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Database Summary

LobbyingData.com provides exclusive access to alternative data on American lobbying, by turning government information into user-friendly, adaptable datasets. 

With over 1.6 million lobbying contracts, 13,000 lobbying firms, 200,000 total entities, and 78,000 lobbyists in our database, it’s the most comprehensive source of lobbying information available.

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Data Delivery

Using our intelligently designed & curated data quality, researchers can easily perform analysis by company, lobbyist, lobbying firm, government agency, or issue.

We earnestly work with our customers to deliver our database in the methods and formats of their choosing, from: CSV, JSON, DTA, PKL, to other formats and methods. We’re flexible.

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Data Ingestion

We download information on lobbying contracts on a regular basis from the U.S. Senate Office of Public Records and perform integrity checks, completeness and accuracy on the raw data.

Data Cleansing

We utilize proprietary algorithms to identify and correct errors, inconsistencies, or outliers in the data. This includes checking for duplicate records, missing values, or other issues.

Data Validation

We use a set of pre-defined rules and constraints to check that the data is valid and adheres to specific requirements. This includes checks for data types, ranges, formats, and other conditions.

Data Transformation

We convert variables into formats that can be easily used for analysis and reporting (e.g. datetime to ISO 8601, dollar values to integers). Our stock ticker mapping system  implements a rigorous set of checks for the accuracy of the matches.

Data Standards

Quality Assurance & Data Due Diligence

Our data pipelines include several layers of quality assurance and data due diligence to ensure that data is accurate, reliable, and easy-to-use.

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We use proprietary algorithms to source and transform data from publicly available sources. We obtain our data primarily from the U.S. Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure Act database, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Lobbying Disclosure Act electronic filer, and the Clerk of the House’s Office of the Clerk Disclosure Search. These sources provide us with detailed information on lobbying contracts, firms, entities, and lobbyists that are active in the US. The first step in our process is to gather the raw data from these public sources in its original format, which may include documents and forms in various file formats. Then, we use sophisticated data science algorithms to extract, clean and standardize the information. Our algorithms perform tasks such as identifying, extracting and structuring relevant data fields and correcting errors or inconsistencies in the data. We then index and store the data in our proprietary database, making it searchable, and easy to query and analyze. Finally, we validate and quality check the data before making it available to our customers. Our goal is to provide the most accurate and comprehensive information on lobbying activity in the US, in an easily accessible and user-friendly format.
We source our data from publicly available sources such as the U.S. Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure Act database, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Lobbying Disclosure Act electronic filer, and the Clerk of the House’s Office of the Clerk Disclosure Search. This information is required to be filed by law with the government and is considered public record. The data contains information on lobbying contracts, firms, entities, and lobbyists that are active in the US. This information is provided by registered lobbyists and lobbying firms, as well as the entities that they represent, in compliance with the Lobbying Disclosure Act.
We make every effort to ensure that the information in our databases is accurate and legally obtained. We source our data from publicly available sources such as the U.S. Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure Act database, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Lobbying Disclosure Act electronic filer and the Clerk of the House’s Office of the Clerk Disclosure Search. All of this information is required to be filed by law with the government and is therefore considered public record. Furthermore, before making any of this data available to our customers, we review it carefully to ensure its completeness and accuracy.

We do not collect any Personally Identifiable Information (PII) or other personal data as part of our products and/or services. We only collect and use publicly available information related to lobbying activity in the US, as required to be filed by law with the government and considered as public record. The data includes information on lobbying contracts, firms, entities and lobbyists active in the US. This information does not include any personal or sensitive data and is limited to professional or business related information. We take the privacy and security of our customers and their data very seriously, and we have implemented strict internal policies and procedures to ensure that all data is handled securely and in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.

We license our database and datasets under a subscription model for regularly (hourly) updated + historical data and a one-time flat-fee model for bulk historical data. Our pricing is flexible, depends on the use case, data delivery methods, and formats needed. We have several data delivery methods, including: 1. Platform – use our platform/ data dashboard to filter through and search for data and instantly download into CSV 2. Bulk Downloads or API – we offer bulk historical datasets by year of lobbying (i.e. lobbying in 2021, lobbying in 2022) in any format required by the customer, as well as a REST API. 3. Backend integration – we work with our customers to enable continuous, timely delivery of lobbying data through integration between LobbyingData.com and our customers’ servers.

Yes, we do provide our clients with an SLA in our Data Licensing Agreement, which outlines our commitment to meeting specific service levels and provides a framework for addressing any issues that may arise.

Our Data Licensing Agreement covers the following:

Data availability and uptime: We commit to a certain level of availability and uptime for the data, specifically with our non-static delivery options (API and Front End Platform)

Delivery times: We commit to delivering the data within a specific timeframe (typically same day or between 24-48 hours).

Data quality: We commit to providing high-quality data and will take steps to correct any errors or inaccuracies that are identified. We also note our original data sources, such as the Senate Office of Public records, and specify that “once the data has been download from the LDA.SENATE.GOV, the U.S. Senate cannot vouch for the quality and timeliness of any analyses conducted with retrieved data.”

Support and maintenance: We commit to providing ongoing support and maintenance for the data, including monitoring, troubleshooting, and updating the data as needed.

Communication: We commit to keeping clients informed and updated throughout the process, and addressing any questions or concerns that they may have. We supply contact information and encourage clients to use us as a resource to understand the data better, or generally learn more about the underlying content and potential business use cases for it.

Our Leadership Team

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Neil Bhatia

Founder & CEO

Hannah Wilen

HR Manager & Events Coordinator

Our Partners

LobbyingData.com partners with a broad range of organizations to deliver high quality alternative data on lobbying to diverse sets of customers. 

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