SIIA for SOFTWARE & INFORMATION INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION

Telecommunications TEC

FCC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, "Protecting the Privacy of Consumers of Broadband and Other Telecommunications Services"

Contacted: U.S. Postal Service (USPS); General Services Administration (GSA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; U.S. Copyright Office; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Education, Dept of; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Education EDU

Workforce preparedness; Support for technology in teaching and education; Enhancing the public-private research partnerships necessary to improve education; Student Privacy; Open educational resources legislation and regulations: Reauthorization and Implementation of PL 114-95, the Every Student Succeeds Act; Reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act; Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act; Implementation and reauthorization of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA; 20 U.S.C. 1232g; 34 CPR Part 99); U.S. DoEd Accessibility of Instructional Materials (AIM) Commission and related legislation and regulations; ConnectEd and ConnectEducators; Protecting Student Privacy Act of 2014 (S. 1322); Student Digital Privacy and Parental Rights Act of 2015 (draft legislation); Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (H.R. 5587) Accessible Instructional Materials in Higher Education Act (H.R. 6122) Safeguarding American Families from Exposure by Keeping Information and Data Secure Act (S. 1788); Student Privacy Protection Act (H.R. 3157); Student Digital Privacy and Parental Rights Act of 2015 (S. 1788).

Contacted: Education, Dept of; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); General Services Administration (GSA); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; U.S. Copyright Office

Bills named: H.R. 5587 (114th), H.R. 6122 (114th), S. 1322 (114th), S. 1788 (114th), H.R. 3157 (114th)

Postal POS

Postal rates and service standards; Legislation to reform and modernize the operations of the U.S. Postal Service, postal rates: Improving Postal Operations, Service, and Transparency Act of 2015 (S. 2051),Postal Service Reform Act (H.R. 5714), and Postal Service Financial Improvement Act of 2016 (R.R. 5707).

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Education, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); General Services Administration (GSA); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); U.S. Copyright Office; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: H.R. 5714 (114th), S. 2051 (114th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

International trade issues, including the Transpacific Partnership (TPP), the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), the Trade in Services Agreement, and the Information Technology Agreement (ITA), Within trade, cross-border data flows, intellectual property protection, privacy, IT procurement, data security and cloud computing; U.S.-EU Privacy Shield agreement; U.S. Government positions on data privacy, intellectual property, and big data work conducted in International Organizations.

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; General Services Administration (GSA); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Copyright Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Education, Dept of; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Copyright protection for software and digital information content (including enforcement); Patent litigation reform, including the Innovation Act (H.R. 9); the PATENT Act (S. 1137, the TROL Act (HR 2045) and the Demand Letter Transparency Act (HR 1896); IP Task Force Copyright Policy Green Paper; ICANN and domain name issues affecting copyrights and trademarks; Congressional review of copyright policy; Modernization of the Copyright Office; Trade secret protection, including the Defend Trade Secrets Act (H.R.3326, S. 1890); Copyright Office studies of online service provider liability, embedded software and Section 1201.

Contacted: U.S. Copyright Office; U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); State, Dept of (DOS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Education, Dept of; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); General Services Administration (GSA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Bills named: H.R. 9 (114th), H.R. 1896 (114th), H.R. 2045 (114th), H.R. 3326 (114th), S. 1890 (114th), S. 1137 (114th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Federal funding for Education Technology and Teacher Training; FY 2017 Labor, HHS and Educations Appropriations, including funding for education and education technology grant programs.

Contacted: Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Copyright Office; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Education, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); General Services Administration (GSA); U.S. Postal Service (USPS)

Government Issues GOV

Issues pertaining to federal IT procurement, including the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP); Federal IT Modernization; Oversight of GSA 18F and the U.S. Digital Service; Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2015 (S. 779, H.R. 1477); Americans with Disabilities Act, Title II web content regulations

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); U.S. Copyright Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Education, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); General Services Administration (GSA)

Bills named: S. 779 (114th), H.R. 1477 (114th)

Computer Industry CPI

Data privacy and security; cybersecurity; policies pertaining to "big bata," the "Internet of Things," and artificial intelligence. Cross-border data flows and international server localization requirements; Legislation to amend the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, including: Email Privacy Act (H.R. 699), Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2015 (S. 356), and the International Communications Privacy Act of 2016 (S. 2986, H.R. 5323); Internet Governance, including details regarding the proposed transition the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) function per the March 14, 2014 National Telecommunications and Information Agency (NTIA) announcement;

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); General Services Administration (GSA); State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); SENATE; Education, Dept of; U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Copyright Office; Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Bills named: S. 2986 (114th), H.R. 699 (114th), H.R. 5323 (114th), S. 356 (114th)

Intelligence INT

Legislation to amend the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, including: Email Privacy Act (H.R. 699), Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2015 (S. 356), and the International Communications Privacy Act of 2016 (S. 2986, H.R. 5323); Government access to encrypted information; Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (H.R. 3017, H.R. 5077), issues pertaining to privacy oversight.

Contacted: General Services Administration (GSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Education, Dept of; U.S. Copyright Office; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: H.R. 5077 (114th), S. 2986 (114th), S. 356 (114th), H.R. 3017 (114th), H.R. 5323 (114th), H.R. 699 (114th)