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.
Jon Scott BeamerCognizant Technology Solutions U.S. Corporation45 filingsthrough 2023
Mark Andrew O'ConnellCognizant Technology Solutions U.S. CorporationCovered position: Chief of Staff, Rep Saxton; Dep Assoc Admin, EPA40 filingsthrough 2022
Timothy P HechtHecht Latham Spencer & Associates, Inc., Formerly Known as Hecht Spencer & Assoc31 filingsthrough 2021
FRANKLIN C PHIFER jrHecht Latham Spencer & Associates, Inc., Formerly Known as Hecht Spencer & Assoc
The filings
The 20 most recent of 154 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: cognizant-technology-solutions-u-s-corporation.
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.
75 filings
$21.7M on those filings
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
LBR
50 filings
$17.4M on those filings
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
TAX
46 filings
$16.9M on those filings
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
CSP
38 filings
$16M on those filings
Telecommunications
TEC
28 filings
$12.6M on those filings
Health Issues
HCR
18 filings
$8.5M on those filings
Science/Technology
SCI
9 filings
$3.8M on those filings
Homeland Security
HOM
6 filings
$2.5M on those filings
Transportation
TRA
6 filings
$2.5M on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
3 filings
$1.4M 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 spend on filings that named this issue — it is not a split of the total, and these figures sum above it. Filing counts do not double-count.
116th Congress
Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019
18 filingsthrough 2020
S. 153114th CongressI-Squared Act of 201517 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 1303115th CongressH-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 201716 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 392115th CongressFairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 201716 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 670115th CongressHigh-Skilled Integrity and Fairness Act of 201716 filingsthrough 2018
S. 180115th CongressH-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 201716 filingsthrough 2018
S. 281115th CongressFairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 201716 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 2131113th CongressSKILLS Visa Act16 filingsthrough 2014
S. 744113th CongressBorder Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act15 filingsthrough 2014
H.R. 213114th CongressFairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 201513 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 399114th CongressSecure Our Borders First Act of 201513 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 52114th CongressSave America Comprehensive Immigration Act of 201513 filingsthrough 2016
How these are found · Bill references are extracted from the free-text activity description each filing writes, then matched to the Congress in session that filing year. A reference we can't match to a bill on file is still shown, unlinked — we cite what the filing said rather than guess at what it meant. Naming a bill is not a position on it: LD-2 records that a client lobbied on the bill, never which side.
Covered position: Prof. Staff, Subcte on Trade-House Cte on Ways & Means-81-94
31 filingsthrough 2021
Thomas Paul LathamHecht Latham Spencer & Associates, Inc., Formerly Known as Hecht Spencer & AssocCovered position: Member of Congress, 1995 - 2015, R-IA23 filingsthrough 2021
Mark Joseph AndersonKelley Drye & Warren LLPCovered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Lee Terry; Senior Policy Advisor, Rep. Roy Blunt; L.D., Rep. Darrell Issa; L.D., Rep. Lee Terry; L.A., Rep. Frank Cremeans22 filingsthrough 2022
Muge Ayse (Aya) KiyCognizant Technology Solutions U.S. Corporation20 filingsthrough 2020
Joel WigintonCognizant Technology Solutions U.S. CorporationCovered position: Special Assistant to the President; Chief Counsel, Senate Judiciary Constitution Subcommittee; Counsel, Senate Judiciary Courts Subcommittee18 filingsthrough 2020
Marcus Sebastian MasonThe Madison GroupCovered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Walkter Tucker, III16 filingsthrough 2015
William H HechtHecht Latham Spencer & Associates, Inc., Formerly Known as Hecht Spencer & Assoc15 filingsthrough 2017
Heather PodestaInvariant LLCCovered position: Counsel, Representative Robert Matsui,Counsel, Representative Earl PomeroyLegislative Fellow, Senator Bill BradleyResearch Assistant, Congressional Budget Office15 filingsthrough 2014
Eric RosenInvariant LLCCovered position: Asst. U.S. Attorney, Northern District of CaliforniaLegislative Director, Rep. Anthony WeinerDeputy Dir, U.S. Dept of Justice, Ofc of Intergovt AffairsLegislative Assistant, Rep. Chet Atkins15 filingsthrough 2014
Robb WattersThe Madison GroupCovered position: Senior Policy Advisor, Rep. Frank Riggs14 filingsthrough 2015
Blair L WattersThe Madison GroupCovered position: LA, Rep. Matthew Martinez13 filingsthrough 2015
Tobi YoungCognizant Technology Solutions U.S. CorporationCovered position: Office of Jerry Moran - Communications Director, 1999 - 2000; Office of the White House Counsel, Associate Counsel and Special Assistant, 2007-2008.12 filingsthrough 2022
Stephanie ChildsCognizant Technology Solutions U.S. CorporationCovered position: Sr Advsr, Intl Trde Admin; Spl Advsr, White House12 filingsthrough 2014
Robert HoffmanCognizant Technology Solutions U.S. CorporationCovered position: Leg Staff, Sens DeWine/Pressler/Seymour/Wilson10 filingsthrough 2012
Kasey O'ConnorCognizant Technology Solutions U.S. CorporationCovered position: Special Assistant/Chief of Staff (2021-2023), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission9 filingsthrough 2025
William P JarrellThe Madison GroupCovered position: Dep. of the Interior, Deputy Dir. of Com.8 filingsthrough 2014
Stuart SpencerHecht Latham Spencer & Associates, Inc., Formerly Known as Hecht Spencer & Assoc7 filingsthrough 2015
Elizabeth BrewerCognizant Technology Solutions U.S. CorporationCovered position: Press Secretary, U.S. House of Representatives; Presidential Writer, White House; White House Intern6 filingsthrough 2026
David J UrbanAcg AdvocacyCovered position: Chief of Staff, Senator Arlen Specter6 filingsthrough 2020
Rodney P EmeryThe Madison GroupCovered position: Legislative Assistant, Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr.6 filingsthrough 2015
Thomas LambertiThe Madison GroupCovered position: Intern, Staff Assistant, Rep. T. McCotter6 filingsthrough 2015
Emma FisherCognizant Technology Solutions U.S. CorporationCovered position: White House Intern, Domestic Policy Council, Education Team5 filingsthrough 2026
Neil BjorkmanCognizant Technology Solutions U.S. CorporationCovered position: Policy Counsel (2013-15), Research Assistant (2012-13), Staff Assistant (2011-12), U.S. House Committee on Rules5 filingsthrough 2026
Alexandra LogsdonCognizant Technology Solutions U.S. Corporation3 filingsthrough 2021
Lee TerryKelley Drye & Warren LLPCovered position: Congressman, 2nd district of Nebraska2 filingsthrough 2017
Stephen BaileyInvariant LLCCovered position: Leg Asst/ Tax Counsel, Sen. Kent Conrad1 filingthrough 2012
Covered positions · 24 of 31 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
