By Kat Asharya | Wed Sep 01, 2010 12:02 pm |
Apple spent $330,000 in federal lobbying in the second quarter, focusing its efforts on technology spending in education and other issues.
The Cupertino, Calif.-based company revealed in a disclosure report that it lobbied the House, Senate and the Department of Education on aspects of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 related to education technology and modernization in schools.
Apple, which is making efforts to replace the hazardous materials in its devices with more recyclable ones, also lobbied the regulators on several environmental issues, including transportation of hazardous materials, restrictions on the export of e-waste, energy-efficient certification and green technology.
Other issues taken up by Apple's lobbyists were patent reform, broadband expansion and organized retail crime.
Spending on lobbying is not a new activity for Apple. The company spent $390,000 on lobbying in the same quarter last year. It spent $560,000 on lobbying during the first quarter of 2010.
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