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Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Issues generally relating to consumer data privacy (no specific legislation introduced or pending).

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

Defense DEF

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

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

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 (no specific legislation).

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

Environment/Superfund ENV

S. 2170/H.R. 2284 - The Responsible Recycling Act (all provisions); 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: Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Bills named: H.R. 2284 (112th), S. 2170 (112th)

Health Issues HCR

Issues generally relating to healthcare IT, and to potential for regulation of healthcare IT as medical devices (no specific legislation introduced or pending). H.R. 3059 - Creating Hope Act of 2011; H.R. 436 - Protect Medical Innovation Act (all provisions).

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

Bills named: H.R. 3059 (112th), H.R. 436 (112th)

Veterans VET

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

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

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).

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

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

Education EDU

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

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

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).

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Issues generally relating to domestic preferences, remanufactured goods, Peru's imposition of VAT exemptions and local preferences, 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: Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); SENATE; White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

S. 17 - Medical Device Access and Innovation Protection Act (all provisions); tax policy generally including deferral of foreign-earned income, repatriation, and corporate tax rates (no specific legislation).

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

Bills named: S. 17 (112th)

Telecommunications TEC

Issues generally relating to voluntary auctions in the broadcast spectrum, "white spaces," expansion of universe of generic Top Level Domains, and oversight of ICANN by Department of Commerce and National Telecommunications and Information Administration (no specific legislation introduced or pending). H.R. 3630 - Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012; issues related to spectrum auctions.

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

Bills named: H.R. 3630 (112th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

S. 23 - Patent Reform Act of 2011 (all provisions); 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 Court in patent infringement disputes (no specific legislation).

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

Bills named: S. 23 (112th)

Homeland Security HOM

H.R. 174 - Homeland Security Cyber and Physical Infrastructure Protection Act (all provisions); S. 413 - Cybersecurity and Internet Freedom Act (all provisions); S. 21 - Cybersecurity and American Competitiveness Act (all provisions); S. 813 - Cybersecurity Public Awareness Act (all provisions); issues generally relating to cybersecurity workforce development, supply chain security and cybersecurity procurement (no specific legislation introduced or pending); CONTINUED H.R. 2096 - The Cybersecurity Enhancement Act; H.R. 3834 - Advancing Americas Networking and IT Research and Development Act of 2012; S. 2151- the SECURE IT Act; S. 2105 - the Cybersecurity Act of 2012; H.R. 4257 - the Federal Information Security Act of 2012 (all provisions): pending cybercrime legislation (not yet introduced).

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

Bills named: H.R. 2096 (112th), S. 2151 (112th), S. 813 (112th), H.R. 3834 (112th), H.R. 4257 (112th), S. 2105 (112th), S. 21 (112th), H.R. 174 (112th), S. 413 (112th)