Regarding your first question, in terms of workload, I'm not expecting to see a difference in initial registrations being filed, because that requirement for filing has been there. I do expect to see an increase in communication reports, but the system can handle that. Because those go automatically onto the system, there's no additional verification of those by the office. As to the sample reporting that we do on a monthly basis, I'm expecting that we can continue to do the same percentage of verifications.
In terms of your second question, what I found in doing the outreach activities with the 20 most lobbied government institutions was that there was a variety of methods being used to keep track of records. It depended on the departments or what seemed to be working. Some departments had created templates; others were choosing to use their calendars. Your calendar is probably one of the easiest methods of recording who you're meeting with, and then you can put in the subject matter.
When conducting verifications, during a monthly verification I'm not asking to verify anything more than the lobbyist is asked to report on. For example, if they were coming to speak to you and the subject matter is health, there would be more details in the initial registration.