What was lobbied
18 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Issues related to postal reform and postal rates, including international terminal dues
Contacted: Postal Regulatory Commission; U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); U.S. Copyright Office; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Treasury, Dept of; Small Business Administration (SBA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Economic Council (NEC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Government Accountability Office (GAO); General Services Administration (GSA); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Reserve System; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); White House Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
Issues related to high-skilled immigration.
Contacted: Small Business Administration (SBA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); White House Office; U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Copyright Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Reserve System; Postal Regulatory Commission; State, Dept of (DOS); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); General Services Administration (GSA); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Issues related to veterans hiring and training.
Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Small Business Administration (SBA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Postal Regulatory Commission; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Defense, Dept of (DOD); State, Dept of (DOS); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); White House Office; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Copyright Office; Federal Reserve System; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); General Services Administration (GSA); Treasury, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
Issues related to cybersecurity, critical infrastructure protection, payments security, cloud security and authentication.
Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Federal Reserve System; U.S. Copyright Office; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Postal Regulatory Commission; Government Accountability Office (GAO); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); General Services Administration (GSA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Small Business Administration (SBA); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Issues related to IT system improvements and cloud computing.
Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; Natl Economic Council (NEC); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Copyright Office; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); General Services Administration (GSA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Small Business Administration (SBA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Postal Regulatory Commission; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Reserve System; U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
Issues related to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program
Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); White House Office; Postal Regulatory Commission; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); General Services Administration (GSA); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Federal Reserve System; U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Small Business Administration (SBA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Government Accountability Office (GAO); U.S. Copyright Office; Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Treasury, Dept of; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); State, Dept of (DOS)
Issues related to data flows, free trade agreements, including the Trans-Pacific Partnershp, Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership, and exports and foreign direct investment.
Contacted: U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Postal Regulatory Commission; U.S. Copyright Office; White House Office; Government Accountability Office (GAO); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Federal Reserve System; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); General Services Administration (GSA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Treasury, Dept of
Issues related to mobile payments and payment processing, financial innovation, and technology, including The Repeal of Section 1075 of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 (H.R. 5465).
Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); General Services Administration (GSA); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); White House Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Government Accountability Office (GAO); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Postal Regulatory Commission; State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Reserve System; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Natl Economic Council (NEC); U.S. Copyright Office; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
Bills named:
H.R. 5465 (114th)
Issues related to the IT provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2017 and FY17 Defense Appropriations Act (draft form - no bill numbers) on IT systems improvements and cloud computing.
Contacted: Federal Reserve System; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Small Business Administration (SBA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); General Services Administration (GSA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); Postal Regulatory Commission; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); U.S. Copyright Office; Treasury, Dept of; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)
Issues related to surface transportation, including the Aviation Innovation, Reform and Reauthorization Act (H.R. 4441) and freight transportation in the FY17 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriation Bills (H.R. 5394 and S. 2844).
Contacted: Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Federal Reserve System; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Government Accountability Office (GAO); General Services Administration (GSA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Small Business Administration (SBA); White House Office; U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Copyright Office; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); SENATE; Postal Regulatory Commission; Defense, Dept of (DOD)
Bills named:
H.R. 5394 (114th), S. 2844 (114th), H.R. 4441 (114th)
Issues related to taxes, including corporate tax reform, renewable energy tax issues such as the MLP Parity Act (H.R. 2883/S. 1656); digital goods, and the collection of taxes on remote sales, including the Remote Transactions Parity Act of 2015 (H.R. 2775).
Contacted: U.S. Copyright Office; Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); General Services Administration (GSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Small Business Administration (SBA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Treasury, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Federal Reserve System; Government Accountability Office (GAO); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Postal Regulatory Commission
Bills named:
S. 1656 (114th), H.R. 2775 (114th), H.R. 2883 (114th)
Issues related to broadband, wi-fi, device accessibility, competitive navigation devices, online video, net neutrality, e-rate modernization, IP address policy, Internet governance, the IANA transition, ICANN including generic top-level domain names, MOBILE NOW Act (S. 2555); and DIGIT Act (S. 2607).
Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); General Services Administration (GSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Reserve System; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); U.S. Copyright Office; Small Business Administration (SBA); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Postal Regulatory Commission; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Defense, Dept of (DOD); White House Office
Bills named:
S. 2555 (114th), S. 2607 (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, the Innovation Act (H.R. 9); Patent Act (S. 632); Venue Equity & Non-Uniformity Elimination Act (S. 2733); and the Trade Protection Not Troll Protection Act (H.R. 4829).
Contacted: Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); General Services Administration (GSA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Federal Reserve System; Government Accountability Office (GAO); Treasury, Dept of; Small Business Administration (SBA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Copyright Office; Postal Regulatory Commission; State, Dept of (DOS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); White House Office
Bills named:
H.R. 4829 (114th), S. 2733 (114th), H.R. 9 (114th), S. 632 (114th)
Issues related to the Small Business Administration, House Small Business Committee, and Senate Small Business Committee
Contacted: U.S. Copyright Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Reserve System; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Small Business Administration (SBA); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; White House Office; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Postal Regulatory Commission; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); General Services Administration (GSA); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
Issues related to data protection, encryption, 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); Cyber Privacy Fortification Act of 2015 (H.R. 104); 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); Digital Security Commission Act of 2016 / McCaul-Warner Commission on Digital Security (H.R. 4651).
Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); White House Office; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Small Business Administration (SBA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Federal Reserve System; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; Postal Regulatory Commission; U.S. Copyright Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); General Services Administration (GSA)
Bills named:
H.R. 1560 (114th), H.R. 2092 (114th), S. 1158 (114th), S. 2044 (114th), H.R. 1770 (114th), H.R. 2205 (114th), S. 177 (114th), H.R. 4651 (114th), H.R. 1704 (114th), H.R. 104 (114th)
Issues related to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and air cargo, including issues related to the FAA Modernization and Reform Act (Public Law 112-95); Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act (S. 2658); the Aviation Innovation, Reform and Reauthorization Act (H.R. 4441); Commercial UAS Modernization Act (S. 1314), the FY17 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Bills (H.R. 5394 & S. 2844), and the FY17 House CJS Appropriations Bill (H.R. 5054).
Contacted: Federal Reserve System; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); U.S. Copyright Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; General Services Administration (GSA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); State, Dept of (DOS); Small Business Administration (SBA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Postal Regulatory Commission; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)
Bills named:
S. 1314 (114th), H.R. 4441 (114th), S. 2844 (114th), H.R. 5394 (114th), S. 2658 (114th), H.R. 5054 (114th)
Issues related to STEM education and job training, including re-authorization of the Perkins Career and Technical Education Act (H.R. 5587) and the Department of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2017 (S. 3040).
Contacted: Government Accountability Office (GAO); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Postal Regulatory Commission; General Services Administration (GSA); Small Business Administration (SBA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); White House Office; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Copyright Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Federal Reserve System
Bills named:
S. 3040 (114th), H.R. 5587 (114th)
Issues related to cybersecurity, cloud security, Federal IT transformation/cloud computing and big data.
Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); General Services Administration (GSA); Small Business Administration (SBA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); State, Dept of (DOS); Postal Regulatory Commission; White House Office; Natl Economic Council (NEC); U.S. Copyright Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Federal Reserve System; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)
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