3rd Quarter - Report

BUSINESS SOFTWARE ALLIANCE for BUSINESS SOFTWARE ALLIANCE

Period 3rd Quarter 2013 Filed Oct 18, 2013 Signed by Matthew Reid, Senior Vice President External Affairs

Official filing
Firm
BUSINESS SOFTWARE ALLIANCE
Client
BUSINESS SOFTWARE ALLIANCE
Income
—
Expenses
$240,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Homeland Security HOM

S. 1034 National Defense Authorization Act Fiscal Year 2014 (Parts of bill related to Cybersecurity)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY A MOLINO —

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; General Services Administration (GSA)

Bills named: S. 1034 (113th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Lobbied on issues pertaining to patents including, but not limited to, provisions relating to software patentability, PTO procedures and China's patent system.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DAVID J OHRENSTEIN —

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); SENATE; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); General Services Administration (GSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Computer Industry CPI

H.R. 1852 Email Privacy Act (entire bill).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER HOPFENSPERGER —

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); General Services Administration (GSA); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: H.R. 1852 (113th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Lobbied on issues pertaining to US-Republic of Korea bilateral negotiations, including but not limited to provisions related to cloud computing, market access for software products and services, and privacy.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER HOPFENSPERGER —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; General Services Administration (GSA); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)

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.