What does Reed Elsevier lobby for?
The Center for Public Integrity, using figures based on Senate Office of Public Records filings, breaks down Reed Elsevier’s annual spending on lobbying as follows (in millions):
* 1998 / $.40
* 1999 / $.96 (+140%)
* 2000 / $1.90 (+97.9%)
* 2001 / $1.96 (+3.2%)
* 2002 / $2.12 (+8.2%)
* 2003 / $2.36 (+11.3%)
* 2004 / $2.82 (+19.5%)
Information for all of 2005 has now been posted to the Senate Office of Public Records site:
* 2005 / $3.18 (+12.8%)
If these figures are correct, Reed Elsevier’s annual spending on U.S. lobbying activities increased 695% from 1998 to 2005.
To view the details of Elsevier’s lobbying efforts, go to William Walsh’s blog at Georgia State University, Issues in Scholarly Communication:
http://www.library.gsu.edu/news/index.asp?view=details&ID=9945&typeID=62
