1st Quarter - Report

THE INTERNET ASSOCIATION for THE INTERNET ASSOCIATION

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$690,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

Issues related to privacy, data security, email privacy; Markey/Hasley children's online privacy bill (updates to Children's Online Privacy Protection Act); Social Media and Consumer Rights Act; CAMRA Act (Children and Media Research Advancement Act); S. 583 DATA Privacy Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL BLOOM —
MELIKA D. CARROLL —
AMY MURPHY —

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

Bills named: S. 583 (116th)

Immigration IMM

Issues related to immigration, including deferred action for childhood arrivals and high-skilled visa reform.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL BLOOM —
MELIKA D. CARROLL —

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

Computer Industry CPI

Issues related to IT modernization and federal government use of cloud, FY 2019 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Bill.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL BLOOM —
MELIKA D. CARROLL —
AMY MURPHY —

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

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW

Issues related to intermediary liability and platform/content moderation.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL BLOOM —
MELIKA D. CARROLL —
MICHAEL LEMON —
AMY MURPHY —

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

Intelligence INT

Issues related to surveillance.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL BLOOM —
MELIKA D. CARROLL —
MICHAEL LEMON —
AMY MURPHY —

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

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

CASE Act, Register of Copyrights (S. 1010)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL BLOOM —
MELIKA D. CARROLL —
MICHAEL LEMON —
AMY MURPHY —

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

Bills named: S. 1010 (116th)

Economics/Economic Development ECN

Issues related to the sharing economy.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL BLOOM —
MELIKA D. CARROLL —

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Promotion of digital trade/IL/fair use, cross-border data flows, USMCA (United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL BLOOM —
MELIKA D. CARROLL —
JORDAN HAAS —
AMY MURPHY —

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

Telecommunications TEC

Issues related to Net Neutrality; Broadband Deployment & the Telecom Act of 1996; Net Neutrality: HR 1644.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL BLOOM —
MELIKA D. CARROLL —
MICHAEL LEMON —
AMY MURPHY —

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

Bills named: H.R. 1644 (116th)

Government Issues GOV

Issues related to political ad disclosure requirements; Honest Ads Act S. 1989.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL BLOOM —
MELIKA D. CARROLL —
MICHAEL LEMON —

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

Bills named: S. 1989 (116th)

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.