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Harbinger Strategies, LLC

Harbinger Strategies connects Meta and Microsoft across both reviewed quarters. Budget and appropriations recur across the four filings, while defense, homeland security, and computer-industry categories give the shared technology-client network a fiscal and security focus.

Identity reviewed Sep 7, 2026 · Sources retrieved through Sep 4, 2026

Gov Influence analytical brief

Bottom-line assessment

Gov Influence assessmentModerate confidence

Harbinger Strategies, LLC’s reviewed filing pattern across 2 reviewed clients continued across both quarters, with Budget/Appropriations recurring.

BUD appears in 2 retained filings across Q1 and Q2; the firm’s profile contains 4 filings and 4 official issue codes.

Evidence and reasoning

Reasoning: The same approved registrant identity appears in canonical client filings in both quarters, and the same official issue code recurs across that span. Together those observations support a bounded assessment of a continuing disclosed filing pattern, while filing cadence and issue codes cannot establish priority, access, position, effectiveness, or policy impact.

Scope: 2026 Q1–Q2, within the reviewed Gov Influence collection for Harbinger Strategies, LLC.

Other plausible interpretation

  • Quarterly LDA reporting cadence and the breadth of the BUD category may account for part of the recurrence; this two-quarter selection does not establish a longer-term pattern or work beyond the retained filings.

Method: firm-profile-assessment-v1

Editorial review: Gov Influence editorial review; Sep 8, 2026

These findings measure activity in retained disclosures; they do not rate access, effectiveness, or policy impact.

Supporting analysis

Key findings

Calculated from recordsHigh confidence

Harbinger Strategies, LLC appears in 4 retained filings for 2 reviewed clients.

2 filings in 2026 Q1 and 2 filings in 2026 Q2; every client link resolves to its supporting canonical filings.

Evidence and reasoning

Reasoning: The calculation groups retained records by the approved LDA registrant ID, then counts distinct organization identities only after each client name passes that organization’s exact-name rule. It measures filing and client coverage in this collection, not total business, access, or influence.

Scope: 2026 Q1–Q2, within the reviewed Gov Influence collection for Harbinger Strategies, LLC.

Method: firm-client-coverage-v1

Editorial review: Gov Influence editorial review; Sep 8, 2026

Calculated from recordsHigh confidence

Comparable outside-firm income was unchanged between Q1 and Q2.

2026 Q1 totals $120,000 and 2026 Q2 totals $120,000 from additive reported fields.

Evidence and reasoning

Reasoning: The calculation adds only reported and reported-zero outside-firm income fields within each quarter. Below-threshold, unreported, and absent values remain non-additive rather than becoming zero, and firm income is never combined with organization-reported expenses or interpreted as profit, access, effectiveness, or influence.

Scope: 2026 Q1–Q2, within the reviewed Gov Influence collection for Harbinger Strategies, LLC.

Method: firm-income-comparison-v1

Editorial review: Gov Influence editorial review; Sep 8, 2026

Calculated from recordsHigh confidence

Harbinger Strategies, LLC’s retained filings contain 4 official issue codes.

BUD (Budget/Appropriations) appears in 2 filings across both quarters, the strongest recurring code pattern selected by filing frequency and deterministic code-order tie breaking.

Evidence and reasoning

Reasoning: Each official code is counted once per retained filing, while different codes may overlap. The result identifies breadth and recurrence in the source categories; broad LDA codes do not show a client’s position, the amount of work, importance, success, or influence.

Scope: 2026 Q1–Q2, within the reviewed Gov Influence collection for Harbinger Strategies, LLC.

Method: firm-issue-breadth-v1

Editorial review: Gov Influence editorial review; Sep 8, 2026

Focused starting collection

Why this is in the initial collection

Harbinger was selected as a cross-client firm whose common budget thread sits beside different security and technology subjects. The profile supports comparison between Meta and Microsoft without implying that the clients coordinated or took the same position.

What this edition covers: This profile brings together 4 retained 2026-Q1 through 2026-Q2 filings for Meta and Microsoft, with issue codes, amount states, and source wording preserved.

Questions this page helps answer

  • What common budget and security themes connect Harbinger's two clients?

Reviewed clients

Each relationship below comes from retained LDA filings that identify this firm's reviewed registrant ID and the client name admitted by that organization's exact-name rule.

Identified filing relationship

Meta

Filing basis: 2 retained canonical LDA filings identify registrant ID 401103523 and a client name admitted by Meta's reviewed exact-name rule.

This relationship does not establish a policy outcome or the nature of work beyond the filing text.

Inspect the 2 supporting filings

Identified filing relationship

Microsoft

Filing basis: 2 retained canonical LDA filings identify registrant ID 401103523 and a client name admitted by Microsoft's reviewed exact-name rule.

This relationship does not establish a policy outcome or the nature of work beyond the filing text.

Inspect the 2 supporting filings

Issue activity

Official issue codes are broad. Plain-language themes appear only where an existing reviewed code mapping applies.

Official issue-code frequency in 2026-Q1 through 2026-Q2
Official code and labelReviewed themeFilingsActivity entries
BUD — Budget/AppropriationsTaxes and Government Spending22
CPI — Computer IndustryArtificial Intelligence, Technology and Data Privacy22
DEF — DefenseDefense and Aerospace Policy22
HOM — Homeland SecurityNo reviewed plain-language mapping22

Reported income by quarter

These amounts are income reported by the firm for represented clients. They are not client in-house expenses, profit, political access, or influence.

Accessible income detail for 2026-Q1 through 2026-Q2
ClientQuarterAmount reported by firmStatus
Meta2026 Q1$60,000reported
Microsoft2026 Q1$60,000reported
Meta2026 Q2$60,000reported
Microsoft2026 Q2$60,000reported

The comparable numeric total is $240,000. Every retained income field in this profile is additive.

Filing timeline

This chronology shows retained quarterly filings, not every registration, contact, or amendment version.

  1. Meta · 1st Quarter - Report

    2 reported issue entries; $60,000.

  2. Microsoft · 1st Quarter - Report

    2 reported issue entries; $60,000.

  3. Meta · 2nd Quarter - Report

    2 reported issue entries; $60,000.

  4. Microsoft · 2nd Quarter - Report

    2 reported issue entries; $60,000.

Detailed filings and source descriptions

Open each record to read the official source wording retained in the collection.

2026 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · Meta · 2 issue entries
Client name as filed
META PLATFORMS, INC.
Registrant name as filed
HARBINGER STRATEGIES, LLC
Amount reported by firm
$60,000

HOM — Homeland Security

Issues relating to security data legislation; Discussion regarding cyber security, data security, encryption, and platform integrity. Content policy.

Government entities listed: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

CPI — Computer Industry

Issues and discussion related to online advertising, content and platform transparency efforts.

Government entities listed: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

2026 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · Microsoft · 2 issue entries
Client name as filed
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
Registrant name as filed
HARBINGER STRATEGIES, LLC
Amount reported by firm
$60,000

DEF — Defense

The FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act (No Bill Number): issues related to the development of artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and general issues related to the technology industry.

Government entities listed: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

BUD — Budget/Appropriations

Issues and funding related to Defense policy, Army modernization, and general issues related to the technology industry.

Government entities listed: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

2026 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) · Meta · 2 issue entries
Client name as filed
META PLATFORMS, INC.
Registrant name as filed
HARBINGER STRATEGIES, LLC
Amount reported by firm
$60,000

HOM — Homeland Security

Issues relating to security data legislation; Discussion regarding cyber security, data security, encryption, and platform integrity. Content policy.

Government entities listed: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

CPI — Computer Industry

Issues and discussion related to online advertising, content and platform transparency efforts.

Government entities listed: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

2026 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) · Microsoft · 2 issue entries
Client name as filed
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
Registrant name as filed
HARBINGER STRATEGIES, LLC
Amount reported by firm
$60,000

DEF — Defense

The FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R.8800/S.4784): issues related to the development of artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and general issues related to the technology industry.

Government entities listed: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

BUD — Budget/Appropriations

Issues and funding related to Defense policy, Army modernization, and general issues related to the technology industry.

Government entities listed: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

These links are shown because the reviewed filings identify a client or use an official code mapped to a reviewed issue. They do not imply coordination or policy impact.

Method and identity review

How this profile was prepared

Review aliases, identifier basis, dates, and calculation boundaries
Reviewed display name
Harbinger Strategies, LLC
Name shown in filings
HARBINGER STRATEGIES, LLC
Official registrant ID
401103523
Identity review
A stable LDA registrant ID, one exact reviewed source name, and an outside-income filing basis support publication without merging names.
Reviewed period
2026-Q1 through 2026-Q2
Review date
Sep 7, 2026

Only selected canonical filing versions are used after the organization exact-name and amendment rules. Income is grouped by client and reported quarter. Numeric totals exclude below-threshold, unreported, and absent values instead of treating them as zero.