What was lobbied
17 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Issues related to postal reform and postal rates, including international terminal dues
Contacted: U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Treasury, Dept of; Postal Regulatory Commission; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); State, Dept of (DOS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); White House Office; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Small Business Administration (SBA); U.S. Copyright Office; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Reserve System; General Services Administration (GSA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Issues related to cybersecurity, cloud security, Federal IT transformation/cloud computing and big data
Contacted: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); General Services Administration (GSA); U.S. Copyright Office; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); Small Business Administration (SBA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Postal Regulatory Commission; U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Federal Reserve System; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
Issues related to IT system improvements and cloud computing
Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); General Services Administration (GSA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Copyright Office; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Postal Regulatory Commission; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Small Business Administration (SBA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Federal Reserve System; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Issues related to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program
Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; General Services Administration (GSA); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); U.S. Copyright Office; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Small Business Administration (SBA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Postal Regulatory Commission; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); White House Office; Federal Reserve System
Issues related to mobile payments and payment processing, financial innovation, and technology.
Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Government Accountability Office (GAO); U.S. Copyright Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Treasury, Dept of; General Services Administration (GSA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Postal Regulatory Commission; Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Small Business Administration (SBA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Federal Reserve System; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE
Issues related to data flows, free trade agreements, including the Trans-Pacific Partnershp, Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership, and exports and foreign direct investment
Contacted: Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Treasury, Dept of; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Small Business Administration (SBA); U.S. Copyright Office; Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Postal Regulatory Commission; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Natl Economic Council (NEC); SENATE; Federal Reserve System; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); White House Office; General Services Administration (GSA); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
Issues related to surface transportation, including the Aviation Innovation, Reform and Reauthorization Act (H.R. 4441) and freight transportation in the FY17 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriation Bills (drafts - no bill numbers).
Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Reserve System; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of; Postal Regulatory Commission; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Small Business Administration (SBA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); State, Dept of (DOS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); White House Office; U.S. Copyright Office; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; General Services Administration (GSA); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)
Bills named:
H.R. 4441 (114th)
Issues related to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and air cargo, including issues related to the FAA Modernization and Reform Act (Public Law 112-95); Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act (S. 2658); the Aviation Innovation, Reform and Reauthorization Act (H.R. 4441); Commercial UAS Modernization Act (S. 1314) and the FY17 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Bills (drafts - no bill numbers).
Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Postal Regulatory Commission; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; General Services Administration (GSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Small Business Administration (SBA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Copyright Office; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Reserve System; Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Bills named:
S. 2658 (114th), S. 1314 (114th), H.R. 4441 (114th)
Issues related to the IT provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2017 and FY17 Defense Appropriations Act (draft form - no bill numbers) on IT systems improvements and cloud computing.
Contacted: SENATE; Government Accountability Office (GAO); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); General Services Administration (GSA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); White House Office; Natl Economic Council (NEC); State, Dept of (DOS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Small Business Administration (SBA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); U.S. Copyright Office; Postal Regulatory Commission; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Federal Reserve System; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA)
Issues related to taxes, including corporate tax reform, renewable energy tax issues such as the MLP Parity Act (H.R. 2883/S. 1656); digital goods, and the collection of taxes on remote sales, including the Remote Transactions Parity Act of 2015 (H.R. 2775).
Contacted: Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); U.S. Copyright Office; White House Office; SENATE; Federal Reserve System; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); State, Dept of (DOS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Postal Regulatory Commission; Small Business Administration (SBA); General Services Administration (GSA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Bills named:
S. 1656 (114th), H.R. 2883 (114th), H.R. 2775 (114th)
Issues related to broadband, device accessibility, competitive navigation devices, online video, net neutrality, e-rate modernization, IP address policy, Internet governance, the IANA transition, ICANN including generic top-level domain names, MOBILE NOW Act (S. 2555); and DIGIT Act (S. 2607).
Contacted: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Treasury, Dept of; General Services Administration (GSA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Government Accountability Office (GAO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Federal Reserve System; Postal Regulatory Commission; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); U.S. Copyright Office; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Small Business Administration (SBA)
Bills named:
S. 2607 (114th), S. 2555 (114th)
Issues related to intellectual property, including online infringement, copyright reform, music licensing, artist resale royalty, patent reform, standard essential patents, the FTC study on Patent Assertion Entities, Copyright and Office modernization, the Innovation Act (H.R. 9); Patent Act (S. 632); Venue Equity & Non-Uniformity Elimination Act (S. 2733); and the Trade Protection Not Troll Protection Act (H.R. 4829).
Contacted: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); White House Office; U.S. Postal Service (USPS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Copyright Office; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Treasury, Dept of; General Services Administration (GSA); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Postal Regulatory Commission; Federal Reserve System; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)
Bills named:
H.R. 4829 (114th), S. 632 (114th), H.R. 9 (114th), S. 2733 (114th)
Issues related to the Small Business Administration, House Small Business Committee, and Senate Small Business Committee
Contacted: White House Office; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Treasury, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Small Business Administration (SBA); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; U.S. Copyright Office; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); General Services Administration (GSA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Postal Regulatory Commission; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Reserve System; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); State, Dept of (DOS); Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Issues related to data protection, data retention, data breach notification, data security, cross border data flows, privacy, drone privacy, the US-EU Safe Harbor Agreement, the Electronic Privacy Communications Act, sale and marketing of dietary supplements, and cloud computing including: Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015 (S. 177); Cyber Privacy Fortification Act of 2015 (H.R. 104); Protecting Cyber Networks Act (H.R. 1560); Personal Data Notification and Protection Act of 2015 (H.R. 1704); and Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015 (H.R. 1770); Student Digital Privacy Act (H.R. 2092); Data Security Act of 2015 (H.R. 2205); Consumer Privacy Protection Act of 2015 (S. 1158); Consumer Review Freedom Act of 2015 (S. 2044).
Contacted: Small Business Administration (SBA); U.S. Copyright Office; Government Accountability Office (GAO); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); General Services Administration (GSA); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; Federal Reserve System; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Postal Regulatory Commission; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
Bills named:
S. 1158 (114th), H.R. 1704 (114th), H.R. 1770 (114th), H.R. 2205 (114th), H.R. 1560 (114th), S. 177 (114th), H.R. 104 (114th), S. 2044 (114th), H.R. 2092 (114th)
Issues related to high-skilled immigration
Contacted: U.S. Copyright Office; Small Business Administration (SBA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); White House Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); General Services Administration (GSA); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Postal Regulatory Commission; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Reserve System
Issues related to veterans hiring and training.
Contacted: General Services Administration (GSA); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Reserve System; Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Small Business Administration (SBA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); U.S. Copyright Office; Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Postal Regulatory Commission; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Issues related to cybersecurity, critical infrastructure protection, payments security, cloud security and authentication
Contacted: U.S. Copyright Office; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); General Services Administration (GSA); Federal Reserve System; White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Postal Regulatory Commission; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Small Business Administration (SBA); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
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