What was lobbied
16 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Issues related to the role of technology in the 21st Century Cures initiative
Contacted: White House Office; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Postal Regulatory Commission; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Treasury, Dept of; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Copyright Office; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Reserve System; U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Issues related to cybersecurity, critical infrastructure protection, payments security, cloud security and authentication
Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); White House Office; U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Federal Reserve System; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Treasury, Dept of; Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); State, Dept of (DOS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Postal Regulatory Commission; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); U.S. Copyright Office; Natl Economic Council (NEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)
Issues related to IT system improvements and cloud computing
Contacted: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Treasury, Dept of; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); U.S. Copyright Office; Government Accountability Office (GAO); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); State, Dept of (DOS); Postal Regulatory Commission; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); SENATE; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Reserve System
Issues related to data flows, free trade agreements, including the Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership, and exports and foreign direct investment
Contacted: U.S. Copyright Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Treasury, Dept of; Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Federal Reserve System; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Postal Regulatory Commission; Government Accountability Office (GAO); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
Issues related to cybersecurity, cloud security, Federal IT transformation/cloud computing and big data
Contacted: Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Copyright Office; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Reserve System; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Treasury, Dept of; Postal Regulatory Commission; White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
Issues related to the IT provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2016 on IT systems improvements and cloud computing
Contacted: Postal Regulatory Commission; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of; Government Accountability Office (GAO); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Copyright Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; White House Office; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Federal Reserve System
Issues related to mobile payments and payment processing
Contacted: U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Postal Regulatory Commission; U.S. Copyright Office; State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Reserve System; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
Issues related to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), including issues related to the FAA Modernization and Reform Act (Public Law 112-95); Commercial UAS Modernization Act (S. 1314) and the FY16 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Bills (H.R. 2577 and S. Rept. 114-75)
Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Copyright Office; Government Accountability Office (GAO); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Treasury, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Reserve System; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Postal Regulatory Commission
Bills named:
S. 1314 (114th), H.R. 2577 (114th)
Issues related to high-skilled immigration
Contacted: Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Postal Regulatory Commission; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Federal Reserve System; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Copyright Office; White House Office
Issues related to surface transportation, including MAP-21 (Public Law 112-141) and freight transportation in the FY16 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriation Bills (H.R. 2577 and S. Rept. 114-75)
Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Copyright Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Government Accountability Office (GAO); White House Office; Postal Regulatory Commission; Natl Economic Council (NEC); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Treasury, Dept of; Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Federal Reserve System; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)
Bills named:
H.R. 2577 (114th)
Issues related to taxes, including corporate tax reform, renewable energy tax issues such as the MLP Parity Act (H.R. 2883/S. 1656), digital goods, and the collection of taxes on remote sales, including the Remote Transactions Parity Act of 2015 (H.R. 2775).
Contacted: Federal Reserve System; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); State, Dept of (DOS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Copyright Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Treasury, Dept of; Postal Regulatory Commission
Bills named:
S. 1656 (114th), H.R. 2883 (114th), H.R. 2775 (114th)
Issues related to broadband, device accessibility, online video, net neutrality, e-rate modernization, IP address policy, Internet governance, the IANA transition, and ICANN (including generic top-level domain names)
Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Reserve System; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Copyright Office; White House Office; U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Postal Regulatory Commission
Issues related to intellectual property, including online infringement, copyright reform, music licensing, artist resale royalty, patent reform, standard essential patents, the FTC study on Patent Assertion Entities, Copyright and Office modernization, and the Innovation Act (H.R. 9)
Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Government Accountability Office (GAO); SENATE; Federal Reserve System; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); U.S. Copyright Office; Postal Regulatory Commission; Treasury, Dept of; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Bills named:
H.R. 9 (114th)
Issues related to postal reform and postal rates, including international terminal dues.
Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Postal Regulatory Commission; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Copyright Office; State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Federal Reserve System; Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); SENATE; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Government Accountability Office (GAO); White House Office
Issues related to data protection, data retention, data breach notification, data security, cross border data flows, privacy, the US-EU Safe Harbor Agreement, the Electronic Privacy Communications Act, sale and marketing of dietary supplements and cloud computing (including: Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015, S. 177; Cyberthreat Sharing Act of 2015, S. 456; Cyber Information Sharing Act of 2015, S. 754; Cyber Privacy Fortification Act of 2015, H.R. 104; Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, H.R. 234; Protecting Cyber Networks Act, H.R. 1560; Personal Data Notification and Protection Act of 2015, H.R. 1704; and Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015, H.R. 1770); Student Digital Privacy Act (H.R. 2092); Data Security Act of 2015 (H.R. 2205); Consumer Privacy Protection Act of 2015 (S.1158)
Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; U.S. Copyright Office; Treasury, Dept of; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Government Accountability Office (GAO); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Postal Regulatory Commission; Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Federal Reserve System; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)
Bills named:
H.R. 2205 (114th), H.R. 1770 (114th), S. 177 (114th), S. 1158 (114th), H.R. 1704 (114th), H.R. 104 (114th), H.R. 234 (114th), H.R. 1560 (114th), S. 456 (114th), S. 754 (114th), H.R. 2092 (114th)
Issues related to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program
Contacted: SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Reserve System; U.S. Copyright Office; Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Postal Regulatory Commission; Government Accountability Office (GAO); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); State, Dept of (DOS); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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