What was lobbied
18 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Defense, Appropriations, Homeland Security and Intelligence: general issues. General issues regarding information technology procurement and IT modernization.
Contacted: Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); U.S. Secret Service; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Security Council (NSC); Library of Congress (LOC); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
General issues related to competition and consumer privacy.
Contacted: Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Secret Service; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Library of Congress (LOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Natl Security Council (NSC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
Procurement, security, standards and global competitiveness in IT software, hardware, services and online services. Roles of government agencies and industry in these issues. Issues related to telecommunications and network security. Issues related to information security.
Contacted: Natl Economic Council (NEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Secret Service; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Security Council (NSC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Library of Congress (LOC)
General isssues surrounding usage of technology in the financial services industry. H.R.10 Financial Choice Act of 2017; entire bill.
Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Security Council (NSC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Library of Congress (LOC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Secret Service
Bills named:
H.R. 10 (115th)
General issues related to procurement, defense information systems, and information security. H.R. 2810 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018; sections related to procurement.
Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Library of Congress (LOC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Secret Service; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Natl Security Council (NSC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Economic Council (NEC); SENATE
Bills named:
H.R. 2810 (115th)
Interoperability of health information and Health IT management; general issues. Issues related to Precision Medicine.
Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Secret Service; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Library of Congress (LOC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Natl Security Council (NSC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
General issues related to employing more veterans in technology industry. Issues related to VA electronic health records.
Contacted: Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Library of Congress (LOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Secret Service; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)
Security, standards and global competitiveness in IT software, hardware, services and online services; roles of government agencies and industry in these issues. Issues related to telecommunications and network security. General issues related to privacy of consumer data. General issues related to research and disclosure of vulnerabilities in software. H.R. 2520 The BROWSER Act; entire bill.
Contacted: Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Security Council (NSC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Secret Service; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Library of Congress (LOC)
Bills named:
H.R. 2520 (115th)
General issues related to deferral of foreign earnings and tax treatment of foreign earnings and software. General issues related to corporate tax reform.
Contacted: Natl Security Council (NSC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Natl Economic Council (NEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); U.S. Secret Service; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Library of Congress (LOC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
General issues regarding STEM and computer science.
Contacted: SENATE; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); U.S. Secret Service; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Security Council (NSC); Library of Congress (LOC)
Issues related to bilateral, plurilateral, and multilateral trade agreements, trade promotion authority, tariffs and other barriers to trade. Issues related to flows of electronic data across international borders and data and technology localization requirements in foreign market access, including in the context of trade agreements. General issues related to export controls on technology, technology transfer, and foreign investment in the U.S.
Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; U.S. Secret Service; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Library of Congress (LOC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Economic Council (NEC)
Issues related to telecommunications and network security. Issues related to consumer privacy. S.J.Res.34 - A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission relating to "Protecting the Privacy of Customers of Broadband and Other Telecommunications Services"; entire resolution.
Contacted: Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Security Council (NSC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Library of Congress (LOC); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Secret Service
Bills named:
S.J.Res. 34 (115th)
General issues pertaining to copyright, patent, and intellectual property rights. Intellectual property issues related to standardization. Issues pertaining to copyright policy at Library of Congress and the Copyright Office. Issues related to the management and structure of the U.S. Copyright Office. S. 2733 The Venue Act of 2016; entire bill. H.R. 1695 and S. 1010 Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act of 2017; entire bill. S.1390 Stronger Patents Act; entire bill.
Contacted: Natl Security Council (NSC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Library of Congress (LOC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Natl Economic Council (NEC); U.S. Secret Service
Bills named:
S. 2733 (115th), H.R. 1695 (115th), S. 1010 (115th), S. 1390 (115th)
General issues regarding government procurement policy. General issues related to IT procurement. General issues regarding cybersecurity in procurement policy and in policy governing use of IT by government agencies. General issues related to government software development. Issues related to IRS IT systems. S. 990 and H.R. 2227 Modernizing Government IT (MGT) Act; entire bill.
Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Secret Service; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Library of Congress (LOC); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Bills named:
H.R. 2227 (115th), S. 990 (115th)
Issues pertaining to immigrant and non-immigrant visas for skilled professionals. Issues surrounding executive action on high-skilled immigration policy and VISA bulletin. Issues related to lawful permanent residence.
Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Natl Security Council (NSC); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Library of Congress (LOC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Secret Service
General issues related to employment regulations and enforcement. Draft of FY 2018 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (LHHS) Appropriations Funding Bill; section regarding Dept. of Labor.
Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); U.S. Secret Service; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Library of Congress (LOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Executive Office of the President (EOP)
General issues related to procurement. Issues related to governments lawful access to data and communications
Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Secret Service; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Library of Congress (LOC); SENATE; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)
General issues related to the use of security and privacy technologies and their effect on law enforcements lawful access to data and communications. Issues related to governments lawful access to data and communications. General issues related to the statutory authority to prosecute cyber criminals.
Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Secret Service; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Library of Congress (LOC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Security Council (NSC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
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