1st Quarter - Amendment

COMPUTER & COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION for COMPUTER & COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION

Period 1st Quarter 2008 Filed Sep 11, 2009 Signed by Daniel L. Johnson, General Counsel

Official filing
Firm
COMPUTER & COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
Client
COMPUTER & COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
Income
—
Expenses
$455,835
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

Versions of this report

Every filing the register holds for this firm, client and period, oldest first. The most recent one is the version LegiList counts.

Filing Filed Amount Counted
1st Quarter - Report Apr 21, 2008 $455,835 Replaced
1st Quarter - Report Sep 11, 2009 $455,835 Replaced
1st Quarter - Amendment (this page) Sep 11, 2009 $455,835 Yes

What was lobbied

12 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Free Trade Agreements; Intellectual Property Stipulations in Free Trade Agreements; Export Controls

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
EDWARD J BLACK —
KEN KUROKAWA —
MATTHEW SCHRUERS —

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Copyright Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); State, Dept of (DOS)

Intelligence INT

FISA Update; Telecom Retroactive Immunity; Warrantless Government Surveillance

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
EDWARD J BLACK —
DANIEL L JOHNSON —
KEN KUROKAWA —
DANIEL O'CONNOR —
WILLIAM RODGER —
MATTHEW SCHRUERS —
CATHERINE SLOAN —

Contacted: Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); U.S. Copyright Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

Copyright; VOIP; Broadband penetration and mapping; Universal Service; Spectrum Auction

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
EDWARD J BLACK —
DANIEL L JOHNSON —
DANIEL O'CONNOR —
WILLIAM RODGER —
MATTHEW SCHRUERS —
CATHERINE SLOAN —

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Copyright Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); State, Dept of (DOS)

Media (information/publishing) MIA

Copyright Issues with comsumer notices of rights; Media Consolidation, First Amendment Issues

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
EDWARD J BLACK —
DANIEL L JOHNSON —
MATTHEW SCHRUERS —
CATHERINE SLOAN —

Contacted: U.S. Copyright Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Taxpayer Identity Protection Act; R&D Tax Credit; Issues Pertaining to Tax preparation Services

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
EDWARD J BLACK —
DANIEL L JOHNSON —
KEN KUROKAWA —
CATHERINE SLOAN —

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); U.S. Copyright Office; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Telecommunications TEC

Broadband Deployment and Mapping; Spectrum Management and Auction; Universal Service Reform

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
EDWARD J BLACK —
DANIEL L JOHNSON —
DANIEL O'CONNOR —
CATHERINE SLOAN —

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Copyright Office; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

DMCA Reform; Statutory Damages; Fair Use; Patent Reform; Misrepresentation of Consumer Rights; Copyright Issues in Trade Agreements; IP Enforcement

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
EDWARD J BLACK —
DANIEL L JOHNSON —
BRIAN KAHIN —
DANIEL O'CONNOR —
WILLIAM RODGER —
MATTHEW SCHRUERS —
CATHERINE SLOAN —

Contacted: SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); U.S. Copyright Office; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Foreign Relations FOR

Global Online Freedom Act; Copyright in Trade Agreements; Internet Censorship; Free Trade Agreements; Export Controls

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
EDWARD J BLACK —
DANIEL L JOHNSON —
KEN KUROKAWA —
DANIEL O'CONNOR —
WILLIAM RODGER —
MATTHEW SCHRUERS —
CATHERINE SLOAN —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Copyright Office; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS)

Government Issues GOV

Government Competition; Tax Preparation Services; Procurement; Taxpayer Identity Protection Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
EDWARD J BLACK —
DANIEL L JOHNSON —
KEN KUROKAWA —

Contacted: Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Copyright Office; State, Dept of (DOS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Immigration IMM

H-1B Visa Reform; Green Card Backlogs

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
EDWARD J BLACK —
KEN KUROKAWA —
CATHERINE SLOAN —

Contacted: Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Copyright Office

Computer Industry CPI

Online Privacy; Government Competition with Private Sector; Copyright; Patent Reform; Antitrust; Telecommunications Policy; Open Source Software; VoIP; Spectrum Policy

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
EDWARD J BLACK —
DANIEL L JOHNSON —
BRIAN KAHIN —
KEN KUROKAWA —
DANIEL O'CONNOR —
MATTHEW SCHRUERS —
CATHERINE SLOAN —

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Copyright Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Science/Technology SCI

Research Funding; R&D Tax Credit

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
EDWARD J BLACK —
KEN KUROKAWA —

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); U.S. Copyright Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.