4th Quarter - Report

THE INTERNET ASSOCIATION for THE INTERNET ASSOCIATION

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$300,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Telecommunications TEC

Issues related to net neutrality, broadband deployment and the Telecommunications Act of 1996;

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL BLOOM —
MELIKA D. CARROLL —

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)

Government Issues GOV

Issues relating to political advertisement disclosure requirements.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL BLOOM —
MELIKA D. CARROLL —

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

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW

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.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL BLOOM —
MELIKA D. CARROLL —

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)

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

Issues related to privacy and data security.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL BLOOM —
MELIKA D. CARROLL —
BRIAN LARKIN New Staff, Ranking Member Sen. Ron Wyden, Senate Finance Committee (Jan. 2017-Oct. 2017)

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

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Issues regarding patent reform, copyright, and modernization of the Copyright Office.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL BLOOM —

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)

Economics/Economic Development ECN

Issues related to the sharing economy.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL BLOOM —
MELIKA D. CARROLL —

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)

Transportation TRA

Issues related to autonomous vehicles.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL BLOOM —
MELIKA D. CARROLL —

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)

Computer Industry CPI

Issues related to information technology modernization and the federal governments use of cloud computing systems.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL BLOOM —
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

Immigration IMM

Issues related to immigration, including deferred action for childhood arrivals and high-skilled visa reform.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL BLOOM —
MELIKA D. CARROLL —

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)

Intelligence INT

Issues related to surveillance.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL BLOOM —
MELIKA D. CARROLL —

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Promotion of issues that facilitate digital trade, including intermediary liability, fair use, and cross border data flows.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL BLOOM —
MELIKA D. CARROLL —
ARI GIOVENCO —

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.