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Computer Industry CPI

Data; cloud and cyber security; Internet; safe harbor/privacy shield; forced localization; cross border data flow; 2018 appropriations.

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Treasury, Dept of; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); General Services Administration (GSA); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

IT intellectual property protection.

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); White House Office; General Services Administration (GSA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Workforce development training.

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Defense, Dept of (DOD); White House Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); General Services Administration (GSA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); State, Dept of (DOS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE

Immigration IMM

Immigration Reform Executive Order; travel ban; H-1B, L-1, and other visa categories.

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); General Services Administration (GSA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Defense DEF

Defense procurement/procurement reform; innovation; transactional data reporting; commercial item contracting; electronic commerce; IT modernization and program funding; global supply chains/protectionism; dispute resolution; category management.

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); White House Office; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); General Services Administration (GSA)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

T-TIP/US-EU trade policy and market access; ITA; TPA; TPP; China; personal privacy; cybersecurity; safe harbor/privacy shield; forced localization, prohibitive market practices; cross-border data flows.

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); State, Dept of (DOS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP); General Services Administration (GSA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Tax reform/corporate tax; House Republican Tax Blue Print; border adjustability tax; tax inversion; tax extender; interest deductibility; innovation incentives; international tax legislation; BEPS.

Contacted: Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); State, Dept of (DOS); General Services Administration (GSA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Government Issues GOV

Government-wide procurement/procurement reform; innovation/technology transformation; government IT modernization and program funding; transactional data reporting; commercial item contracting; electronic commerce; global supply chains/protectionism; dispute resolution; category management; Fed IT policy; sustainability; workforce; education; diversity.

Contacted: White House Office; Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); General Services Administration (GSA); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); Treasury, Dept of; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Science/Technology SCI

House Innovation Initiative, including H.R. 288, the Small Business Broadband Deployment Act, H.R. 240, the Leveraging Emerging Technologies Act, H.R. 239, the Support for Rapid Innovation Act, H.R. 274, the Modernizing Government Travel Act, H.R. 321, the INSPIRE Women Act, and H.R. 255, the Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act.

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; General Services Administration (GSA); White House Office; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Executive Office of the President (EOP); State, Dept of (DOS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Treasury, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 255 (115th), H.R. 239 (115th), H.R. 288 (115th), H.R. 274 (115th), H.R. 321 (115th), H.R. 240 (115th)