The funding we are seeking is simply to keep the registry modern and effective. You know how technology works. The registry is 10 years old. It constantly has to be updated. If legislative changes are made, certain aspects of the registry will change, and that, too, will require resources.
We received 23,000 monthly communication reports last year. I genuinely believe people are trying to meet their obligations. You asked whether lobbying had changed. Clearly, more and more attention is being paid to transparency and ethics. No one wants to contravene the act. The more meetings with public office-holders that take place and the more willing public office-holders are to have those meetings, the more monthly reports will be filed. The number of reports is increasing, so we need tools that are responsive, particularly when people want to register via their cell phone or iPad, which is something they can't do right now. If we want to modernize, these changes are necessary.