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Federal AI Policy Lobbying

ORACLE CORP · 2026-10-22 · Importance 41 · Surprise 48 · In source text

Oracle reported $2.89 million of U.S. federal lobbying expenditure in the third quarter of 2026, up 25.1% year over year. The company’s lobbying focused on defense appropriations, federal IT modernization, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and government cloud procurement. The activity coincides with congressional debate over federal data-privacy legislation and new Trump administration AI and cybersecurity policies. Oracle is also facing scrutiny over a major expansion of its Department of Veterans Affairs electronic-health-record contract.

Key facts

Oracle significantly increased its federal lobbying expenditures in the third quarter to $2.89 million, up 25.1% year-over-year. source
Oracle's increased Q3 lobbying was focused on defense appropriations, IT modernization, AI, cybersecurity, and government cloud procurement. source

Impact estimates

metric	direction	stage	expected	basis
operating_income	negative	realized	0.0%	Oracle significantly increased its federal lobbying expenditures in the third quarter to $2.89 million, up 25.1% year-over-year.
cash	negative	realized	0.0%	Oracle significantly increased its federal lobbying expenditures in the third quarter to $2.89 million, up 25.1% year-over-year.