What was lobbied
17 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Issues related to data flows, free trade agreements, including the Trans-Pacific Partnershp, Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership, and exports and foreign direct investment
Contacted: Federal Reserve System; State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Government Accountability Office (GAO); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE; Small Business Administration (SBA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); U.S. Copyright Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Treasury, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Postal Regulatory Commission; Natl Economic Council (NEC); White House Office; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
Issues related to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program
Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); White House Office; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Treasury, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Copyright Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Reserve System; Small Business Administration (SBA); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Postal Regulatory Commission; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)
Issues related to mobile payments and payment processing
Contacted: Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); White House Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Reserve System; Treasury, Dept of; Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Copyright Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Postal Regulatory Commission; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Issues related to cybersecurity, critical infrastructure protection, payments security, cloud security and authentication
Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Small Business Administration (SBA); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Reserve System; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Postal Regulatory Commission; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Copyright Office
Issues related to high-skilled immigration
Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Federal Reserve System; U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); White House Office; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Postal Regulatory Commission; SENATE; Small Business Administration (SBA); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Treasury, Dept of; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Copyright Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
Issues related to cybersecurity, cloud security, Federal IT transformation/cloud computing and big data
Contacted: Small Business Administration (SBA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Reserve System; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Postal Regulatory Commission; SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); U.S. Copyright Office; Government Accountability Office (GAO); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)
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). S.632 Patent Act
Contacted: U.S. Copyright Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Small Business Administration (SBA); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); White House Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Postal Regulatory Commission; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Government Accountability Office (GAO); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Reserve System; SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
Bills named:
S. 632 (114th), H.R. 9 (114th)
Issues related to postal reform and postal rates, including international terminal dues
Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Postal Regulatory Commission; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Treasury, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); White House Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Reserve System; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Copyright Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Small Business Administration (SBA); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
Issues related to the Small Business Administration, House SBA and Senate SBA
Contacted: Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Natl Economic Council (NEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Copyright Office; SENATE; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Reserve System; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); White House Office; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Postal Regulatory Commission; Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Small Business Administration (SBA); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Issues related to the IT provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2016 on IT systems improvements and cloud computing
Contacted: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); U.S. Copyright Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Reserve System; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Postal Regulatory Commission; State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Small Business Administration (SBA)
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: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Federal Reserve System; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Small Business Administration (SBA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); U.S. Copyright Office; State, Dept of (DOS); Postal Regulatory Commission; Government Accountability Office (GAO)
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), tax extender legislation, digital goods, and the collection of taxes on remote sales, including the Remote Transactions Parity Act of 2015 (H.R. 2775)
Contacted: Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Treasury, Dept of; Small Business Administration (SBA); SENATE; U.S. Copyright Office; Postal Regulatory Commission; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Federal Reserve System; Natl Economic Council (NEC); White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Bills named:
H.R. 2775 (114th), S. 1656 (114th), H.R. 2883 (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: State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Copyright Office; U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Reserve System; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Postal Regulatory Commission; White House Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
Issues related to data protection, data retention, data breach notification, data security, cross border data flows, privacy, drone 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: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Postal Regulatory Commission; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); White House Office; Natl Economic Council (NEC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); U.S. Copyright Office; State, Dept of (DOS); Small Business Administration (SBA); Federal Reserve System; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of
Bills named:
S. 177 (114th), H.R. 104 (114th), H.R. 1704 (114th), H.R. 1770 (114th), H.R. 234 (114th), H.R. 1560 (114th), S. 1158 (114th), S. 456 (114th), H.R. 2205 (114th), H.R. 2092 (114th), S. 754 (114th)
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); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Postal Regulatory Commission; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Small Business Administration (SBA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Federal Reserve System; U.S. Copyright Office; Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); White House Office; Natl Economic Council (NEC)
Bills named:
H.R. 2577 (114th), S. 1314 (114th)
Issues related to IT system improvements and cloud computing
Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Copyright Office; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Treasury, Dept of; Small Business Administration (SBA); White House Office; U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Postal Regulatory Commission; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Reserve System; Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)
Issues related to the role of technology in the 21st Century Cures initiative
Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Reserve System; U.S. Copyright Office; U.S. Postal Service (USPS); State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Treasury, Dept of; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Postal Regulatory Commission; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); White House Office; Small Business Administration (SBA); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
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