4th Quarter - Report

MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC. for CLOUDFLARE

Firm
Client
Income
$40,000
Expenses
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What was lobbied

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

Computer Industry CPI

Cyber-security; Internet industry growth and network management. Encryption to protect consumers and online privacy. The role of Internet intermediaries in addressing hate speech and similar content online; Section 230 reform. Competition policy and cloud services. Privacy legislation and regulation; DNS over HTTPS IP protection & web security/consumer privacy S. 3398 EARN IT Act of 2020 S. 4066, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: S. 3398 (116th), S. 4066 (116th)

Homeland Security HOM

Cyber-security; Information sharing; Encryption policy; Protecting networks form DDoS attacks; IoT policy; privacy legislation and regulation.

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Economic Council (NEC); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Changes to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Cross-border data flows; platform liability and copyright protection; law enforcement access.

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Intelligence INT

Global internet freedom of speech. Internet Governance. Privacy legislation and regulation.

Contacted: Natl Economic Council (NEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE

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.