SIIA for SOFTWARE & INFORMATION INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION

Telecommunications TEC

Obama's ConnectED initiative

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); U.S. Copyright Office; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Postal Regulatory Commission; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); General Services Administration (GSA); Education, Dept of; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)

Postal POS

Postal rates and service standards; Legislation to reform and modernize the operations of the U.S. Postal Service, postal rates, "Improving Postal Operations, Service, and Transparency Act of 2015" (S. 2051).

Contacted: Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Copyright Office; U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); General Services Administration (GSA); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Postal Regulatory Commission; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Education, Dept of; U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)

Bills named: S. 2051 (114th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

International trade issues, including Trade Promotion Authority, the Transpacific Partnership (TPP), the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), the Trade in Services Agreement, and the Information Technology Agreement (ITA), Within trade, cross-border data flows, intellectual property protection, privacy, IT procurement, data security and cloud computing; U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Agreement negotiations; U.S. Government positions on data privacy, intellectual property, and big data work conducted in International Organizations.

Contacted: Postal Regulatory Commission; General Services Administration (GSA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Copyright Office; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Education, Dept of

Government Issues GOV

Issues pertaining to federal IT procurement, including the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP; Implementation of the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act; Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2015 (S. 799, H.R. 1477); Draft Federal Government Source Code Policy.

Contacted: U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Education, Dept of; Postal Regulatory Commission; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); General Services Administration (GSA); State, Dept of (DOS); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Copyright Office; SENATE

Bills named: S. 799 (114th), H.R. 1477 (114th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Copyright protection for software and digital information content (including enforcement); Patent litigation reform, including the Innovation Act (H.R. 9); the PATENT Act (S. 1137, the TROL Act (HR 2045) and the Demand Letter Transparency Act (HR 1896); IP Task Force Copyright Policy Green Paper; ICANN and domain name issues affecting copyrights and trademarks; Congressional review of copyright policy; Modernization of the Copyright Office; Trade secret protection; Copyright Office studies of online service provider liability, embedded software and Section 1201.

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Postal Regulatory Commission; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Copyright Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Education, Dept of; General Services Administration (GSA); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)

Bills named: H.R. 9 (114th), S. 1137 (114th), H.R. 2045 (114th), H.R. 1896 (114th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Federal funding for Education Technology and Teacher Training FY 2016 Labor, HHS and Educations Appropriations, including funding for education and education technology grant programs OMB-2015-0001 (originally listed as OMB-2014-0006), "Federal Awarding Agency Regulatory Implementation of Office of Management and Budget's Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards."

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); State, Dept of (DOS); Education, Dept of; U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Copyright Office; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); General Services Administration (GSA); Postal Regulatory Commission; U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Education EDU

Workforce preparedness; Support for technology in teaching and education; Enhancing the public-private research partnerships necessary to improve education; Student Privacy; legislation and regulations: Reauthorization and Implementation of PL 114-95, the Every Student Succeeds Act; Reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act; Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act; Implementation and reauthorization of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA; 20 U.S.C. 1232g; 34 CPR Part 99); U.S. DoEd Accessibility of Instructional Materials (AIM) Commission and related legislation and regulations; ConnectEd and ConnectEducators; Protecting Student Privacy Act of 2014 (S. 1322); Every Child Achieves Act of 2015 (S. 1177); Student Digital Privacy and Parental Rights Act of 2015 (draft legislation); OMB-2015-0001 (originally listed as OMB-2014-0006); "Federal Awarding Agency Regulatory Implementation of Office of Management and Budget's Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards;" Safeguarding American Families from Exposure by Keeping Information and Data Secure Act (S. 1788); Student Privacy Protection Act (HR 3157); Student Digital Privacy and Parental Rights Act of 2015 (S. 1788).

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Postal Service (USPS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Education, Dept of; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); General Services Administration (GSA); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); U.S. Copyright Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP); State, Dept of (DOS); Postal Regulatory Commission; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE

Bills named: S. 1788 (114th), S. 1177 (114th), H.R. 3157 (114th), S. 1322 (114th)

Computer Industry CPI

Data privacy and security, policies pertaining to "Big Data," and the "Internet of Things;" Cross-border data flows and international server localization requirements; Legislation to amend the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, including: Email Privacy Act (H.R. 699) Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2015 (S. 356); Internet Governance, including details regarding the proposed transition the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) function per the March 14, 2014 National Telecommunications and Information Agency (NTIA) announcement; Government access to encryption, including Digital Security Commission Act of 2016, H.R. 4651, S. 2604) and the ENCRYPT Act (H.R. 4528).

Contacted: General Services Administration (GSA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Education, Dept of; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Postal Regulatory Commission; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Copyright Office; State, Dept of (DOS); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)

Bills named: S. 2604 (114th), H.R. 4528 (114th), H.R. 4651 (114th), H.R. 699 (114th), S. 356 (114th)

Intelligence INT

Judicial Redress Act of 2015 (H.R. 1428, S. 1600); government access to encryption; mandatory reporting of terrorist activity.

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Postal Regulatory Commission; U.S. Copyright Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Education, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); General Services Administration (GSA); SENATE; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Bills named: S. 1600 (114th), H.R. 1428 (114th)