Intelligence
Issue Code: INT
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AI Overview
Intelligence is one of the 79 issue categories tracked under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. With $83.8M in total lobbying spend across 3,564 filings, it ranks among the actively lobbied policy areas in Washington. The money flowing into this issue reflects how much is at stake for the industries involved.
$83.8M
Total Lobbying Spend
3,564
Filings
50
Top Clients
Spending by Year
| Year | Spending | Filings |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $9.3M | 389 |
| 2019 | $10.6M | 419 |
| 2020 | $11.7M | 441 |
| 2021 | $9.9M | 408 |
| 2022 | $10.0M | 460 |
| 2023 | $9.7M | 479 |
| 2024 | $9.5M | 450 |
| 2025 | $13.1M | 518 |
Biggest Spenders
| # | Client | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hikvision USA, INC. | $11.6M |
| 2 | Reform Government Surveillance | $3.1M |
| 3 | Microsoft Corporation | $2.8M |
| 4 | National Cable & Telecommunications Association | $1.8M |
| 5 | Microsoft Corp | $1.5M |
| 6 | Meta Platforms INC (Formerly Facebook INC & Various Subsidiaries) | $1.5M |
| 7 | Fbi Agents Association | $1.4M |
| 8 | SAP America, INC. | $1.2M |
| 9 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company | $1.1M |
| 10 | Meta Platforms, INC. | $1.1M |
| 11 | Hawkeye 360 INC. | $1.1M |
| 12 | Meta Platforms INC (FKA Facebook) | $1.1M |
| 13 | Cloudflare | $1.1M |
| 14 | Vmware LLC (Formerly Known as Vmware, INC.) | $1.1M |
| 15 | Iceye US, INC. | $1.0M |
| 16 | X, INC. F/K/A Twitter, INC. | $898K |
| 17 | The Internet Infrastructure Coalition (I2coalition) | $870K |
| 18 | Nokia of America Corporation | $860K |
| 19 | Consumer Technology Association (Previously the Consumer Electronics Association | $850K |
| 20 | Twilio, INC. | $850K |
| 21 | Palantir Technologies, INC. | $850K |
| 22 | Auburn University | $830K |
| 23 | Trimble INC | $810K |
| 24 | Dropbox, INC. | $800K |
| 25 | Cellebrite INC. | $800K |
Top Firms
Sidley Austin LLP$11.3M
Monument Advocacy$4.2M
Forbes-tate$3.1M
Invariant LLC$2.4M
Tiber Creek Group$1.9M
What They Lobby For
- Veterans administration (structure, benefits, services, and quality of care) Family code (UCCJEA) Federal enforcement of parental rights. Veteran suicide epidemic (root causes, actions, programs, ac
- --DOD, NGA, and NRO appropriations in support of commercial remote sensing data buys and commercial GEOINT services --NASA and other federal civilian agency appropriations for commercial satellite im
- Maxus33 has a technology to track the distribution of opioids
- 3 DEP; Geospacial Act; NAIP; STEM; Landslide Act; Digital Coast Act
- Defense and Intelligence Issues before Congress.
- We are working on implementing Converus' deception detection technology called EyeDetect for use in employee screening at various government agencies and exploring the possibility of using this techno
- Infrastructure siting reform for small cells and 5G; spectrum reallocation and utilization; equipment supply chain security; patent reform; restoration of the deduction for interest on debt and genera
- Broadband internet deployment, government contracting, regulatory issues
- Federal legislative representation, intelligence gathering, relationship building, and federal procurement opportunities
- Warrants and surveillance, ECPA, Cyber Security
Data Sources: Senate LDA Filings
Last updated: February 2026
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