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Defense DEF

DISA Data Centers, NGEN Program, JLENS. H.R. 1960/S.1034 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA): Language related to the Distributed Common Ground System-Army (DCGS-A); Data Centers and Analytics; Cybersecurity and Software Assurance Provisions. INT Cloud, Intelligence Community

Contacted: Natl Security Council (NSC); Library of Congress (LOC); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Treasury, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); White House Office; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Army, Dept of (Other); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Energy, Dept of; Defense Information Systems Agency; Justice, Dept of (DOJ)

Bills named: H.R. 1960 (113th), S. 1034 (113th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform: H.R. 634/S.888 Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2013 (Exempt End-Users from Margin); H.R. 677 Inter-Affiliate Clarification Act (Exempt End-Users from Inter-Company Affiliate Swaps).

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Army, Dept of (Other); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Library of Congress (LOC); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Energy, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Security Council (NSC); Treasury, Dept of; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; Defense Information Systems Agency; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 634 (113th), S. 888 (113th), H.R. 677 (113th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

China Patent Regulations and Amendments. Patent Litigation Reform: Goodlatte Patent Discussion Draft; H.R. 845 Saving High-Tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes (SHIELD) Act of 2013; S.1013 Patent Abuse Reduction Act of 2013; H.R.2024 End Anonymous Patents Act; Administration High-Tech Patent Recommendations; Patent Ownership Transparency; Software Patentability. Copyright: Data Analytics; First Sale Doctrine and Software Licensing.

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Energy, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office; Defense Information Systems Agency; Natl Economic Council (NEC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Library of Congress (LOC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Treasury, Dept of; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Natl Security Council (NSC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Army, Dept of (Other); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 2024 (113th), H.R. 845 (113th), S. 1013 (113th)

Computer Industry CPI

Cybersecurity-Implications for International Trade: Section 516 of PL 113-6 Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act for FY13; S. 884 Deter Cyber Theft Act; HR 1960 FY14 NDAA (DeSantis Amendment). Cloud Computing. Re-authorization of the 2004 High Performance Computing Act: HR 6454 "To amend the Department of Energy High-End Computing Revitalization Act of 2004 to improve the high-end computing research and development program of the Department of Energy";S.733 Exascale Computing for Science, Competitiveness, Advanced Manufacturing, Leadership, and the Economy Act. Clinical Decision Support Software and Mobile Medical Devices. Cybersecurity: S. 21 Cybersecurity and American Cyber Competiveness Act of 2013; H.R. 624 Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) of 2013; H.R. 1163 Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2013; H.R. 756 Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2013; House Judiciary Cybercrime bill discussion draft; Draft of National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2013; H.R. 2881/S.1111 Cyber Economic Espionage Accountability Act. FY 2014 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations: Acquisition of ICT products from entities "owned, directed or subsidized" by China.

Contacted: Army, Dept of (Other); White House Office; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Security Council (NSC); SENATE; Library of Congress (LOC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Defense Information Systems Agency; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Treasury, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 6454 (113th), H.R. 1163 (113th), H.R. 1960 (113th), S. 1111 (113th), S. 733 (113th), H.R. 624 (113th), S. 21 (113th), S. 884 (113th), H.R. 2881 (113th), H.R. 756 (113th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Trade Agreements: Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP); Trade in Services Agreement (TISA); WTO Information Technology Agreement (ITA); Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP); Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) with Nigeria. Bilateral Trade Issues and Policy: China, Brazil, Indonesia, India, Vietnam. Export/Import Regulation: Radiation Hardened Integrated Circuits; Regulation of High Performance Computers. Disability Policy: UN Treaty for People with Disabilities Act.India's Preferential Market Access Policy. Trade in Used Electronics.

Contacted: Intl Trade Administration (ITA); White House Office; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Library of Congress (LOC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Army, Dept of (Other); Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Security Council (NSC); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Treasury, Dept of; Defense Information Systems Agency; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

U.S. International Tax including Deferral, Foreign Tax Credits: S.250 Corporate Tax Dodging Prevention Act; H.R. 694 The Corporate Tax and Fairness Act. U.S. Corporate Tax Reform: S.268 Cutting Unjustified Tax (CUT) Loopholes Act. Bilateral Income Tax Treaties: U.S.-Spain Income Tax Treaty; US-India Income tax treaty. OECD Guidelines and U.S. Treasury Comments on Taxation. Employee-Related Tax Reform: H.R. 1129 Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act.

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Security Council (NSC); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Army, Dept of (Other); Library of Congress (LOC); State, Dept of (DOS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Economic Council (NEC); SENATE; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Treasury, Dept of; Energy, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Defense Information Systems Agency; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); White House Office

Bills named: H.R. 694 (113th), S. 268 (113th), S. 250 (113th), H.R. 1129 (113th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Basic Research Funding for Dept. of Energy, Office of Science - High Performance Computing. Trusted Foundry. Department of Defense: FY2014 DoD Appropriations - Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS-A), SOCOM R&D, Air Force IT. Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Program Integrity Funds; Social Security Administration - Program Integrity, SSA & SSI Disability Claims Processing. H.R. 8 American Tax Payer Relief Act, Issues Relating to Sequestration.Perkins Appropriations, and High School Redesign and other Career and Technical Education Training.

Contacted: Army, Dept of (Other); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Security Council (NSC); Library of Congress (LOC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Energy, Dept of; White House Office; Natl Economic Council (NEC); SENATE; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); State, Dept of (DOS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of; Defense Information Systems Agency

Bills named: H.R. 8 (113th)

Education EDU

Reauthorization of Perkins CTE Act, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Workforce Investment Act and other career and technical training and education programs.

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Economic Council (NEC); State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office; Library of Congress (LOC); Natl Security Council (NSC); SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Army, Dept of (Other); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Defense Information Systems Agency; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Treasury, Dept of

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Immigration Reform: S. 169 Comprehensive Immigration Innovation Act of 2013; House High-Skilled Immigration Reform; S.744 Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act; H.R. 2131 - SKILLS Visa Act. OFCCP Rulemaking on People with Disabilities (PwD) Employment. NIOSH Health Study. Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform: Pay Ratio Repeal, H.R. 1135 Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act. Retirement: Maintaining Tax Benefits for Defined Benefit Plans and No Change inPBGC Premium Levels.

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Army, Dept of (Other); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); State, Dept of (DOS); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Natl Security Council (NSC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Energy, Dept of; Treasury, Dept of; Defense Information Systems Agency; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Library of Congress (LOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office

Bills named: S. 169 (113th), H.R. 2131 (113th), S. 744 (113th), H.R. 1135 (113th)