2nd Quarter - Report

COMPUTER & COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION for COMPUTER & COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION

Period 2nd Quarter 2008 Filed Jul 17, 2008 Signed by Daniel L. Johnson, General Counsel

Official filing
Firm
COMPUTER & COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
Client
COMPUTER & COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
Income
—
Expenses
$350,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

12 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

DMCA Reform; Statutory Damages; Fair Use; Patent Reform; Misrepresentation of Consumer Rights; Copyright Issues in Trade Agreements; IP Enforcement

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
EDWARD J BLACK —
DANIEL L JOHNSON —
BRIAN KAHIN —
DANIEL O'CONNOR —
WILLIAM RODGER —
MATTHEW SCHRUERS —
CATHERINE SLOAN —

Contacted: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); U.S. Copyright Office

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

Copyright; VOIP; Broadband penetration and mapping; Universal Service; Spectrum Auction

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
EDWARD J BLACK —
DANIEL L JOHNSON —
DANIEL O'CONNOR —
WILLIAM RODGER —
MATTHEW SCHRUERS —
CATHERINE SLOAN —

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Copyright Office; State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Media (information/publishing) MIA

Copyright Issues with comsumer notices of rights; Media Consolidation

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
EDWARD J BLACK —
MATTHEW SCHRUERS —

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); U.S. Copyright Office; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Free Trade Agreements; Intellectual Property Stipulations in Free Trade Agreements; Export Controls

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
EDWARD J BLACK —
KEN KUROKAWA —
MATTHEW SCHRUERS —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); U.S. Copyright Office

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Taxpayer Identity Protection Act; R&D Tax Credit; Issues Pertaining to Tax preparation Services

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
EDWARD J BLACK —
DANIEL L JOHNSON —
KEN KUROKAWA —
CATHERINE SLOAN —

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); SENATE; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Copyright Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Telecommunications TEC

Broadband Deployment and Mapping; Spectrum Management and Auction; Universal Service Reform

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
EDWARD J BLACK —
DANIEL L JOHNSON —
DANIEL O'CONNOR —
CATHERINE SLOAN —

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); U.S. Copyright Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Foreign Relations FOR

Global Online Freedom Act; Copyright in Trade Agreements; Internet Censorship; Free Trade Agreements; Export Controls

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
EDWARD J BLACK —
DANIEL L JOHNSON —
KEN KUROKAWA —
DANIEL O'CONNOR —
WILLIAM RODGER —
MATTHEW SCHRUERS —
CATHERINE SLOAN —

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Copyright Office; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); State, Dept of (DOS)

Government Issues GOV

Government Competition; Tax Preparation Services; Procurement; Taxpayer Identity Protection Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
EDWARD J BLACK —
KEN KUROKAWA —

Contacted: U.S. Copyright Office; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); State, Dept of (DOS); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Immigration IMM

H-1B Visa Reform; Green Card Backlogs

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
EDWARD J BLACK —
KEN KUROKAWA —
CATHERINE SLOAN —

Contacted: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); U.S. Copyright Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Computer Industry CPI

Online Privacy; Government Competition with Private Sector; Copyright; Patent Reform; Antitrust; Telecommunications Policy; Open Source Software; VoIP; Spectrum Policy

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
EDWARD J BLACK —
DANIEL L JOHNSON —
BRIAN KAHIN —
KEN KUROKAWA —
DANIEL O'CONNOR —
WILLIAM RODGER —
MATTHEW SCHRUERS —
CATHERINE SLOAN —

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Copyright Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); SENATE

Intelligence INT

FISA Update; Telecom Retroactive Immunity; Warrantless Government Surveillance

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
EDWARD J BLACK —
DANIEL L JOHNSON —
KEN KUROKAWA —
DANIEL O'CONNOR —
WILLIAM RODGER —
MATTHEW SCHRUERS —
CATHERINE SLOAN —

Contacted: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Copyright Office

Science/Technology SCI

Research Funding; R&D Tax Credit

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
EDWARD J BLACK —
KEN KUROKAWA —

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Copyright Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); State, Dept of (DOS)

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.