CANDA SOLUTIONS

Lobbying client · Maryland · filed 2025 to 2026

Government support software

$160,000 Reported spend

8 Filings counted

2 Outside firms hired

2 Bills named

Spend is reported income plus in-house expenses across 8 filings. The LDA keeps a separate client record for every registrant that files for a client, so this page adds up 2 records, one per registrant listed below. Records are combined when the client name matches once case, punctuation and endings such as Inc. or LLC are set aside; for a city, county or port the state has to match as well.

Who filed for this client 2

RIDGE PATH STRATEGIES $130,000 Outside firm · 6 filings
COZEN O'CONNOR PUBLIC STRATEGIES $30,000 Outside firm · 2 filings

Spend per registrant: fees an outside firm reported, or the costs the client reported for lobbying in-house. The rows add up to the total above.

Bills named in these filings 2

H.R. 8800
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027

2 filings
S. 2296
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026

2 filings

Reported by year 2 years

2026 $90,000 3 filings
2025 $70,000 5 filings

Issues lobbied 2

Homeland Security 8
Defense 4

The count is how many filings named that issue area. A filing reports one lump figure covering every issue on it, so the money above cannot be split between them.

Agencies and chambers lobbied 3

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 6
SENATE 6
Defense, Dept of (DOD) 4

Recent filings 8 total

Q3 report

RIDGE PATH STRATEGIES

3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · $30,000 income · posted Oct 20, 2026

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RIDGE PATH STRATEGIES

2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $30,000 income · posted Jul 8, 2026

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RIDGE PATH STRATEGIES

1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · House · Senate · $30,000 income · posted Apr 20, 2026

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RIDGE PATH STRATEGIES

4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31) · House · Senate · $30,000 income · posted Jan 20, 2026

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RIDGE PATH STRATEGIES

3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · $10,000 income · posted Oct 20, 2025

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COZEN O'CONNOR PUBLIC STRATEGIES

3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · $30,000 income · posted Oct 14, 2025

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RIDGE PATH STRATEGIES

3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30) · posted Sep 23, 2025

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COZEN O'CONNOR PUBLIC STRATEGIES

3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30) · posted Jul 16, 2025

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Filings through October 20, 2026, the newest posted date on this record. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings, synced daily. Money is self-reported by the filer and often rounded. Lobbying is legal, disclosed activity.