3rd Quarter - Report — SIIA for SOFTWARE & INFORMATION INDUSTRY ASSOCIA… (2021)

Firm

SIIA

Client

SOFTWARE & INFORMATION INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION

Income

—

Expenses

$178,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

7 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Budget/Appropriations BUD

education funding with respect to education technology, broadband, as well as increasing funding for k-12 and higher education.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
VICTORIA AKOSILE New	—
SARA KLOEK	—

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Copyright Office; Office of Technology Policy (OTP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of; U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)

Education EDU

Education funding with respect to education technology, student data privacy, broadband, as well as increasing funding for k-12 and higher education. Proposed student data privacy legislation and issues related to high-impact automated decisions.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
VICTORIA AKOSILE	—
PAUL LEKAS	—

Contacted: SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); U.S. Copyright Office; State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Technology Policy (OTP); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Education, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Support for the US Government response to the Schrems II decision so that cross-border data flows are not interrupted; digital trade policy regarding IP rights, including opposition to a copyright-inclusive version of a TRIPS waiver. Supply chain and semiconudctor supplies.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
PAUL LEKAS	—
CHRISTOPHER MOHR	—

Contacted: Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Office of Technology Policy (OTP); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Education, Dept of; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); U.S. Copyright Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Government Issues GOV

Shortening of HHS embargo period for scientific technical and medical journal articles.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER MOHR	—

Contacted: Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Copyright Office; State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Education, Dept of; Office of Technology Policy (OTP); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)

Computer Industry CPI

Privacy legislation including private rights of action, prohibited data practices and First Amendment-related issues with regard to regulating publicly available information. Amendments regarding the potential circumvention of technological protection measures. Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) implementation as well as student data privacy w/r/t draft legislation Patent subject matter eligibility and its application to computer software (no bill introduced); legislation regarding overruling the Finitiv rule at PTO. Artificial intelligence and algorithmic bias Online content moderation Competition legislation Replacing the privacy shield and preserving cross-border data flows in the wake of Schrems II

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
PAUL LEKAS New	—
CHRISTOPHER MOHR	—

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Education, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Copyright Office; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Office of Technology Policy (OTP)

Telecommunications TEC

No lobbying past quarter

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CARL SCHONANDER	—

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Copyright Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Education, Dept of; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Technology Policy (OTP); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Draft copyright legislation (never introduced) addressing intermediary liability, orphan works, copyright office modernization and registration, and circumvention of technological protection measures. Patent subject matter eligibility and its application to computer software (no bill introduced). Legislation overruling the Finitiv rule at PTO. Proposals to contract the HHS embargo period for scientific journal articles when the underlying research resulted from federal funding.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER MOHR	—

Contacted: Office of Technology Policy (OTP); SENATE; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Education, Dept of; U.S. Copyright Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.