MONUMENT ADVOCACY for MICROSOFT CORP

Health Issues HCR

Health IT and issues related to proprietary software.

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Foreign Relations FOR

Issues relating to technology use in other countries.

Contacted: Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE

Energy/Nuclear ENG

S. 398, S. 963, energy efficency.

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: S. 963 (112th), S. 398 (112th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Internet competition; internet advertising; antitrust; STEM; High-skilled immigration

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); Treasury, Dept of; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Issues related to international tax and deferral.

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); SENATE; U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Intellectual property protection, including the impact of IP theft on competition; issues related to Trade in Services; general market access issues; issues related to patents; issues related to customs reauthorization; and issues related to Russia PNTR- S. 3406, H.R. 6149.

Contacted: SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Bills named: S. 3406 (112th), H.R. 6149 (112th)

Telecommunications TEC

Issues related to broadband funding; issues relating to white spaces; spectrum

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Treasury, Dept of; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Immigration IMM

Immigration reform; visa policy; immigration services; Startup Visa Act; green cards; STEM related issues; high skilled immigration ; STEM Jobs Act (H.R.6429); The Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act (H.R.3012)

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Treasury, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 6429 (112th), H.R. 3012 (112th)

Homeland Security HOM

Cyber security; state fusion centers; voluntary private sector preparedness standards; S. 413, The Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2011; S. 21; S. 8; S. 375; S. 2151, S. 2105, H.R.4263, H.R.3674, H.R.3523

Contacted: Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Treasury, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS)

Bills named: H.R. 4263 (112th), H.R. 3674 (112th), S. 375 (112th), S. 2105 (112th), H.R. 3523 (112th), S. 21 (112th), S. 8 (112th), S. 413 (112th), S. 2151 (112th)

Computer Industry CPI

Internet competition; internet advertising; internet privacy; antitrust, cybersecurity, open source; S. 413, The Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2011, S. 413, The Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2011; S. 21; S. 8; S. 375; critical infrastructure protection; supply chain; S. 2151, S. 2105, H.R.4263, H.R.3674, H.R.3523; mobile applications; Do Not Track; online children's privacy

Contacted: U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 2151 (112th), H.R. 3674 (112th), S. 8 (112th), S. 413 (112th), H.R. 4263 (112th), S. 2105 (112th), S. 375 (112th), S. 21 (112th), H.R. 3523 (112th)

Science/Technology SCI

Internet competition; internet privacy; antitrust; cyber security research and development; STEM education

Contacted: U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

Internet competition; internet advertising; internet privacy; antitrust; Do Not Track; mobile applications

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS)

Advertising ADV

Internet competition; internet advertising; internet privacy; antitrust; mobile applications; Do Not Track

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)