• DATA SECURITY. RSA Security has hired Blank Rome Government Relations to lobby on data-security issues. The team includes J.C. Boggs, a former GOP counsel to the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee; Melissa Foxman, a former deputy chief of staff to the Senate Republican Conference; Ashley Davis, a former deputy director of management and administration at the White House; and Mark Holman, a former top aide to Tom Ridge, who was governor of Pennsylvania before joining the Bush administration.

• DEFENSE. Miltope Corp., a defense electronics company, has hired John G. Campbell to lobby on the defense authorization and appropriations bills.

Also, the Brooks Group, a defense company, has hired the Spectrum Group to lobby on defense issues. The lobbying team includes Gus Cianciolo, a retired Army lieutenant general; Skip Hall, a retired Air Force lieutenant general; and Jim Hinkle, a retired Navy rear admiral.

• MISCELLANEOUS. Sonny Callahan & Associates, founded by the former Republican congressman from Alabama, is lobbying on behalf of the Red Snapper World Championship. Among the issues the firm is helping with is the promotion of the Red Snapper World Championship fishing rodeo.

• PENSION REFORM. The Pacific Maritime Association, a San Francisco-based union, has hired Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. The lobbying team includes Richard Zimmer, a former Republican congressman from New Jersey.

• TAXES. Caterpillar and the National Thoroughbred Association have hired Angus & Nickerson to lobby on tax matters. Gregory Nickerson, a former tax counsel on the House Ways and Means Committee, and Barbara Angus, a former international tax counsel at the Treasury Department, founded the firm.

• MINING. The National Mining Association has hired Clark Consulting Federal Policy Group to lobby on the “tax treatment of investments and expenditures by domestic mining companies to protect the safety and health of miners.”

• WATER. The Provo River Water Users Association has hired the Dutko Worldwide to lobby on water issues. Bill Simmons, a former staff member for Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) and ex-Rep. James Hansen (R-Utah), is lobbying for the group.