MONUMENT ADVOCACY for MICROSOFT CORP

Energy/Nuclear ENG

S. 398, S. 963, energy efficency.

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Treasury, Dept of; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS)

Bills named: S. 398 (112th), S. 963 (112th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Internet competition; internet advertising; antitrust; STEM; High-skilled immigration

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Treasury, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Immigration IMM

Immigration reform; visa policy; immigration services; Startup Visa Act; green cards; STEM related issues; high skilled immigration ; STEM Jobs Act (HR 6429); The Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act (HR 3012)

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)

Bills named: H.R. 3012 (112th), H.R. 6429 (112th)

Science/Technology SCI

Internet competition; internet privacy; antitrust; cyber security research and development; STEM education

Contacted: U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

Internet competition; internet advertising; internet privacy; antitrust; Do Not Track; mobile applications

Contacted: Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE

Computer Industry CPI

Internet competition; internet advertising; internet privacy; antitrust, cybersecurity, open source; S. 413, The Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2011, S. 413, The Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2011; S. 21; S. 8; S. 375; critical infrastructure protection; supply chain; S. 2151, S. 2105, H.R.4263, H.R.3674, H.R.3523; mobile applications; Do Not Track; online children's privacy

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE

Bills named: S. 2105 (112th), H.R. 3523 (112th), H.R. 4263 (112th), S. 413 (112th), S. 2151 (112th), H.R. 3674 (112th), S. 375 (112th), S. 8 (112th), S. 21 (112th)

Advertising ADV

Internet competition; internet advertising; internet privacy; antitrust; mobile applications; Do Not Track

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Homeland Security HOM

Cyber security; state fusion centers; voluntary private sector preparedness standards; S. 413, The Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2011; S. 21; S. 8; S. 375; S. 2151, S. 2105, H.R.4263, H.R.3674, H.R.3523

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Bills named: S. 8 (112th), S. 375 (112th), S. 2151 (112th), S. 2105 (112th), H.R. 4263 (112th), H.R. 3674 (112th), S. 21 (112th), S. 413 (112th), H.R. 3523 (112th)

Foreign Relations FOR

Issues relating to technology use in other countries.

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Health Issues HCR

Health IT and issues related to proprietary software.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Treasury, Dept of; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Intellectual property protection, including the impact of IP theft on competition; issues related to Trade in Services; general market access issues; and issues related to patents.

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); SENATE; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Issues related to international tax and deferral.

Contacted: Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Telecommunications TEC

Issues related to broadband funding; issues relating to white spaces; spectrum

Contacted: SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)