What was lobbied
11 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Issues related to net neutrality, broadband deployment and the Telecommunications Act of 1996;
Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); General Services Administration (GSA); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
Issues relating to political advertisement disclosure requirements.
Contacted: General Services Administration (GSA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Issues related to intermediary liability; S. 1693 Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act; H.R. 1865 Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017.
Contacted: White House Office; SENATE; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); General Services Administration (GSA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Bills named:
H.R. 1865 (115th), S. 1693 (115th)
Issues related to privacy and data security.
Contacted: Federal Trade Commission (FTC); White House Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); General Services Administration (GSA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Issues regarding patent reform, copyright, and modernization of the Copyright Office.
Contacted: General Services Administration (GSA); SENATE; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Issues related to the sharing economy.
Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); General Services Administration (GSA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
Issues related to autonomous vehicles.
Contacted: General Services Administration (GSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)
Issues related to information technology modernization and the federal governments use of cloud computing systems.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
| MICHAEL BLOOM |
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| BRIAN LARKIN New |
Staff, Ranking Member Sen. Ron Wyden, Senate Finance Committee (Jan. 2017-Oct. 2017) |
Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); General Services Administration (GSA); White House Office
Issues related to immigration, including deferred action for childhood arrivals and high-skilled visa reform.
Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); General Services Administration (GSA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Issues related to surveillance.
Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); General Services Administration (GSA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); White House Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Promotion of issues that facilitate digital trade, including intermediary liability, fair use, and cross border data flows.
Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; General Services Administration (GSA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
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.