4th Quarter - Report — SIIA for SOFTWARE & INFORMATION INDUSTRY ASSOCIA… (2021)

A later version of this report replaces this one, so LegiList's totals use the current version instead. This page shows this version exactly as filed.

Firm

SIIA

Client

SOFTWARE & INFORMATION INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION

Income

—

Expenses

$214,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

Versions of this report

Every filing the register holds for this firm, client and period, oldest first. The most recent one is the version LegiList counts.

Filing	Filed	Amount	Counted
4th Quarter - Report (this page)	Jan 20, 2022	$214,000	Replaced
4th Quarter - Amendment	Jan 26, 2022	$214,000	Yes

What was lobbied

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

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Education funding with respect to education technology, student data privacy, broadband, as well as increasing funding for k-12 and higher education. Proposed student data privacy legislation and issues related to high-impact automated decisions.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
VICTORIA AKOSILE New	—
SARA KLOEK	—

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Education, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); SENATE

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Draft copyright legislation (never introduced) addressing intermediary liability, orphan works, copyright office modernization and registration, and circumvention of technological protection measures. Patent subject matter eligibility and its application to computer software (no bill introduced). Legislation overruling the Finitiv rule at PTO.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER MOHR	—

Contacted: Education, Dept of; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Government Issues GOV

Shortening of HHS embargo period for scientific technical and medical journal articles.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER MOHR	—

Contacted: Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Education, Dept of; SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Computer Industry CPI

Privacy legislation including private rights of action, prohibited data practices and First Amendment-related issues with regard to regulating publicly available information. Amendments regarding the potential circumvention of technological protection measures. Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) implementation as well as student data privacy w/r/t draft legislation Patent subject matter eligibility and its application to computer software (no bill introduced); legislation regarding overruling the Finitiv rule at PTO. Artificial intelligence and algorithmic bias Online content moderation Competition legislation Replacing the privacy shield and preserving cross-border data flows in the wake of Schrems II

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
PAUL LEKAS New	—
CHRISTOPHER MOHR	—
DIVYA SRIDHAR	—

Contacted: SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Education, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Education EDU

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
VICTORIA AKOSILE	—
PAUL LEKAS	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)

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.