2nd Quarter - Report

STRANDLIE ADVOCACY, LLC for TECHSERVE ALLIANCE

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No amount is shown when the filer reports less than $5,000 for the period, which the form does not ask them to state.

What was lobbied

7 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Immigration IMM

Support policies that address the systemic professional talent shortage in the U.S. while continuing to meet near-term needs. The U.S. has for many years experienced a shortage of highly-skilled technical professionals. A qualified workforce is essential to the U.S. economy and the success of the IT and engineering staffing industry. TechServe Alliance supports policies that address the systemic talent shortage including increasing resources for STEM education and worker training. Further, to meet near-term needs, Congress should provide access to a reasonable number of IT and engineering professionals on H-1B visas without any policy changes that discriminate against U.S.-based IT and engineering staffing firms.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JULIE M. STRANDLIE —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Science/Technology SCI

TechServe Alliance supports policies that address the systemic talent shortage including increasing resources for STEM education and worker training.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JULIE M. STRANDLIE —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

IT and Engineering Consultants Providing Services as Independent Contractors Should Be Treated the Same as Professionals in Other Industries. As Congress considers legislation to address the gig economy and worker classification issues, Congress should fully accommodate IT and engineering entrepreneurs who offer their services as independent contractors.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JULIE M. STRANDLIE —

Education EDU

TechServe Alliance supports policies that address the systemic talent shortage, including increasing resources for STEM education and worker training.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JULIE M. STRANDLIE —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Clarify the FLSA Definition of Computer Professional to Reflect Hundreds of New IT Occupations. The 1990s definition of computer professional, as codified in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), was enacted when the World Wide Web and the Internet were in the infancy stage. As America's technology industry has grown at an extremely fast pace for more than two decades, there are literally hundreds of new IT professional occupations. TechServe Alliance strongly supports efforts to resolve any doubt about whether these new IT occupations fall within the FLSA computer professional exemption through updating and clarification of the statutory language.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JULIE M. STRANDLIE —

Budget/Appropriations BUD

COVID-19 recovery

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JULIE M. STRANDLIE —

Small Business SMB

Modifications and extensions related to Paycheck Protection Program.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JULIE M. STRANDLIE —

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.