2nd Quarter - Report

MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC. for CLOUDFLARE

Firm
Client
Income
$40,000
Expenses
—

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 HTTPSIP protection & web security/consumer privacy

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LAUREN ARONSON —
MCKENZIE BRICE —
DAVID CASTAGNETTI —
STEPHEN M. COTE New Staff Dir/Shrd Emp(House Fin Srvs/McHenry), Staff Dir, Dpt. Staff Dir, Sr. Pro Staff, Asst to L. Diaz Balart (House Rules), Pol Coord Maj (House Homeland), Assoc Dir, Dpty Assoc. Dir (OMB), CoS-DC, LD, LA (L Diaz Balart), LA, Staff Asst (Sen C. Mack)
NICHOLE DISTEFANO —
SAGE EASTMAN —
ELISE FINLEY PICKERING —
VICTORIA D FLOOD New Sr. Policy Advisor and LA (Sen. Capito); Staff Assist. (Cong. Capito)
ROSEMARY GUTIERREZ New DEP COS, LEG DIR, Senator Cantwell; Prof staff, US Small Business Comm; Foreign Affairs Leg. Asst., Sen. Harkin
STEVE HARO —
CONSTANTINE HINGSON —
BRUCE MEHLMAN —
ALEXANDER PERKINS New Counsel, (Senator Ron Wyden), Trade Counsel (Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade)
MICHAEL ROBINSON —
DEAN ROSEN —
DAVID R THOMAS —
PAUL THORNELL —
HELEN TOLAR —

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

Homeland Security HOM

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

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

Intelligence INT

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

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); 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. Proposal to require verified identification of global cloud services customers.

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

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Changes to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

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