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RESULTS THAT IMPACT THE BOTTOM LINE

Capitol Solutions® has helped our clients achieve several major budget and policy objectives, generate hundreds of millions of dollars in federal, state and local government sales, and avoid over $20 billion in federal mandate costs. Some highlights are listed below.

Reduced projected CALEA-related digital wiretapping costs by $6.5 billion
Eliminated $2 billion in planned Medicare payment cuts to hospitals.
Developed and helped implement an unprecedented solution to a $92 million PAYGO scoring problem that cleared the way for adoption of the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010.
Forced the FCC to auction 60MHz of spectrum for commercial use, clear additional spectrum for public safety, and used a portion of the auction proceeds to fund $1 billion in federal grants for interoperable public safety communications equipment.
Blocked a one-year $207 million Bush Administration-backed patent and trademark fee increase.
Accelerated, by over 18 months, federal law enforcement's plan to clear AWS spectrum for commerical use.
Secured federal funding for a $1.3 billion U.S. Customs Service IT contract.
Avoided an underfunded homeland security mandate and secured over $500 million in federal funding to bolster emergency wireless federal, state, and local public safety communications capabilities.
Enactment of the sweeping patent law changes contained in the American Inventors Protection Act.
Eliminated $15.9 billion in contingent liabilities for the wireless telecommunications industry
Accelerated and improved the process for reallocating spectrum from government to commercial use, protected critical national security communications capabilities, and paved the way for the FCC’s 2006 $13.7 billion spectrum auction