Mike. I'm still working on the charts to make it easier to interpret, but here's some interesting numbers: 1171 line items listed, everything from airport notifications to listing name of organizations and individuals with whom they've met. They list airport notifications, but do not list the state. When you analyze by geography, those show up as "other."

53.6% were local level, 17.1% state, 12.6% airport notifications (arguably a local effort), 5.3% Federal, 4.7% commercial (top 5).

Where are they working? 27.7% did not list a locale (airport notifications etc.), 22.0% California, next highest was Florida at 4.78%, everywhere else was less than Florida's 4.78%.

Of their 1171 contacts, 96.4% were contacted only once. Less than 4% were contacted more than once. Who did they contact the most? Brendan Schulman at DJI (9 times). Next highest was Aaron Pierce of Pierce Aerospace (6), then Choloe Svolos at AUVSI (5), then Will Gonzalez an attorney (4). FAA (all people) a total of 45 contacts, no one individual more than 4 times.

Out of 1171 contacts listed, FAA total of 45. FAA contacts by YYYY-MM: Jun 2016 (1), July 2016 (3), Aug 2016 (7), Sep 2016 (9), Oct 2016 (6), Nov 2016 (10), Dec 2016 (1), Jan 2017 (8).

Of 786 legislative / executive contacts (lawmakers and/or mayors, governors, or their direct staff): all but six were only contacted once. And those six were contacted twice (and all city/county level folks).

To summarize, their work is mostly one-time contacts at a local level and, where a location is listed, it's California. If not doing that, they're helping with airport notifications.


So back to your question, which is a good one. It really comes down to two possible reasons. Either they're not good at communicating (points to lackluster leadership), or they're deliberately holding information. If the latter, one has to ask who benefits from holding information? That will help explain why they'd be withholding it.