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Unemployment UNM

Matters relating to the use of data analytics to detect unemployment fraud

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Matters relating to HR 5952, the FY 2019 Department of Agriculture Appropriations Act relating to the use of analytics to improve program integrity and efficiency; HR 6258, the FY 2019 Financial Services Appropriations Act relating to streamlining data sources for the improper payments program; and HR 6072, the FY 2019 Transportation - HUD Appropriations Act relating to improving data sharing

Contacted: SENATE; Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Labor, Dept of (DOL); White House Office; Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)

Bills named: H.R. 6258 (115th), H.R. 6072 (115th), H.R. 5952 (115th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Matters relating to removing restrictions on outbound investments by US companies under the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017

Contacted: White House Office; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Alcohol and Drug Abuse ALC

Matters relating to HR 6, the Substance Use Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment Act (SUPPORT)for Patients and Communities Act (Titles VII and VIII, S. 2680,Section 303,the Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018, S 2902, the Better Data Sharing Act to Combat the Opioid Crisis Act, and S___, the DEA Order Clearinghouse Act, relating to the use of analytics to help combat opioid addiction; matters relating to the use of analytics to improve public dashboards relating to the opioid crisis; matters relating to the use of analytics to better track and monitor drug manufacture and distribution and to align public services to help treat addiction and abuse.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); White House Office; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); SENATE; Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP)

Bills named: H.R. 6 (115th), S. 2680 (115th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Matters relating to maintaining provisions of the AIA; matters relating to the need for strong copyright protection for software; matters relating to revising 28 USC 1782 to provide for protection of trade secrets

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Matters relating to improving the IRS' fraud detection capabilities' issues relating to modernizing IRS information technology, particularly relating to enabling the IRS to meet the new 2018 filing requirements necessitated by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act; matters relating to correcting drafting problems of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act relating to international taxation of passthrough entitites.

Contacted: Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Government Issues GOV

Matters relating to developing general awareness about advanced analytics including artificial intelligence; matters relating to the role advanced analytics and AI can play in improving government and the delivery of government services (including in the intelligence community); matters relating to HR 2, the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 relating to the use of analytics to strengthen nutrition and the EBT Gateway programs.

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); White House Office; Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Bills named: H.R. 2 (115th)

Computer Industry CPI

Issues relating to requirements for notification by third parties after data breach; matters relating to the benefits of artificial intelligence

Contacted: Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); White House Office; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Matters relating to HR. 5895, the FY 2019 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Act, relating to providing report language to direct the Department of Energy to take necessary steps to have the department removed from the GAO High Risk list for fraud, waste and abuse relating to its maintenance and operating contracts.

Contacted: SENATE; Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); White House Office; Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Bills named: H.R. 5895 (115th)

Welfare WEL

Matters relating to S. 3039, the Using Data to Help Protect Children and Families Act, relating to the use of integrated data and analytics to improve family services.

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); White House Office; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Bills named: S. 3039 (115th)