SIIA for SOFTWARE & INFORMATION INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION

Postal POS

Legislation to reform and modernize the operations of the U.S. Postal Service, postal rates.

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

Intelligence INT

U.S. government surveillance reform, U.S. government access to electronic communications and meta data, Reauthorization of the USA PATRIOT Act, USA FREEDOM Act (H.R. 2048, S.2685); Judicial Redress Act of 2015 (H.R. 1428, S. 1600)

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

Bills named: H.R. 2048 (114th), S. 2685 (114th), H.R. 1428 (114th), S. 1600 (114th)

Telecommunications TEC

Modernizing the E-rate Program for schools and libraries, E-Rate exemption from the Antideficiency Act and President Obama's ConnectED initiative;

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

International trade issues, including Trade Promotion Authority, the Transpacific Partnership (TPP), the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), the Trade in Services Agreement, and the Information Technology Agreement (ITA), Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 (S.995, H.R. 1890), and Defending Public Safety Employees' Retirement Act (H.R.2146); Within trade, cross-border data flows, intellectual property protection, privacy, IT procurement, data security and cloud computing; U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Agreement negotiations; U.S. Government positions on data privacy, intellectual property, and big data work conducted in International Organizations.

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

Bills named: S. 995 (114th), H.R. 1890 (114th), H.R. 2146 (114th)

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); Text and data mining; 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; You Own Device Act (H.R. 862) Copyright Office study of Orphan Works and Mass Digitization; Copyright Office Triennial DMCA Rulemaking.

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

Bills named: S. 1137 (114th), H.R. 862 (114th), H.R. 1896 (114th), H.R. 2045 (114th), H.R. 9 (114th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Federal funding for Education Technology and Teacher Training FY 2016 Labor, HHS and Educations Appropriations, including funding for education and education technology grant programs FY 2016 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations, including funding for the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties (MLAT)Program OMB-2015-0001 (originally listed as OMB-2014-0006), "Federal Awarding Agency Regulatory Implementation of Office of Management and Budget's Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards."

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

Government Issues GOV

Issues pertaining to federal IT procurement, including the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP; Implementation of the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act; (OMB-2014-0006), "Federal Awarding Agency Regulatory Implementation of Office of Management and Budget's Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards;" Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2015 (S. 799, H.R. 1477)

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

Bills named: H.R. 1477 (114th), S. 799 (114th)

Education EDU

Workforce preparedness; Support for technology in teaching and education; Enhancing the public-private research partnerships necessary to improve education; Student Privacy; legislation and regulations: Implementation and Reauthorization of PL 107-110, the No Child Left Behind Act (Elementary and Secondary Education Act); Implementation of PL 108-446, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004; Higher Education Opportunity Act implementation (PL 11 0-315); Enhancing Education Through Technology Act of 2015 (S. 451) 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; Student Success Act (HR5); ConnectEd and ConnectEducators; Protecting Student Privacy Act of 2014 (S. 1322); Every Child Achieves Act of 2015 (S. 1177); Student Digital Privacy and Parental Rights Act of 2015 (draft legislation); OMB-2015-0001 (originally listed as OMB-2014-0006); "Federal Awarding Agency Regulatory Implementation of Office of Management and Budget's Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards;" Safeguarding American Families from Exposure by Keeping Information and Data Secure Act (S. 1788); Student Privacy Protection Act (HR 3157).

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

Bills named: S. 1788 (114th), S. 451 (114th), S. 1322 (114th), S. 1177 (114th), H.R. 5 (114th), H.R. 3157 (114th)

Computer Industry CPI

Data privacy and security, policies pertaining to "Big Data," and student privacy; Department of Commerce Multistakeholder process to develop privacy best practices; Federal Trade Commission review of privacy and big data; 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); Legislation regarding data security and breach notification, including the Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015 (H.R. 1770); Presidents Proposed Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights; Cybersecurity, including: Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (S.754), National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015 (H.R. 173), Cyber Threat Sharing Act of 2015 (S. 456), Protecting Cyber Networks Act (H.R.1560), Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (H.R.234); 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; NIST Privacy Engineering Initiative; Implementatlon of the Childrens Online Privacy and Protection Act; Student Digital Privacy and Parental Rights Act of 2015 (HR 2092) and related Senate draft.

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

Bills named: H.R. 234 (114th), H.R. 173 (114th), H.R. 2092 (114th), H.R. 699 (114th), S. 754 (114th), S. 356 (114th), H.R. 1770 (114th), H.R. 1560 (114th), S. 456 (114th)