What was lobbied
16 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Issues related to mobile payments and payment processing
Contacted: Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Treasury, Dept of; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Federal Reserve System; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Copyright Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); General Services Administration (GSA); White House Office; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Small Business Administration (SBA); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Postal Regulatory Commission
Issues related to the IT provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2016 on IT systems improvements and cloud computing
Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Federal Reserve System; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Economic Council (NEC); U.S. Copyright Office; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); General Services Administration (GSA); Postal Regulatory Commission; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); State, Dept of (DOS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Small Business Administration (SBA)
Issues related to cybersecurity, critical infrastructure protection, payments security, cloud security and authentication
Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Postal Regulatory Commission; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); White House Office; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); U.S. Copyright Office; Government Accountability Office (GAO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Reserve System; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Treasury, Dept of; General Services Administration (GSA); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Small Business Administration (SBA); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)
Issues related to data flows, free trade agreements, including the Trans-Pacific Partnershp, Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership, and exports and foreign direct investment
Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Reserve System; U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Postal Regulatory Commission; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); General Services Administration (GSA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Small Business Administration (SBA); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Copyright Office; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Treasury, Dept of; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); White House Office
Issues related to taxes, including corporate tax reform, renewable energy tax issues such as the MLP Parity Act (H.R. 2883/S. 1656); tax extender legislation, digital goods, and the collection of taxes on remote sales, including the Remote Transactions Parity Act of 2015 (H.R. 2775); Consolidated Appropriations Act 2015 (H.R. 2029)
Contacted: Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); U.S. Copyright Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Treasury, Dept of; Small Business Administration (SBA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Government Accountability Office (GAO); White House Office; Federal Reserve System; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Postal Regulatory Commission; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); General Services Administration (GSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
Bills named:
H.R. 2883 (114th), H.R. 2775 (114th), H.R. 2029 (114th), S. 1656 (114th)
Issues related to broadband, device accessibility, online video, net neutrality, e-rate modernization, IP address policy, Internet governance, the IANA transition, and ICANN including generic top-level domain names
Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); White House Office; Federal Reserve System; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Small Business Administration (SBA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Economic Council (NEC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Postal Regulatory Commission; U.S. Copyright Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; General Services Administration (GSA)
Issues related to the Small Business Administration, House Small Business Committee, and Senate Small Business Committee
Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Postal Regulatory Commission; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); U.S. Copyright Office; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); White House Office; Federal Reserve System; State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); General Services Administration (GSA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Small Business Administration (SBA)
Issues related to high-skilled immigration
Contacted: U.S. Copyright Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Small Business Administration (SBA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Treasury, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Federal Reserve System; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Postal Regulatory Commission; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); General Services Administration (GSA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; U.S. Postal Service (USPS)
Issues related to cybersecurity, cloud security, Federal IT transformation/cloud computing and big data
Contacted: General Services Administration (GSA); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); U.S. Copyright Office; White House Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Reserve System; SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Postal Regulatory Commission; U.S. Postal Service (USPS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)
Issues related to IT system improvements and cloud computing
Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Government Accountability Office (GAO); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Copyright Office; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Postal Regulatory Commission; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Reserve System; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); SENATE; General Services Administration (GSA); Small Business Administration (SBA); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
Issues related to surface transportation, including MAP-21 (Public Law 112-141), the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (H.R. 22) and freight transportation in the FY16 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriation Bills (H.R. 2577 and S. Rept. 114-75)
Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); General Services Administration (GSA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Government Accountability Office (GAO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Postal Regulatory Commission; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Reserve System; SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Copyright Office; Small Business Administration (SBA); Natl Economic Council (NEC)
Bills named:
H.R. 22 (114th), H.R. 2577 (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, and the Innovation Act (H.R. 9); Patent Act (S. 632)
Contacted: Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); State, Dept of (DOS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Postal Regulatory Commission; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Government Accountability Office (GAO); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Federal Reserve System; White House Office; U.S. Copyright Office; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE; General Services Administration (GSA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Bills named:
S. 632 (114th), H.R. 9 (114th)
Issues related to postal reform and postal rates, including international terminal dues
Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); General Services Administration (GSA); Federal Reserve System; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Copyright Office; White House Office; U.S. Postal Service (USPS); State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Postal Regulatory Commission; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Government Accountability Office (GAO); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Small Business Administration (SBA); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Natl Economic Council (NEC)
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); Cyberthreat Sharing Act of 2015 (S. 456); Cyber Information Sharing Act of 2015 (S. 754); Cyber Privacy Fortification Act of 2015 (H.R. 104); Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (H.R. 234); 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: U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Reserve System; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); General Services Administration (GSA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Treasury, Dept of; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); White House Office; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Copyright Office; Postal Regulatory Commission; State, Dept of (DOS)
Bills named:
S. 2044 (114th), H.R. 104 (114th), H.R. 1560 (114th), H.R. 1770 (114th), H.R. 1704 (114th), H.R. 2205 (114th), S. 754 (114th), S. 177 (114th), H.R. 2092 (114th), S. 1158 (114th), S. 456 (114th), H.R. 234 (114th)
Issues related to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), including issues related to the FAA Modernization and Reform Act (Public Law 112-95); Commercial UAS Modernization Act (S. 1314) and the FY16 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Bills (H.R. 2577 and S. Rept. 114-75)
Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Government Accountability Office (GAO); SENATE; Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Postal Regulatory Commission; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); U.S. Copyright Office; U.S. Postal Service (USPS); General Services Administration (GSA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Reserve System; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Bills named:
S. 1314 (114th), H.R. 2577 (114th)
Issues related to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program
Contacted: SENATE; General Services Administration (GSA); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); State, Dept of (DOS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); White House Office; Small Business Administration (SBA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Federal Reserve System; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Copyright Office; U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Postal Regulatory Commission
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