SIIA for SOFTWARE & INFORMATION INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION

Government Issues GOV

Issues pertaining to federal IT procurement, including the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP); Implementation of the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act.

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Copyright Office; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Postal Regulatory Commission; U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Education, Dept of; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); General Services Administration (GSA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); State, Dept of (DOS)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

International trade issues, including Trade Promotion Authority, the Transpacific Partnership (TPP), the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), the Trade in Services Agreement, and the Information Technology Agreement (ITA); Within trade, cross-border data flows, intellectual property protection, privacy, IT procurement, data security and cloud computing; U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Agreement negotiations; U.S. Government positions on data privacy, intellectual property, and big data work conducted in International Organizations.

Contacted: General Services Administration (GSA); U.S. Copyright Office; Postal Regulatory Commission; Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Education, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Telecommunications TEC

Modernizing the E-rate Program for schools and libraries, E-Rate exemption from the Antideficiency Act and President Obama's ConnectED initiative;

Contacted: Education, Dept of; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Copyright Office; General Services Administration (GSA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Postal Regulatory Commission; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Copyright protection for software and digital information content (including enforcement); Patent litigation reform, including the Innovation Act (H.R. 9); Text and data mining; IP Task Force Copyright Policy Green Paper; ICANN and domain name issues affecting copyrights and trademarks; Congressional review of copyright policy; Modernization of the Copyright Office; Trade secret protection; You Own Device Act (H.R. 862).

Contacted: Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Postal Regulatory Commission; General Services Administration (GSA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Education, Dept of; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; U.S. Copyright Office; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)

Bills named: H.R. 9 (114th), H.R. 862 (114th)

Postal POS

Legislation to reform and modernize the operations of the US Postal Service, postal rates.

Contacted: U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Copyright Office; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Education, Dept of; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Postal Regulatory Commission; Labor, Dept of (DOL); General Services Administration (GSA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Justice, Dept of (DOJ)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Federal funding for Education Technology and Teacher Training FY 2016 Labor, HHS and Educations Appropriations, including funding for education and education technology grant programs FY 2016 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations, including funding for the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties (MLAT)Program OMB-2015-0001 (originally listed as OMB-2014-0006), "Federal Awarding Agency Regulatory Implementation of Office of Management and Budget's Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards,"

Contacted: Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Postal Regulatory Commission; U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); U.S. Copyright Office; State, Dept of (DOS); General Services Administration (GSA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Education, Dept of; SENATE

Education EDU

Workforce preparedness; Support for technology in teaching and education; Enhancing the public-private research partnerships necessary to improve education; Student Privacy; legislation and regulations: Implementation and Reauthorization of PL 107-110, the No Child Left Behind Act (Elementary and Secondary Education Act); Implementation of PL 108-446, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004; Higher Education Opportunity Act implementation (PL 11 0-315); Enhancing Education Through Technology Act of 2015 (S. 451) Implementation and reauthorization of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA; 20 U.S.C. 1232g; 34 CPR Part 99); U.S. DoEd Accessibility of Instructional Materials (AIM) Commission and related legislation and regulations; Student Success Act (HR5); ConnectEd and ConnectEducators; Protecting Student Privacy Act of 2014 (draft legislation) Every Child Achieves Act of 2015 (U.S. Senate) Student Digital Privacy and Parental Rights Act of 2015 (draft legislation) OMB-2015-0001 (originally listed as OMB-2014-0006), "Federal Awarding Agency Regulatory Implementation of Office of Management and Budget's Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards,"

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); General Services Administration (GSA); Postal Regulatory Commission; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Copyright Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Education, Dept of

Bills named: S. 451 (114th), H.R. 5 (114th)

Computer Industry CPI

Data privacy and security, policies pertaining to "Big Data" and privacy; Department of Commerce Multistakeholder process to develop privacy best practices; Federal Trade Commission review of privacy and big data; Cross-border data flows and international server localization requirements; Legislation to amend the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, including: Email Privacy Act (H.R. 699), Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2015 (S. 356), Law Enforcement Access to Data Stored Abroad," the LEADS Act's; Legislation regarding data security and breach notification, including the Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015 (H.R. 1770); Presidents Proposed Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights; Cybersecurity, including: Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (S.754), National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015 (H.R. 173), Cyber Threat Sharing Act of 2015 (S. 456), Protecting Cyber Networks Act (H.R.1560), Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (H.R.234); Internet Governance, including details regarding the proposed transition the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) function per the March 14, 2014 National Telecommunications and Information Agency (NTIA) announcement; NIST Privacy Engineering Initiative; Implementatlon of the Childrens Online Privacy and Protection Act.

Contacted: Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; Postal Regulatory Commission; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; General Services Administration (GSA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); State, Dept of (DOS); Education, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Copyright Office; U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)

Bills named: H.R. 699 (114th), H.R. 173 (114th), S. 754 (114th), S. 456 (114th), S. 356 (114th), H.R. 234 (114th), H.R. 1560 (114th), H.R. 1770 (114th)

Intelligence INT

U.S. government surveillance reform, U.S. government access to electronic communications and meta data, Reauthorization of the USA PATRIOT Act.

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); State, Dept of (DOS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); U.S. Copyright Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); General Services Administration (GSA); Postal Regulatory Commission