Google Spent $950K On Q2 Lobbying
Google spent $950,000 on lobbying in the second quarter of 2009, according to a disclosure form filed with the Senate Office of Public Records this week. By comparison, the Silicon Valley titan doled out $880,000 in the first quarter of this year and $770,000 in the last quarter of 2008. Yet other prominent tech players in Washington paid more and some paid less. Microsoft, for example, spent over $1.8 million in the second quarter and $1.6 million in the first quarter. Yahoo lobbyists racked up $480,000 in the second quarter and $460,000 in the first quarter.
Google's government affairs team -- as well as hired guns at Dutko Worldwide, Franklin Square Group, McBee Strategic Consulting and others -- weighed in on a range of issues during the several month period including privacy and competition issues surrounding online advertising; patent reform; copyright issues related to the Google Book Search project; and online consumer protection issues. They also focused on cybersecurity; content regulation; renewable energy policies; electricity grid upgrades; international freedom of expression and censorship; health information technology and privacy; and various broadband policies.
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