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Government Issues GOV

General issues related to federal government financial statements and audits.

Contacted: Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Reserve System; SENATE; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); White House Office

Immigration IMM

General issues related to high-skilled visas and immigration.

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Federal Reserve System; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE

Banking BAN

General issues related to FinTech and crypto-assets. General issues related to corporate reporting laws and regulations.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Federal Reserve System; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE

Accounting ACC

General issues impacting the accounting and auditing profession, investor protection and corporate governance; General issues related to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (Pub. L. 107-204); Formation agent and related beneficial ownership issues, Corporate Transparency Act of 2019, H.R. 2513, ILLICIT CASH Act, S. 2563; Implementation of John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Pub. L. 115-222); National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, H.R. 2500 and S. 1790, General issues related to the independence of accounting standards setting.

Contacted: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Federal Reserve System; White House Office

Bills named: S. 2563 (116th), H.R. 2500 (116th), S. 1790 (116th), H.R. 2513 (116th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

General issues related to implementation of Sarbanes-Oxley Act (Pub. L. 107-204). PCAOB Enforcement Transparency Act of 2019, S. 1256 and related draft House bill; PCAOB Whistleblower Protection Act of 2019, H.R. 3625.

Contacted: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); White House Office; Federal Reserve System; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Bills named: S. 1256 (116th), H.R. 3625 (116th)

Economics/Economic Development ECN

General issues related to short and long term US economic health and activity.

Contacted: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); White House Office; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Reserve System; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Housing HOU

General issues related to housing finance reform

Contacted: White House Office; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Federal Reserve System; SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Torts TOR

General issues related to litigation and liability reform.

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); White House Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Reserve System; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Science/Technology SCI

General issues related to cybersecurity and cyber information sharing requirements; General issues related to data breach, data security and cybersecurity legislation. General issues related to privacy and the implementation of the EU General Data Privacy Regulation, the California Consumer Protection Act and the establishment of national consumer privacy law; General issues related to innovation, emerging technologies, and blockchain; General issues related to the disclosure of cyber risk management; General issues related to cloud infrastructure in the financial services sector.

Contacted: Federal Trade Commission (FTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Federal Reserve System; SENATE; White House Office; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)