SIIA for SOFTWARE & INFORMATION INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION

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

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

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

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

Bills named: H.R. 3157 (114th), S. 1322 (114th), H.R. 5587 (114th), S. 1788 (114th), H.R. 6122 (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. International Trade Commission (ITC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); U.S. Copyright Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Education, Dept of; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); General Services Administration (GSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Telecommunications TEC

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

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

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

Bills named: H.R. 9 (114th), H.R. 1896 (114th), S. 1137 (114th), S. 1890 (114th), H.R. 2045 (114th), H.R. 3326 (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) and Postal Service Financial Improvement Act of 2016 (H.R. 5707).

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

Bills named: S. 2051 (114th), H.R. 5707 (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: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Education, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); General Services Administration (GSA); SENATE; U.S. Copyright Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); U.S. Postal Service (USPS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)

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

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

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