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HILLCREST STRATEGIES LLC (FKA NICHOLAS FLOCKEN)

HILLCREST STRATEGIES LLC (FKA NICHOLAS FLOCKEN) filed a Q2 report for SOFAR OCEAN TECHNOLOGIES on July 31, 2025, reporting $10,000 in lobbying income.

Lobbying for SOFAR OCEAN TECHNOLOGIES · Science, Technology, Manufacturing

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 Filing · LD-2 quarterly report Q2 report
Reporting period
2nd Quarter 2025
Apr 1 - June 30 · Posted Jul 31, 2025
Income
$10,000
What the client paid this registrant for the period.
Client based in
California

Official filing document

 Lobbyists on this filing 1
  • NICHOLAS I. FLOCKEN
    Previously held: NOAA, Policy Advisor

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 Government bodies contacted 2

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 Lobbying activity 2

S._ - Weather Related Policies - Supporting the formulation of policies to improve agency effectiveness in acquiring private sector observations of oceanic and atmospheric conditions in the near shore and the open ocean environments for a variety of purposes including applications for weather forecasting and fisheries management. Especially, weather policies related to commercial weather data sources and coordinating intellectual resources from an alliance of commercial weather companies. H.R.3816 - Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025 - Supporting the formulation of policies to improve agency effectiveness in acquiring private sector observations of oceanic and atmospheric conditions in the near shore and the open ocean environments for a variety of purposes including applications for weather forecasting and fisheries management. Especially, weather policies related to commercial weather data sources and coordinating intellectual resources from an alliance of commercial weather companies. S.613 - Improving Flood and Agricultural Forecasts Act of 2025- Supporting provisions that expand program authorities to access additional commercial sector technologies and resources to better achieve programmatic objectives. S.322 - Improving Atmospheric River Forecasts Act - Supporting the reintroduction of a similar bill from the previous congress and improving agency access to listed commercial technologies and also authorizing access to additional commercial sector technologies. S_/H.R._ - Ocean data policies supporting federal agency access to proliferated commercial data networks to support a variety of federal programs including fisheries and research.

S._ / H.R._ - FY26 Defense appropriations supporting Navy to acquire data on oceanic and atmospheric conditions from private sector companies for optimum ship track routing improvements using commercial data and software solutions. And improve forecasting of ocean environmental factors near the shore.

 Bills named in this filing 3
  • H.R. 3816
    Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025
  • S. 613
    Improving Flood and Agricultural Forecasts Act of 2025
  • S. 322
    Improving Atmospheric River Forecasts Act

Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filing, reproduced as filed. Bills are parsed from the activity descriptions.

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