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Education EDU

Issues generally relating to education technology (no specific bill introduced or pending).

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Education, Dept of; Treasury, Dept of; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); SENATE

Defense DEF

Issues generally relating to funding for Department of Defense IT programs (no specific legislation introduced or pending).

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); State, Dept of (DOS); Education, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Treasury, Dept of

Veterans VET

Issues generally related to veteran-owned businesses, veterans employment, and pro-veteran employee support efforts (no specific legislation).

Contacted: SENATE; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Treasury, Dept of; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Education, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS)

Small Business SMB

Issues generally relating to small and medium-sized businesses, including government regulations, taxation, cloud computing, veteran-owned businesses, security and access to credit (no specific legislation introduced). Issues related to the Entrepreneur-in-Residence program (no specific legislation introduced).

Contacted: Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Education, Dept of; SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

Government Issues GOV

Issues generally relating to efficient government operations, including cloud computing, datacenter consolidation, cybersecurity and telework (no specific legislation introduced or pending).

Contacted: Education, Dept of; White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Health Issues HCR

Issues generally relating to healthcare IT, and to potential for regulation of healthcare IT as medical devices by the Food and Drug Administration (no specific legislation introduced or pending). H.R. 523 - Protect Medical Innovation Act (all provisions).

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Treasury, Dept of; Education, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; White House Office

Bills named: H.R. 523 (113th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Issues generally relating to fiscal responsibility and efficient government operations, including addressing components of the Fiscal Cliff, cloud computing, datacenter consolidation, cybersecurity and telework.

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Issues generally relating to export of electronic waste, and to Energy Star and the Electronic Product Assessment Tool (EPEAT) (no specific legislation introduced or pending).

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Education, Dept of; White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); State, Dept of (DOS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of

Immigration IMM

Issues generally relating to H1B visas, visas for employees of small business start-up companies, and visas for foreign higher education students (no specific legislation introduced or pending). S. 169 - Immigration Innovation Act of 2013 - entire bill.

Contacted: Education, Dept of; Treasury, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Bills named: S. 169 (113th)

Homeland Security HOM

Issues generally relating to cybersecurity workforce development, supply chain security and cybersecurity procurement (no specific legislation introduced or pending); White House executive order on Cybersecutity - entire issue; CONTINUEDH.R. 624 - Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act; H.R. 756 - Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2013; H.R. 1468 - SECURE IT; S. 21 - Cybersecurity and American Cyber Competitiveness Act of 2013 (all provisions).

Contacted: Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Education, Dept of; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1468 (113th), H.R. 756 (113th), S. 21 (113th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 523 - Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2013 (all provisions); tax policy generally including deferral of foreign-earned income, repatriation, and corporate tax rates (no specific legislation).

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Education, Dept of; Treasury, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: H.R. 523 (113th)

Telecommunications TEC

Issues generally relating to unlicensed spectrum availability and oversight of ICANN by Department of Commerce and National Telecommunications and Information Administration (no specific legislation introduced or pending).

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); State, Dept of (DOS); Education, Dept of

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Issues generally relating to online piracy, unfair competition and misappropriation of IT (no specific legislation); issues generally relating to the use of the International Trade Commission in patent infringement disputes (no specific legislation); Litigation by patent-assertion entities before the US International Trade Commission.H.R. 845 - Saving High Tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes (SHIELD Act) - issues relating to litigation by patent-assertion entities in Federal Court.

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Education, Dept of; SENATE; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

Bills named: H.R. 845 (113th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Issues generally relating to domestic preferences, remanufactured goods, implementation of trade facilitation/customs measures in Latin America, and trade facilitation for Mercosur customs authorities (no specific legislation introduced or pending). Issues related to China local preferences; issues related to India local preferences (no pending legislation).

Contacted: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Treasury, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Education, Dept of; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Issues generally relating to consumer data privacy (no specific legislation introduced or pending). S. 607 - Electronic Communications Privacy Amendments Act of 2013 - issues related to ECPA reform.

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Education, Dept of; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Bills named: S. 607 (113th)