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THE OPTICAL SOCIETY — Lobbying — Receipts Report

LD-2 disclosure · 2nd Quarter - Report

THE OPTICAL SOCIETY

via COGENT STRATEGIES LLC

2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) · 2018Posted Jul 20, 2018Filing document ↗LDA record ↗

Income$50Kfee reported

Client

Name: THE OPTICAL SOCIETY
Description: Professional association for optics and photonics
Location: District of Columbia · United States of America

Registrant

Firm: COGENT STRATEGIES LLC
Description: Public affairs firm
Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Lobbying activities

1 issue

Science/Technology
Promoting the efforts of the National Photonics Initiative. Quantum science and technology.
Lobbyistsms EMILY FLYNN PAPPAS
TargetedSENATE · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Source

Source · Senate Office of Public Records — Lobbying Disclosure Act filings ↗.

Coverage gaps · LD-2 reports a single dollar figure per quarter on ONE basis — income (a fee) or expenses (self-filed spend), never both — so this page never combines them into one "spend" number.