construction. Support for improving seawater supply at the Seward Marine Center.
H.R. 8774 & S. 4921, FY 25 Defense Appropriations bills, supporting funding for Poker Flat Rocket Research Range upgrades; Pathfinder Arctic; Alaska Regional Collaboration for Technology Innovation & Commercialization; Enhanced Air Force Weather; Resilient Autonomous Sensing in the Arctic; Suicide Prevention for Rural, Remote, Isolated, and OCONUS Military Installation; Enhancing Power Generation in Technologies in Cold Regions; RISE-UP; and Arctic Highly Mobile Multi-Wheeled Vehicle Research.
H.R. 8997 & S. 4927, FY 25 Energy & Water Appropriations bills, supporting funding for DOE EPSCoR and National Coastal Mapping - Arctic.
H.R. 8773 & S. 4928, FY 25 Financial Services Appropriations bills, supporting funding for Digital Literacy and AI Tools for Rural Alaska and Advancing Manufacturing in Alaska.
H.R. 8752 & Senate version, FY 25 Homeland Security Appropriations bills, supporting funding for Butrovich Emergency Operations Center Renovations and Tsunami Risk Reduction in Alaska.
H.R. 8998 & S. 4802, Interior-Environment Appropriations bills, supporting funding for Alaskan Peatland Carbon Storage; USArray; Climate Adaptation Science Centers; Cooperative Research Units; Joint Fire Science Program; Volcano Hazards Program; Earthquake Hazards Program; and National Water Resources Research Act Program.
H.R. 9029 & S. 4942, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bills, supporting funding for Energy Resource Engineering Program Support; Ketchikan Maritime Workforce Development and Education Initiative; Strengthening and Expanding Student Mental Health Services; Rural Health Simulation Equipment Expansion, Aviation Maintenance Program Expansion; Student Health and Counseling Center; Dental Hygiene Education Expansion; Expansion of On-Demand Substance Use Treatment Education; Alaska
Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions program; Expanding Access to Forensics for Victims of Interpersonal Violence program; Institutional Development Awards; Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants program; TRIO programs; Pell Grant Program; Area Health Education Centers program; Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need program.
H.R. 8771 & S. 4797, State-Foreign Operations Appropriations bills, supporting funding for Arctic Remote Energy Network Academy and University of the Arctic.
H.R. 9028 & S. 4794, Transportation-HUD Appropriations bills, supporting funding for Troth Yeddha Indigenous Studies Center; Cyril George Indigenous Knowledge Center; and Centers of Excellence for Domestic Maritime Workforce Training and Education Maritime Technical Advancement Grant program.
Seeking general support for robust appropriations for research and development at the National Science Foundation and Department of Defense.
Seeking general support for robust appropriations for federal student aid programs including the Pell Grant Program and Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants Program.
Seeking support for appropriations to implement a ShakeAlert system in the State of Alaska.
Seeking support for unfreezing of grants at the Department of Agriculture that support activities to increase food security and sovereignty in Alaska Native communities among others.
Seeking support for unfreezing of grants at the Department of the Interior that support studying the impacts of the Indian boarding school system on Alaska Native villages, the Alaska Volcano Observatory activities and examining fish and wildlife populations across National Park Service lands in Alaska to help inform management of habitats.
FY 26 Agriculture Appropriations bills, support funding for cover crops and grain variety; horticulture and specialty crops development; Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions program; Hatch Act program; and Smith-Lever Cooperative Extension program.
FY 26 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations bills, supporting funding for a Biotechnology Research & Commercialization Initiative; Alaska Coastal Cooperative; Support for Survivors of Violence; Advancing Sustainable and Efficient Construction Technologies; Alaska Microgrid Cybersecurity Training Ground; Local Law Enforcement Rogue Drone Assistance Initiative; NSF EPSCoR; NASA EPSCoR; NASA Space Grant; Climate Adaptation Partnerships; National Sea Grant Program; National Estuarine Research Reserve (operations and construction) programs.
FY 26 Defense Appropriations bills, supporting funding for a GeoData Cooperative Production Center; Material and Coating Performance Evaluation for Ensuring Operational Readiness in Arctic Climates; Suicide Prevention for Rural, Remote, and Isolated Military Installations; Resilient Autonomous Sensing in the Arctic; Alaska Regional Collaboration for Technology Innovation and Commercialization; Enhancing energy Technologies in Cold Regions; Arctic Pathfinder; Poker Flat Research Range upgrades; Arctic Pacific Infrastructure Supporting Continuous engineering and Science; and Resilient Innovative Sustainable Economies via University Partnerships.
FY 26 Homeland Security Appropriations bills, supporting funding for Advancing Arctic Resiliency, Domain Awareness, and Security through Homeland Security Partnerships.
FY 26 Energy & Water Appropriations bills, supporting funding for National Coastal Mapping and DOE EPSCoR.
FY 26 Financial Services Appropriations bills, supporting the Alaska Co-op Empowerment Initiative.
FY 26 Interior & Environment Appropriations bills, supporting funding for Informing Flood Forecasting and Engineering Solutions for the Mendenhall Glacier Outburst Floods; Alaska Geological Hydrogen Equipment and Research; Advanced Regional Scale Mapping of Alaskan Mineral and Metal Resources; Alaska Microscopic Research Research and Development; Alaska Geochronology Expansion Initiative; Improving Community Landslide Preparedness in Southeast Alaska; USArray; Climate Adaptation Science Centers; Joint Fire Science Program; Volcano Hazards Program; and National Water Resources Research Act Program.
FY 26 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bills, supporting funding for the Alaska Future Workforce Initiative; Tamamta (All of Us): Transforming Western & Indigenous Sciences Together; Behavioral Health Workforce Development Program for Southeast Alaska; Workforce Development in Energy-Efficient Building Heating Ventilating and Air Conditioning Technologies; Alaska Health Sciences Equipment Acquisition; Supporting ANSEP Students with Workforce Development in Aviation, Business, and Health Care; Area Health Education Center Program; Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Program; Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need; Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants Program; TRIO Programs; Federal Pell Grant Program; and Institutional Development Awards.
FY 26 State-Foreign Operations Appropriations bills, supporting funding for the Arctic Remote Energy Network Academy and Arctic Energy Forum.
FY 26 Transportation-HUD Appropriations bills, supporting funding for the Centers of Excellence for Domestic Maritime Workforce Training and Education Maritime Technical Advancement Grant Program.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
John |
Latini |
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Kanjorski: SA, LA, PD, LD; Kaptur: LA, SLA |
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Denae |
Benson |
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SCIA: SA |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code NAT
16. Specific lobbying issues
Seeking support for legislation that would establish a national strategy for domestic critical mineral production.
Seeking support for the Bureau of Land Management to provide funding to support a cooperative agreement to maintain a library of Alaska natural and cultural resources.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
John |
Latini |
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Kanjorski: SA, LA, PD, LD; Kaptur: LA, SLA |
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Denae |
Benson |
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SCIA: SA |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code DEF
16. Specific lobbying issues
Seeking support for language to be included in the FY 26 National Defense Authorization Act that would authorize a program at the Department of the Navy for the purpose of developing resilient, secure and innovative energy solutions to meet Naval requirements to operate in the Arctic including commercialization activities.
Seeking support for a university member to be appointed to the Department of Defenses Strategic and Critical Materials Board of Directors.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
John |
Latini |
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Kanjorski: SA, LA, PD, LD; Kaptur: LA, SLA |
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Denae |
Benson |
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SCIA: SA |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code EDU
16. Specific lobbying issues
Seeking support for introduction of legislation to authorize Pell Grants to be used for short-term workforce development focused educational programs.
Seeking support for introduction of legislation to authorize financial assistance to strengthen mining education and recruitment of students (Mining Schools Act).
Seeking support for introduction of legislation to authorize financial assistance to support educational opportunities for students through the University of the Arctic.
Opposing H.R. 1048, the Defending Education Transparency and Ending Rogue Regimes Engaging in Nefarious Transactions Act.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
John |
Latini |
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Kanjorski: SA, LA, PD, LD; Kaptur: LA, SLA |
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Denae |
Benson |
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SCIA: SA |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code TEC
16. Specific lobbying issues
Urging support for the continued operations of the Universal Service Fund.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
John |
Latini |
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Kanjorski: SA, LA, PD, LD; Kaptur: LA, SLA |
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Denae |
Benson |
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SCIA: SA |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code AGR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Seeking support for reauthorizing the Department of Agricultures Alaska Native-Serving and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Program and requesting the following changes to the authorization:
Authorize grants for up to a five year period; and
Authorize grants to support renovation, repair, improvement and purchasing activities among others.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
John |
Latini |
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Kanjorski: SA, LA, PD, LD; Kaptur: LA, SLA |
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Denae |
Benson |
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SCIA: SA |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code ENG
16. Specific lobbying issues
Seeking support for legislation to authorize the Department of Energys Arctic Energy Office.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
John |
Latini |
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Kanjorski: SA, LA, PD, LD; Kaptur: LA, SLA |
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Denae |
Benson |
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SCIA: SA |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
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28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization
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CONVICTIONS DISCLOSURE
29. Have any of the lobbyists listed on this report been convicted in a Federal or State Court of an offense involving bribery,
extortion, embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money laundering?
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