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Defense DEF

Issues generally relating to funding for Department of Defense IT programs (no specific legislation introduced or pending).

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Issues generally relating to consumer data privacy (no specific legislation introduced or pending).

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); State, Dept of (DOS); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

Environment/Superfund ENV

S. 2170/H.R. 2284 - The Responsible Recycling Act (all provisions); issues generally relating to export of electronic waste, and to Energy Star and the Electronic Product Assessment Tool (EPEAT) (no specific legislation introduced or pending).

Contacted: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: S. 2170 (112th), H.R. 2284 (112th)

Government Issues GOV

Issues generally relating to efficient government operations, including cloud computing, datacenter consolidation, cybersecurity and telework (no specific legislation introduced or pending).

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); SENATE; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Immigration IMM

Issues generally relating to H1B visas, visas for employees of small business start-up companies, and visas for foreign higher education students (no specific legislation introduced or pending).

Contacted: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Education EDU

Issues generally relating to education technology (no specific bill introduced or pending).

Contacted: SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

Telecommunications TEC

Issues generally relating to voluntary auctions in the broadcast spectrum, "white spaces," expansion of universe of generic Top Level Domains, and oversight of ICANN by Department of Commerce and National Telecommunications and Information Administration (no specific legislation introduced or pending). H.R. 3630 - Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012; issues related to spectrum auctions.

Contacted: White House Office; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA)

Bills named: H.R. 3630 (112th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Issues generally relating to domestic preferences, remanufactured goods, Peru's imposition of VAT exemptions and local preferences, implementation of trade facilitation/customs measures in Latin America, and trade facilitation for Mercosur customs authorities (no specific legislation introduced or pending). Issues related to China local preferences; issues related to India local preferences (no pending legislation).

Contacted: SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Treasury, Dept of; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); State, Dept of (DOS)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 1834 - Freedom to Invest Act of 2011 (all provisions): H.R. 1693 - Research and Development Tax Credit Extension Act of 2011 (all provisions); H.R. 2862 - Putting Americans Back to Work Act of 2011 (all provisions); H.R. 436 - Protect Medical Innovation Act (all provisions); tax policy generally including deferral of foreign-earned income, repatriation, and corporate tax rates (no specific legislation).

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); White House Office; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: H.R. 1693 (112th), H.R. 436 (112th), H.R. 2862 (112th), H.R. 1834 (112th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

S. 23 - Patent Reform Act of 2011 (all provisions); H.R. 3261 - Stop Online Piracy Act (all provisions); issues generally relating to online piracy, unfair competition and misappropriation of IT (no specific legislation). Issues generally relating to the use of the International Trade Court in patent infringement disputes (no specific legislation introduced).

Contacted: Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Treasury, Dept of; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: S. 23 (112th), H.R. 3261 (112th)

Health Issues HCR

Issues generally relating to healthcare IT, and to potential for regulation of healthcare IT as medical devices (no specific legislation introduced or pending). H.R. 3059 - Creating Hope Act of 2011; H.R. 436 - Protect Medical Innovation Act (all provisions).

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 436 (112th), H.R. 3059 (112th)

Veterans VET

H.R. 3167 - the Veternas Entrepreneurial Transition (VET) Act of 2011; issues generally related to veteran-owned businesses and pro-veteran employee efforts

Contacted: White House Office; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: H.R. 3167 (112th)

Small Business SMB

Issues generally relating to small and medium-sized businesses, including government regulations, taxation, cloud computing, security and access to credit (no specific legislation introduced or pending). H.R. 3167 - the Veterans Entrepreneurial Transition (VET) Act of 2011 (all provisions). H.R. 3606 - Jumpstart our Business Startups Act (all provisions).

Contacted: Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); SENATE; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); Treasury, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Bills named: H.R. 3167 (112th), H.R. 3606 (112th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Issues generally relating to funding for Army IT programs (no specific legislation introduced or pending); issues generally relating to efficient government operations, including cloud computing, datacenter consolidation, cybersecurity and telework (no specific legislation introduced or pending).

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Homeland Security HOM

H.R. 174 - Homeland Security Cyber and Physical Infrastructure Protection Act (all provisions); S. 413 - Cybersecurity and Internet Freedom Act (all provisions); S. 21 - Cybersecurity and American Competitiveness Act (all provisions); S. 813 - Cybersecurity Public Awareness Act (all provisions); issues generally relating to cybersecurity workforce development, supply chain security and cybersecurity procurement (no specific legislation introduced or pending). H.R. 2096 - The Cybersecurity Enhancement Act; H.R. 3834 - Advancing Americas Networking and IT Research and Development Act of 2012; S. 2151- the SECURE IT Act; S. 2105 - the Cybersecurity Act of 2012; H.R. 4257 - the Federal Information Security Act of 2012; pending cybercrime legislation (all provisions).

Contacted: SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA)

Bills named: S. 21 (112th), S. 413 (112th), H.R. 174 (112th), S. 2105 (112th), H.R. 3834 (112th), S. 2151 (112th), H.R. 2096 (112th), S. 813 (112th), H.R. 4257 (112th)