Every filing period on record, as reported. One column per filed period — a period with no column is a period with no filing, not a zero.
Basis · Amendments and terminations supersede the original report for the same registrant, client and period, so a revised quarter is counted once at its latest filed value. Registration-only filings carry no activity money and are excluded from these totals.
Who lobbies for them
Every outside firm that has filed on this client's behalf, by fees reported.
Reading this · LD-2 reports a hired firm's fee and a registrant's reported expenses on separate lines and never both on one filing, so the two lists above are different quantities and are ranked separately rather than against each other. Firm names link to their own record as the firms chapter lands.
What they lobby on
Issue areas declared on the filings, ranked by how many filings name each one.
Science/Technology
SCI
28 filings
$1.6M on those filings
Computer Industry
CPI
15 filings
$820K on those filings
Note · A filing names one to several issue areas and reports a single dollar figure for the period, so the same money appears beside every issue that filing declares. The dollar column is therefore — it is not a split of the total, and these figures sum above it. Filing counts do not double-count.
Who did the lobbying
Every lobbyist named on this client's filings.
James L ErvinErvin Graves Strategy Group, LLC28 filingsthrough 2026
Joe KasperErvin Graves Strategy Group, LLCCovered position: US Dept. Homeland Security: Depty. Asst. Secy (2020), Office of the Secy of Defense: Special Asst (2017-2020); Rep. Duncan Hunter: Chief of Staff (2014-2017); LD/Communications Dir (2008-9); Communications Dir. (2004-2008); LA (2003-2004)9 filingsthrough 2024
John BlountErvin Graves Strategy Group, LLC9 filings
The filings
The 20 most recent of 28 filings. Every figure above is built from these records.
This record groups every filed spelling of the client's name into one entity, so "MERCK & CO., INC." and "MERCK & CO INC" read as the same company. The grouping is the client's normalized name — organizations that file under genuinely different names appear separately. Handle: absolute-software-corporation.
spend on filings that named this issue
through 2021
Daniel SauersErvin Graves Strategy Group, LLCCovered position: N/A8 filingsthrough 2025
Mark BurnsErvin Graves Strategy Group, LLC6 filingsthrough 2025
Julia TrentErvin Graves Strategy Group, LLCCovered position: Chief Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Veterans Affairs (Feb 2023 - May 2025)5 filingsthrough 2026
John DandridgeErvin Graves Strategy Group, LLCCovered position: N/A4 filingsthrough 2026
Ryan WhiteErvin Graves Strategy Group, LLCCovered position: Legis. Dir., Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-SC)-2017; Legis. Dir., Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ)-2016; Sr. Legis. Asst., Rep. David Schweikert-2013-2016; Legis. Asst., Rep. David Schweikert-2012-2013; Legis. Corr., Rep. David Schweikert-2011-2012.1 filingthrough 2026
Thomas KaralusErvin Graves Strategy Group, LLCCovered position: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Economic Policy (1/2024 - 5/2024) U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs (8/2025 - 10/2025)1 filingthrough 2026
Covered positions · 7 of 10 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
