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Trucking/Shipping TRU

Role of telematics in improving transportation efficiency and safety

Contacted: SENATE; White House Office; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Natl Economic Council (NEC)

Immigration IMM

Immigration of highly skilled workers. S. 744 - Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act H.R. 2131 - SKILLS Visa Act

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; White House Office; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Natl Economic Council (NEC)

Bills named: H.R. 2131 (113th), S. 744 (113th)

Education EDU

Support for STEM education

Contacted: SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)

Defense DEF

S. 844, the Deter Cyber Theft Act, to allow certain federal agencies to ban imports suspected of violating U.S. IP policy (advocate for reasonable cyber supply chain restrictions)

Contacted: Natl Economic Council (NEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); White House Office; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Bills named: S. 844 (113th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Lobbying on provisions that address abusive litigation tactics and modifications to the patent review process for covered business methods. Goodlatte - Patent litigation discussion draft H.R. 845, SHIELD Act of 2013 - Advocating for reasonable litigation reformsH.R. 2024, Deutch, End Anonymous Patents Act S. 866, Schumer, Patent Quality Improvement Act S. 1013, Cornyn, Patent Abuse Reduction Act White House Legislative Priorities H.R. 2639 - Jeffries, Patent Litigation & Innovation Act

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; White House Office; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Bills named: S. 1013 (113th), H.R. 2639 (113th), H.R. 845 (113th), S. 866 (113th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Implementation of the voluntary incentive auction authority in PL 112-96, the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, including the need for additional spectrum to support growth of mobile broadband

Contacted: White House Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

H.R. 540, The Energy Efficient Government Technology Act, legislation to save the federal government energy and money by requiring the use of energy efficient and energy reduction technologies, particularly in federal data centers (advocate for increased energy efficiency in federal data centers) S. 761, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (advocate for ICT enabled energy efficient government)

Contacted: White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)

Bills named: S. 761 (113th), H.R. 540 (113th)

Natural Resources NAT

H.R. 527, the Responsible Helium Administration and Stewardship Act, legislation to reauthorize the federal helium lease program. Helium is used in IT manufacturing processes (advocate for reasonable access to federal helium supplies)

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office; Natl Economic Council (NEC); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)

Bills named: H.R. 527 (113th)

Homeland Security HOM

H.R. 624, The Cyber Intelligence and Sharing Protection Act (CISPA), to facilitate greater information sharing regarding cyber threats between the public and private sectors (advocate for reasonable cyber security protections) H.R. 756, The Cybersecurity Enhancement Act, to spur cybersecurity R & D (advocate for reasonable cyber security protections) Advocate for reasonable cyber security regulationsH.R. 967, the Advancing America's Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Act, to spur cybersecurity R&D (advocate for reasonable cyber security protections) H.R. 1163, the Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2013, to reauthorize and update federal cybersecurity efforts (advocate for reasonable cyber security protections.)

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Economic Council (NEC); SENATE; White House Office; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Bills named: H.R. 1163 (113th), H.R. 624 (113th), H.R. 756 (113th)

Science/Technology SCI

H.R. 756, The Cybersecurity Enhancement Act, to spur cybersecurity R & D (advocate for reasonable cyber security protections) H.R. 967, the Advancing America's Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Act, to spur cybersecurity R&D (advocate for reasonable cyber security protections) Support for STEM education and funding for basic research

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office; Natl Economic Council (NEC)

Bills named: H.R. 967 (113th), H.R. 756 (113th)

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

Implementation of the voluntary incentive auction authority in PL 112-96, the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, including the need for additional spectrum to support growth of mobile broadband

Contacted: Federal Trade Commission (FTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Need for corporate tax reform

Contacted: SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); White House Office

Intelligence INT

H.R. 624, The Cyber Intelligence and Sharing Protection Act (CISPA), to facilitate greater information sharing regarding cyber threats between the public and private sectors (advocate for reasonable cyber security protections)

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; White House Office; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 624 (113th)

Transportation TRA

Role of telematics in improving transportation efficiency and safety

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Automotive Industry AUT

Role of telematics in improving transportation efficiency and safety

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); White House Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Natl Economic Council (NEC)

Telecommunications TEC

Implementation of the voluntary incentive auction authority in PL 112-96, the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, including the need for additional spectrum to support growth of mobile broadband

Contacted: Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); White House Office; Natl Economic Council (NEC); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Executive Office of the President (EOP)