2nd Quarter - Report — BUSINESS SOFTWARE ALLIANCE for BUSINESS SOFTWARE ALLIANCE (2015)

Firm

BUSINESS SOFTWARE ALLIANCE

Client

BUSINESS SOFTWARE ALLIANCE

Income

—

Expenses

$420,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Homeland Security HOM

S. 754 Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (Entire Bill) H.R. 1731 National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015 (Entire Bill) H.R. 1560 Protecting Cyber Networks Act (Entire Bill) H.R. 1770 Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015 (Entire Bill) Lobbied on issues related to reform of FISA and PATRIOT Act

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CRAIG ALBRIGHT	—
DANIELLE GILLIAM-MOORE New	—
TIMOTHY A MOLINO	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1560 (114th), H.R. 1731 (114th), S. 754 (114th), H.R. 1770 (114th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Issues pertaining to market access for software products and services in international markets including, but not limited to, provisions related to intellectual property protection and market access for software products and services. Issues pertaining to proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) and Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) trade agreements and expansion of the Information Technology Agreement (ITA), including, but not limited to, provisions relating to IP protection and enforcement; electronic commerce; services; and government procurement. H.R. 2146 Defending Public Safety Employees Retirement Act (provisions related to renewal of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) (Entire Bill))

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CRAIG ALBRIGHT	—
DANIELLE GILLIAM-MOORE New	—
CHRISTOPHER HOPFENSPERGER	—
TIMOTHY A MOLINO	—
JARED RAGLAND	—

Contacted: SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Bills named: H.R. 2146 (114th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Issues pertaining to copyright including, but not limited to, patent protection and enforcement, copyright protection and enforcement in international markets. Issues related to reform of patent litigation H.R. 9 Innovation Act (Entire Bill) Issues related to the protection and defense of trade secrets

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CRAIG ALBRIGHT	—
TIMOTHY A MOLINO	—
JARED RAGLAND	—

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; White House Office

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

Immigration IMM

Immigration issues related to high-skilled workers S. 153 I-Squared Act of 2015 (Entire Bill)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CRAIG ALBRIGHT	—
TIMOTHY A MOLINO	—

Contacted: SENATE; White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 153 (114th)

Computer Industry CPI

Issues related to data security, privacy, encryption S.356 Electronic Communications Privacy Amendment Act of 2015 (entire bill) H.R. 283 Electronic Communications Privacy Amendment Act of 2015 (entire bill) S.512 Law Enforcement Access to Data Stored Abroad Act (entire bill) H.R. 1174 Law Enforcement Access to Data Stored Abroad Act (entire bill) H.R. 1428 Judicial Redress Act of 2015 (entire bill)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CRAIG ALBRIGHT	—
DANIELLE GILLIAM-MOORE New	—
CHRISTOPHER HOPFENSPERGER	—
TIMOTHY A MOLINO	—

Contacted: SENATE; White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Bills named: S. 356 (114th), H.R. 1174 (114th), H.R. 283 (114th), H.R. 1428 (114th), S. 512 (114th)

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.