MONUMENT ADVOCACY for MICROSOFT CORP

Foreign Relations FOR

Issues relating to technology use in other countries

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Energy efficency

Contacted: Natl Economic Council (NEC); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Security Council (NSC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Telecommunications TEC

Issues related to broadband funding; issues relating to white spaces; spectrum.

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Security Council (NSC)

Health Issues HCR

Health IT and issues related to proprietary software

Contacted: Natl Security Council (NSC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); SENATE; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Immigration IMM

Immigration reform; visa policy; immigration services; Startup Visa Act; green cards; STEM related issues; high skilled immigration; H1-B and L visas; the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act (S. 744); the Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act (H.R. 2278); the Supplying Knowledge-based Immigrants and Lifting Levels of STEM Visas Act (H.R.2131)

Contacted: Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Security Council (NSC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Bills named: S. 744 (113th), H.R. 2278 (113th), H.R. 2131 (113th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Internet competition; internet advertising; antitrust; STEM; high-skilled immigration; the Immigration Innovation I-Squared Act, S. 169.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); SENATE; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Bills named: S. 169 (113th)

Computer Industry CPI

Internet competition; internet advertising; internet privacy; antitrust, cybersecurity, open source; critical infrastructure protection; supply chain; mobile applications; Do Not Track; online children's privacy

Contacted: Natl Security Council (NSC); U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Homeland Security HOM

cyber security and information sharing.

Contacted: Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Security Council (NSC); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); Natl Economic Council (NEC)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Intellectual property protection, including the impact of IP theft on competition; general market access issues; trade promotion authority.

Contacted: Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Security Council (NSC)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Issues related to international tax and deferral; HR 5771, the Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014; HR 1, The Tax Reform Act of 2014

Contacted: Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Natl Security Council (NSC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 1 (113th), H.R. 5771 (113th)

Intelligence INT

NSA surveillance issues; FISA reform; USA Freedom Act, H.R.3361, S, 1599; FISA Accountability and Private Protection Act, S. 1215; Surveillance Transparency Act, S. 1452; Surveillance Order Reporting Act, H.R.3035; FISA Court Reform Act, S. 1467; Ending Secret Law Act, H.R. 2475, S. 1130; Government Surveillance Transparency Act, H.R.2736

Contacted: Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Security Council (NSC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 2475 (113th), H.R. 2736 (113th), S. 1130 (113th), S. 1467 (113th), S. 1452 (113th), H.R. 3361 (113th), H.R. 3035 (113th), S. 1215 (113th)

Science/Technology SCI

Internet competition; internet privacy; antitrust; cyber security research and development; STEM education.

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Natl Economic Council (NEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Security Council (NSC)

Advertising ADV

Internet competition; internet advertising; internet privacy; antitrust; mobile applications; Do Not Track; online children's privacy.

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Security Council (NSC); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

Internet competition; internet advertising; internet privacy; antitrust; Do Not Track; mobile applications; online children's privacy

Contacted: Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); Natl Security Council (NSC); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); SENATE