Nebraska Legislature - Lobbyist Reporting Application

FORM
A-R

NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE
APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION AS A LOBBYIST

Dec 31, 2025

(This report is required to be filed on or before December 31 of each calendar year.)
49-1480.01(3)

Clerk of the Legislature
Room 2014, State Capitol
PO Box 94604
Lincoln, NE 68509-4604
Phone: (402) 471-2608

For Calendar Year of:

Amended Registration

Lobbyist Registration Fee:
{49-1480.01}

Compensated

$300.00

(If you are a salaried employee of your principal, you are a compensated lobbyist.)

Not Compensated

$15.00

(File a Form E for quarterly report exemption. You are not exempt from the Form D Activity Report.)

PLEASE FILL IN ALL BLANKS

LOBBYIST {49-1480(1)}

Name

Firestone, Rebecca

Office Address (Street, Box, or Route)

1327 H Street, Suite 102

Permanent Residence (Street, Box, or Route)

5410 Seward St.

City

Lincoln

State

Zip

68508

City

Omaha

State

Zip

68104

Office Phone

(402) 438-0382

Home Phone

(402) 517-5103

Email Address

rfirestone@openskypolicy.org

PRINCIPAL {49-1480(2)}

Name

OpenSky Policy Institute

Office Phone

(402) 438-0382

Office Address (Street, Box, or Route)

1327 H Street, Suite 200

Official to Whom Lobbyist is Accountable

Claude Berreckman

City

Lincoln

State

Zip

68508

Nature of Business {49-1480(3)}

Nonprofil

AMOUNTS GIVEN or to be given to lobbyist as compensation or reimbursement of lobbying: {49-1480(3)}. Please state the basis for your compensation.
7,686.00 Per Year

IDENTIFICATION of MATTERS on which principal or lobbyist expects to lobby: {49-1480(5)} Tax, revenue, budget, education finance, healthcare finance, food security

I am lobbying on behalf of a Chinese military company and thereby acting as an agent of a foreign adversary of the United States. {49-1480 (1)(a)(vi)}

Description of industry, trade, profession, or interests and groups represented by the principal:
Nonprofit think thank

Names and addresses of principal's officers:

Claude Berreckman, President, 1604 B Street, Cozad, NE, 69103
Rosemary Ohles, President-elect, 2253 Stone Creek Loop N, Lincoln, NE 68512
Chris Rodgers, Treasurer, 1819 Farnam-LC 2, Omaha, NE 68183
Eric Reznicek, Secretary, 7911 Maplewood Drive, Lincoln, NE 68510

GIVE NAME and ADDRESS of any OFFICIAL in the Legislative or Executive Branch and of any members of any such official's staff or immediate family who is employed by you or by anyone acting on your behalf: {49-1480(8)}

I certify that all information presented in this form is accurate to the best of my knowledge.

Rebecca Firestone

Lobbyist Name

Dec 31, 2025

Date