lobbying_activities: 1404152

Individual lobbying activities reported in quarterly filings. Each row is one issue area for one client — includes the specific issues lobbied on, government entities contacted, and income/expense amounts.

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id	filing_uuid	filing_type	registrant_name	registrant_id	client_name	filing_year	filing_period	issue_code	specific_issues	government_entities	income_amount	expense_amount	is_no_activity	is_termination	received_date
1404152	9520ce0f-f806-44f0-a802-bbb4eb421f79	Q2	WTA -- ADVOCATES FOR RURAL BROADBAND	293836	WTA -- ADVOCATES FOR RURAL BROADBAND	2013	second_quarter	TEC	Universal Service and Intercarrier Compensation Reform -- WTA lobbied on the effects the Federal Communications Commission's 2011 Transformation Order is having on rural local exchange carriers (RLECs) and their abilities to continue to build out and modernize their networks to meet their consumers' telecommunications and broadband needs. Our efforts have also focused on proposed fixes to provisions within the 2011 Order that would provide RLECs with more certainty and predictability to allow them to obtain public (Rural Utilities Service) and private financing to extend broadband in rural areas. USF Contributions Reform -- WTA lobbied on the need for the FCC to address how individuals contribute into the Universal Service Fund. We lobbied on the benefits that reform would bring and why it is important to do so. Rural Call Completion -- WTA lobbied on the problems RLECs and their customers are experiencing as a result of originating carriers' calls outside of rural areas not being completed in RLEC areas. WTA lobbied for the FCC to act swiftly to address this national problem.	Agriculture, Dept of (USDA),Federal Communications Commission (FCC),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE		55000	0	0	2013-07-10T13:04:43.397000-04:00