All lobbying clients

Ciena Corporation

Ciena Corporation has been represented by 2 lobbying firms in 9 filings since 2025, with $410,000 in reported spending; the newest was posted October 20, 2026.

As filed: CIENA CORPORATION. Client based in Maryland.

Global technology company providing systems and services for telecommunications networks.

$410,000 Reported spend

9 Filings counted

2 Outside firms hired

2 Bills named

Spend is reported income plus in-house expenses across 9 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

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld $320,000 Outside firm · 5 filings
Monument Advocacy $90,000 Outside firm · 4 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. 1
One Big Beautiful Bill Act

1 filing
H.R. 2503
Undersea Cable Control Act

1 filing

Reported by year 2 years

2026 $240,000 3 filings
2025 $170,000 6 filings

Issues lobbied 3

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 7

U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) 7
Commerce, Dept of (DOC) 5
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 5
Intl Trade Administration (ITA) 4
SENATE 4
State, Dept of (DOS) 4
White House Office 2

Recent filings 9 total

Q3 report

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · $80,000 income · posted Oct 20, 2026

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · $80,000 income · posted Jul 20, 2026

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · $80,000 income · posted Apr 20, 2026

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Monument Advocacy

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

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31) · House · $80,000 income · posted Jan 20, 2026

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31) · posted Dec 17, 2025

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Monument Advocacy

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

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Monument Advocacy

2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $30,000 income · posted Jul 21, 2025

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Monument Advocacy

1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · House · Senate · $30,000 income · posted Apr 21, 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.