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Banking BAN

Export controls End-User Derivatives Financial Service Reform Conflict Minerals

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); State, Dept of (DOS)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

R&D Tax Credit Corporate tax reform Repatriation Tax Extenders

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; White House Office; Intl Trade Administration (ITA); State, Dept of (DOS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Foreign Relations FOR

Global Online Freedom Act

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); White House Office; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Intl Trade Administration (ITA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Telecommunications TEC

General wireless standards, Standards policies, Broadband deployment, WiFi issues, Spectrum Policy, USF Reform

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); State, Dept of (DOS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); SENATE; White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Computer Industry CPI

White House export control initiative Multilateral hardware & software export control limits

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Treasury, Dept of

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Columbia FTA, Korea FTA, Panama FTA, Trade Adjustment Assistance, Information Technology Agreement

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of; Intl Trade Administration (ITA); SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Patent reform legislation, Stop Online Piracy Act (H.R. 3261) and the Protect IP Act (S. 968)

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); White House Office; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 3261 (112th), S. 968 (112th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Health IT E-prescribing

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); SENATE; Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Treasury, Dept of

Budget/Appropriations BUD

COMPETES funding, NSF funding, NIST funding, Debt limit discussions, Deficit proposals

Contacted: SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Implementation of EPA's Energy Star program EU Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directives (WEEE) EU "EEE" directives TIER Act, Conflict Minerals

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Intl Trade Administration (ITA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

Privacy legislation Data breach Cell phone records legislation Consumer product safety

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); State, Dept of (DOS); Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

ACELA - Clean Energy, Energy Efficiency

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); White House Office; Intl Trade Administration (ITA); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Global Sourcing Higher Education legislation Workforce development and training legislation Immigration, H1-B & EB legislation

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Homeland Security HOM

Cybersecurity legislation

Contacted: Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; White House Office; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); State, Dept of (DOS); Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Education EDU

Higher education reauthorization America COMPETES funding STEM Legislation

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Intl Trade Administration (ITA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Science/Technology SCI

America COMPETES funding R&D Tax Credit

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Immigration IMM

High-skilled immigration H1-B expansion

Contacted: SENATE; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); State, Dept of (DOS); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Treasury, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC)