1st Quarter - Report — RED HAT INC for RED HAT INC (2020)

Firm

RED HAT INC

Client

RED HAT INC

Income

—

Expenses

$80,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

E-commerce and cybersecurity provisions in trade deals

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MATT KRUPNICK	—

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); General Services Administration (GSA)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy; Promoting open-source innovation; Issues related to patent law; Implementation of Leahy-Smith America Invents Act of 2011 (H.R. 1249-112th); STRONGER Patents Act of 2019 (HR3666/S2082); issues related to Trademark law; issues related to Copyright law.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MATT KRUPNICK	—

Contacted: Natl Economic Council (NEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); General Services Administration (GSA); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)

Bills named: H.R. 3666 (116th), H.R. 1249 (116th)

Computer Industry CPI

Ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement; Promoting open-source innovation; Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (FY20 NDAA); Federal IT modernization implementation; Cybersecurity standards and practices in federal government, including issues related to government access to data and standards for effective encryption; issues related to privacy law; issues related to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 (Title V of the Telecommunications Act of 1996).

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MATT KRUPNICK	—

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; General Services Administration (GSA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Economic Council (NEC)

Defense DEF

Ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement; Issues relating to defense procurement; Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (FY20 NDAA).

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MATT KRUPNICK	—

Contacted: General Services Administration (GSA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Natl Economic Council (NEC); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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.