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• AGRICULTURE. Noble Strategies is lobbying for Monsanto Co. on farm
and conservation policy related to biotechnology, records show. Ben
Noble, a former staffer to Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman
Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.), is lobbying for the company.

• DEFENSE. Rock West Capital is lobbying for Aqua Lung, a manufacturer of scuba equipment and survival systems, records show. Joe Hardy, a staffer to Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), is lobbying for the company.

{mosads}North 17 Consulting is lobbying for Advanced Photonics Crystals for a potential appropriations earmark, records show.

• EDUCATION. Van Scoyoc Associates is lobbying for the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, according to lobbying records. Victor Klatt, a former staffer on the House Education and Labor Committee, is lobbying for the association.

•  ENVIRONMENT. LS Consulting Inc. is lobbying for Jig-A-Loo USA, a manufacturer of biodegradable plastic trash bags, records show.

• FINANCIAL SERVICES. Mehlman Vogel Castanetti is lobbying for Genworth Financial Inc., lobbying records show.

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP is lobbying for Munich American Reassurance Co. David Cohen, a former professional staff member of the House Financial Services Committee, is lobbying for the firm, records show.

Ogilvy Government Relations is lobbying for the Investment Company Institute (ICI) on financial reform legislation, records show.

• HOMELAND SECURITY. Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP is lobbying for Sentrillion on border security issues, records show. Jacob Johnson, former staffer to Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), is lobbying for the company.

• TECHNOLOGY. Bingham McCutchen LLP is lobbying on behalf of Vonage Holdings on net neutrality and state pre-emption, records show.

Patton Boggs is lobbying for the Communications Workers of America, the labor union representing telecom workers.

K&L Gates is lobbying for the High Altitude Discovery District based in Santa Fe, N.M., records show. The district is a high-tech incubator seeking congressional funds, records show.

• WATER. Trilogy Advisers LLC is lobbying for the Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce on Bureau of Reclamation water projects, lobbying records show.