SIIA for SOFTWARE & INFORMATION INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION

Intelligence INT

Government access to encryption.

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

International trade issues, including 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 Privacy Shield negotiations; U.S. Government positions on data privacy, intellectual property, and big data work conducted in International Organizations.

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

Telecommunications TEC

FCC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, "Protecting the Privacy of Consumers of Broadband and Other Telecommunications Services"

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

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, including the Defend Trade Secrets Act (H.R.3326, S. 1890); Copyright Office studies of online service provider liability, embedded software and Section 1201.

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

Bills named: S. 1137 (114th), S. 1890 (114th), H.R. 9 (114th), H.R. 3326 (114th), H.R. 1896 (114th), H.R. 2045 (114th)

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), Postal Service Reform Act of 2016 (draft legislation).

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

Bills named: S. 2051 (114th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Federal funding for Education Technology and Teacher Training; FY 2017 Labor, HHS and Educations Appropriations, including funding for education and education technology grant programs.

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

Government Issues GOV

Issues pertaining to federal IT procurement, including the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP); Federal IT Modernization; Oversight of GSA 18F and the U.S. Digital Service; Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2015 (S. 779, H.R. 1477);

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

Bills named: H.R. 1477 (114th), S. 779 (114th)

Education EDU

Workforce preparedness; Support for technology in teaching and education; Enhancing the public-private research partnerships necessary to improve education; Student Privacy; Open educational resources 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); Student Digital Privacy and Parental Rights Act of 2015 (draft legislation); Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (H.R. 5587) Accessible Instructional Materials in Higher Education Act (draft legislation) 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: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); SENATE; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Education, Dept of; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); U.S. Copyright Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); General Services Administration (GSA)

Bills named: H.R. 3157 (114th), H.R. 5587 (114th), S. 1788 (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;

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

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