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Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Matters relating to removing restrictions on outbound investments by US companies under the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017

Contacted: SENATE; Education, Dept of; Small Business Administration (SBA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Energy, Dept of

Homeland Security HOM

Matters relating to role advanced analytics and IT modernization might play in natural disaster emergency preparedness, response and recovery efforts.

Contacted: SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Small Business Administration (SBA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Energy, Dept of

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Matters relating to need for strong digital trade provisions in future trade agreements; matters relating to concerns raised restrictions on domestic sales relating to foreign source code disclosures

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Small Business Administration (SBA); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)

Alcohol and Drug Abuse ALC

Matters relating to HR 6, the Substance Use Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment Act (SUPPORT)for Patients and Communities Act (Titles VII and VIII; matters relating to S. 2680, the Opioid Crisis Response Act, Sec 303, and HR 6, the Support for Patients and Communities Act, Section 3014, relating to the use of analytics to improve coordination between Customs and Border Protectionand FDA; S. 2902, the Better Data Sharing Act to Combat the Opioid Crisis Act, relating to the role of analytics to improve data sharing; S. 3282, DEA Order Clearinghouse Act of 2018 relating to the role of analytics in improving clearinghouse analysis.

Contacted: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Education, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Small Business Administration (SBA); SENATE; Energy, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 6 (115th), S. 2902 (115th), S. 3282 (115th), S. 2680 (115th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Matters relating to maintaining provisions of the AIA; matters relating to the need for strong copyright protection for software; matters relating to revising 28 USC 1782 to provide for protection of trade secrets

Contacted: Small Business Administration (SBA); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Education, Dept of; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Energy, Dept of; SENATE

Veterans VET

Matters relating to the role advanced analytics might play in improving telehealth and preventing veteran suicide.

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Education, Dept of; Energy, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Small Business Administration (SBA); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Matters relating to HR 5952, the FY 2019 Department of Agriculture Appropriations Act relating to the use of analytics to improve program integrity and efficiency; HR 6258, the FY 2019 Financial Services Appropriations Act relating to streamlining data sources for the improper payments program; HR 6072, the FY 2019 Transportation - HUD Appropriations Act relating to improving data sharing; HR 6258 and S. 3107, the FY 2019 Financial Services Appropriations Acts relating to enhanced funding for Treasury's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau for analytics; and HR 6157, the combined FY 2019 appropriations for USDA, Financial Services, Interior, Transportation and Housing and Urban Development relating to DOT data sharing mandates.

Contacted: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Energy, Dept of; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Small Business Administration (SBA)

Bills named: H.R. 6258 (115th), H.R. 6072 (115th), H.R. 6157 (115th), H.R. 5952 (115th), S. 3107 (115th)

Government Issues GOV

Matters relating to developing general awareness about advanced analytics including artificial intelligence; matters relating to the role advanced analytics and AI can play in improving government and the delivery of government services and government information technology, particularly with respect to the Internal Revenue Service, the Food and Drug Administration (as it relates to compliance with the Food Safety Modernization Act), educational loan servicing,college dashboards and grantmaking, and impact on improving various transportation requirements, small business disaster recovery relief and general government program integrity efforts.

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Energy, Dept of; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Small Business Administration (SBA); Education, Dept of

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Matters relating to HR. 5894, the FY 2019 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Act, relating to providing report language to direct the Department of Energy to take necessary steps to have the department removed from the GAO High Risk list for fraud, waste and abuse relating to its maintenance and operating contracts; matters relating to developing similar report language for inclusion in Title III, House Report 115-697 relating to improper payments.

Contacted: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Education, Dept of; SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Small Business Administration (SBA); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Bills named: H.R. 5894 (115th)

Computer Industry CPI

Issues relating to requirements for notification by third parties after data breach; matters relating to the benefits of artificial intelligence; matters relating to the need for comprehensive federal privacy legislation.

Contacted: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Energy, Dept of; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Small Business Administration (SBA); Education, Dept of; SENATE