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Education EDU

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Education, Workforce Training & Related Matters: H.R. 5 Student Success Act/S.1177 Every Child Achieves Act; H.R. 5587, The Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act.

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 5 (114th), S. 1177 (114th), H.R. 5587 (114th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Labor, Workplace & Benefits Policy: High-Skilled Immigration Reform (generally); HR 5801: Protect & Grow American Jobs Act.

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 5801 (114th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to International Trade Including Multilateral & Bilateral Trade Agreements: Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP); Trade in Services Agreement (TISA); Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Bilateral Trade Issues: China and India

Contacted: SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Defense DEF

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Defense Matters: National Defense Authorization Act, FY2017, National Defense Authorization Act, S. 2943; National Defense Authorization Act, 2016: Distributed Common Ground System - Army (DCGS-A), Data Centers and Analytics, DISA commercial cloud, DoD/VA Integrated Electronic Health Records; Provisions to block the Fair Pay & Safe Workplaces Executive Order.

Contacted: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: S. 2943 (114th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Intellectual Property, including Patents, Copyright, and Trademarks: Software Patent Eligibility; India Trade Secrets Reform; India Computer-Related Invention Examination Guidelines; Indonesia Patent Law Implementation.

Contacted: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); State, Dept of (DOS); Treasury, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Domestic and International Tax, including Tax Treaties: Bilateral Income Tax Treaties: U.S. - Spain, U.S. - Chile. OECD Guidelines and U.S. Treasury Comments on Taxation: Base Erosion Profit-Shifting (BEPS) Project. H.R. 2315/S. 386 Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act. Fundamental corporate tax reform based on H.R. 1 Tax Reform Act of 2014; House GOP tax reform blueprint "A Better Way for Tax Reform".

Contacted: SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Bills named: S. 386 (114th), H.R. 1 (114th), H.R. 2315 (114th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Budget & Appropriations Matters: DoD Appropriations Act, FY2017, HR 2028 FY 2017 Continuing Resolution; Consolidated Appropriations Act, FY2016, and DoD Appropriations Act, FY2016: Air Force Health IT , DoD/VA Integrated Electronic Health Records, Data Center Consolidation, DoD Public/Private Partnerships, DISA Commercial Cloud, and Army Talent & Engagement program; Provision to block the Fair Pay & Safe Workplaces Executive Order; DCGS. Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations Act, FY2017, HR2028, Continuing Resoltuoin; Consolidated Appropriations Act, FY2016, Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations Act, FY2016: Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Program Integrity, and cognitive computing for health care and research. Military Construction/VA Appropriations Act, FY2017, HR 2028 FY 2017 Continuing Resolution; Consolidated Appropriations Act, FY2016, and Military Construction/VA Appropriations Act, FY2016 (current year execution): DoD/VA Integrated Electronic Health Records, VA Disability Claims Processing and Program Integrity, VA Choice Act implementation, and cognitive computing for health care and research.

Contacted: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 2028 (114th)

Computer Industry CPI

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: S.1101 Medical Electronic Data Technology Enhancement for Consumers Health (MEDTECH) Act; H.R. 6 21st Century Cures Act/H.R. 2396 Software Act; Vice President Biden's Cancer Moonshot Precision Medicine Initiative. Government Policy on Encryption Technology. H.R. 6004 Modernizing Government Technology Act (MGT Act) 2016. S. 2607 Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things Act or the DIGIT Act; Policy on Internet of Things and Security.

Contacted: SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Bills named: H.R. 6 (114th), S. 2607 (114th), S. 1101 (114th), H.R. 6004 (114th), H.R. 2396 (114th)