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Government Issues GOV

Issues relating to efficient government operations, including cloud computing, datacenter consolidation, cybersecurity and telework - no specific legislation. Issues related to government contracting regarding workforce management - no specific legislation.

Contacted: Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); General Services Administration (GSA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Security Council (NSC); Small Business Administration (SBA); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; Education, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Issues relating to domestic preferences, remanufactured goods, implementation of trade facilitation/customs measures in Latin America - no specific legislation. Issues related to China local preferences - no specific legislation. Issues related to India local preferences - no specific legislation. H.R. 2146 - Trade Promotion Authority - issues related to local preferences.

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); General Services Administration (GSA); Small Business Administration (SBA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Natl Security Council (NSC); SENATE; Education, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: H.R. 2146 (114th)

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

Issues relating to data breach notification (S. 177 - Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015; H.R. 1770 - Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015; S. 961 - Data Security Act of 2015).

Contacted: Education, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Treasury, Dept of; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Small Business Administration (SBA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); General Services Administration (GSA); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Security Council (NSC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE

Bills named: S. 961 (114th), S. 177 (114th), H.R. 1770 (114th)

Immigration IMM

Issues relating to H1B visas, visas for employees of small businesses, start-up companies, and visas for foreign higher education students - no specific legislation.

Contacted: General Services Administration (GSA); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Natl Security Council (NSC); White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Small Business Administration (SBA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Education, Dept of

Homeland Security HOM

Issues relating to supply chain security, cybersecurity procurement and data breach notification (H.R. 1731 - National Cybersecurity Protection Act; H.R. 1560 - Protecting Cyber Networks Act; S. 754 - Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015; S. 512 - Law Enforcement Access to Data Stored Abroad Act). S. 1123 & H.R. 2048 - USA Freedom Act - reform of government surveillance practices. FISA reform - no specific legislation.

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); General Services Administration (GSA); Treasury, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natl Security Council (NSC); Education, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); State, Dept of (DOS); Small Business Administration (SBA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)

Bills named: S. 754 (114th), H.R. 1560 (114th), S. 1123 (114th), H.R. 1731 (114th), H.R. 2048 (114th), S. 512 (114th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Tax policy including deferral of foreign-earned income, repatriation, and corporate tax rates - no specific legislation. Tax policies related to the continued funding of the Highway Trust Fund - no specific legislation.

Contacted: General Services Administration (GSA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Education, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); State, Dept of (DOS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; White House Office; Small Business Administration (SBA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Treasury, Dept of

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Issues relating to online piracy, unfair competition and misappropriation of IP - no specific legislation. Issues relating to the use of the U.S. International Trade Commission in patent infringement disputes - no specific legislation. Issues relating to litigation by patent assertion entities before federal courts and the U.S. International Trade Commission (unnumbered Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters (TROL) Act; H.R. 9 - the Innovation Act; S. 632 - the Support Technology and Research for Our Nation's Growth Patents (STRONG) Act of 2015; S. 1137 - PATENT Act).

Contacted: White House Office; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Education, Dept of; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); General Services Administration (GSA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Security Council (NSC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of; Small Business Administration (SBA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: S. 1137 (114th), H.R. 9 (114th), S. 632 (114th)

Health Issues HCR

H.R. 6 - 21st Century CURES Act - Issues relating to healthcare IT, and the potential for regulation of healthcare IT as medical devices by the Food and Drug Administration.

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Education, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Small Business Administration (SBA); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); General Services Administration (GSA); Natl Security Council (NSC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 6 (114th)

Veterans VET

Issues related to veteran-owned businesses, veterans employment, and pro-veteran employee support efforts, including expanded options for GI Bill fund use - no specific legislation.

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office; General Services Administration (GSA); Natl Security Council (NSC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Small Business Administration (SBA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Small Business SMB

Issues relating to entrepreneurship, including government regulations, taxation, cloud computing, veteran-owned businesses, security and access to credit - no specific legislation. S. 181-Startup Act - Issues related STEM and entrepreneurship.

Contacted: Education, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); General Services Administration (GSA); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Security Council (NSC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

Bills named: S. 181 (114th)

Defense DEF

Issues relating to funding for Department of Defense IT programs - no specific legislation. S. 1376, H.R. 1735 - National Defense Authorization Act - issues related to service contract language, cybersecurity. H.R. 2685 and Unnumbered Senate Bill - Defense Appropriations for 2016 - funding for defense IT programs.

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Security Council (NSC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Education, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Treasury, Dept of; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Small Business Administration (SBA); General Services Administration (GSA)

Bills named: H.R. 1735 (114th), S. 1376 (114th), H.R. 2685 (114th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Issues related to the timely passage of a federal budget, and federal funding for IT products and services (H. Con Res 27 and S. Con Res 11 - Budget Resolution; H.R. 2578 and unnumbered Senate bill - Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations for 2016; H.R. 2685 and unnumbered Senate bill - Defense Appropriations for 2016).

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Education, Dept of; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Small Business Administration (SBA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); General Services Administration (GSA); State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Security Council (NSC); SENATE; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); White House Office

Bills named: S.Con.Res. 11 (114th), H.R. 2685 (114th), H.Con.Res. 27 (114th), H.R. 2578 (114th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Issues related to responsible electronics recycling - no specific legislation. Issues related to green procurement - no specific legislation.

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); State, Dept of (DOS); General Services Administration (GSA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); SENATE; Small Business Administration (SBA); Education, Dept of; Natl Security Council (NSC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Education EDU

Issues relating to education technology - no specific legislation. H.R. 1020 - STEM Education Act of 2015 - issues related to education technology

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); General Services Administration (GSA); White House Office; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); State, Dept of (DOS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); SENATE; Small Business Administration (SBA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Education, Dept of; Natl Security Council (NSC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 1020 (114th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Issues related to disclosure practices - no specific legislation.

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); General Services Administration (GSA); Small Business Administration (SBA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); SENATE; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Security Council (NSC); State, Dept of (DOS); Treasury, Dept of; Education, Dept of