What was lobbied
15 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Issues related to mobile payments and payment processing
Contacted: SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Federal Reserve System; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); State, Dept of (DOS); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Issues related to IT system improvements and cloud computing
Contacted: Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); State, Dept of (DOS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Federal Reserve System; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); U.S. Postal Service (USPS)
Issues related to cybersecurity, critical infrastructure protection, payments security, cloud security and authentication
Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Treasury, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Reserve System; SENATE; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Issues related to online wine sales
Contacted: SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Reserve System; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Postal Service (USPS)
Issues related to high-skilled immigration (Border Security Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013, S. 744; SKILLS Act (Supplying Knowledge Based Immigrants and Lifting Levels of STEM Visas Act), H.R. 2131)
Contacted: U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Reserve System; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Bills named:
H.R. 2131 (113th), S. 744 (113th)
Issues related to cyber-security, cloud security, Federal IT transformation/cloud computing and big data (Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act, H.R. 1232/Federal Information Security Modernization Act, S. 2521)
Contacted: U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Federal Reserve System; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)
Bills named:
S. 2521 (113th), H.R. 1232 (113th)
Issues related to international data flows, free trade agreements, including the Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership, and exports and foreign direct investment
Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); SENATE; U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Reserve System; Treasury, Dept of; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)
Issues related to the IT provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2015 (H.R. 4435), on IT systems improvements, cloud computing, and the President's FY15 budget request
Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); State, Dept of (DOS); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Reserve System; SENATE
Bills named:
H.R. 4435 (113th)
Issues related to taxes, including: corporate tax reform, the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2013, H.R. 3086, the Internet Tax Freedom Forever Act, S. 1431, digital goods and the collection of taxes on remote sales (the Marketplace Fairness Act, S. 336, S. 743, and H.R. 684; the Marketplace and Internet Tax Fairness Act (MITFA), S. 2609).
Contacted: Federal Reserve System; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); SENATE
Bills named:
H.R. 3086 (113th), S. 743 (113th), S. 2609 (113th), S. 336 (113th), S. 1431 (113th), H.R. 684 (113th)
Issues related to broadband, device accessibility, online video, net neutrality, e-rate modernization, IP address policy, Internet governance, the IANA transition, ICANN (including generic top-level domain names), Satellite Television Access & Viewer Rights Act (S. 2799)
Contacted: Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Federal Reserve System; SENATE; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Treasury, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Bills named:
S. 2799 (113th)
Issues related to intellectual property, including online infringement, copyright reform, music licensing, artist resale royalty (including the American Royalties Too Act, H.R. 4103), patent reform (including: Patent Litigation Integrity Act of 2013, S. 1612; Patent Transparency and Improvements Act of 2013, S. 1720; Innovation Act, H.R. 3309; Patent Abuse Reduction Act of 2013, S. 1013), standard essential patents, and the FTC study on Patent Assertion Entities
Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Reserve System; Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; U.S. Postal Service (USPS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)
Bills named:
H.R. 3309 (113th), S. 1612 (113th), H.R. 4103 (113th), S. 1720 (113th), S. 1013 (113th)
Issues related to postal reform
Contacted: Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Reserve System; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Issues related to data protection, data retention, data breach notification and data security (including: Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2014, H.R. 3990; Data Accountability and Trust Act, H.R. 4400; Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2013, S. 1193; Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2014, S. 1897; Data Security Act of 2014, S. 1927; Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2014, S. 1976; Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act of 2014, S. 1995), cross border data flows, privacy (including the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act), the US-EU Safe Harbor Agreement, the Electronic Privacy Communications Act (The Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013, S. 607), and cloud computing
Contacted: Federal Reserve System; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE
Bills named:
S. 1897 (113th), H.R. 3990 (113th), S. 607 (113th), S. 1995 (113th), H.R. 4400 (113th), S. 1193 (113th), S. 1927 (113th), S. 1976 (113th)
Issues related to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), including issues related to the FAA Modernization and Reform Act (Public Law 112-95)
Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Federal Reserve System; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Treasury, Dept of
Issues related to the role of technology in the 21st Century Cures initiative
Contacted: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Federal Reserve System; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
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