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Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Issues relating to the potential for a US-UK trade agreement and likely intellectual property provisions; matters relating to the US China delegation visit; matters relating to including digital trade provisions in NAFTA and future trade agreements.

Contacted: SENATE; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Matters relating to using analytics to improve decisionmaking relating to energy and the environment

Contacted: Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Alcohol and Drug Abuse ALC

Matters relating to HR 1854, the Prescription Drug Monitoring Act, and to enhance provisions relating to the use of data to detect trends in opioid abuse.

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1854 (115th)

Disaster Planning/Emergencies DIS

Matters relating to the use of analytics to improve disaster recovery and response after Hurricane Maria

Contacted: Office of Personnel Management (OPM); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Intl Trade Administration (ITA)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Matters relating to patent venue reform; matters relating to the need for strong copyright protection for software; matters relating to selection of PTO Director in new administration

Contacted: Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Intl Trade Administration (ITA)

Roads/Highway ROD

Matters generally relating to infrastructure investment

Contacted: SENATE; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Agriculture AGR

Matters relating to reauthorizing the farm bill; use of analtyics to improve delivery and administration of food nutrition programs; matters relating to helping FDA engage in planning foreign travel

Contacted: Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); SENATE; Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Transportation TRA

Matters generally relating to the use of analytics to modernize dashboards, improve multi-modal transportation modeling

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); SENATE

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Matters related to comprehensive tax reform and the treatment of passthrough entities and foreign derived income; issues relating to improving the IRS' fraud detection capabilities' issues relating to modernizing IRS information technology.

Contacted: Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Veterans VET

Matters relating to the use of analytics to help improve delivery of health care services to veterans, including by reducing wait times; matters relating to electronic health records, matters relating to improving the Veterans 360 program through analytics

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Natl Economic Council (NEC)

Government Issues GOV

Matters relating to developing awareness for the role advanced analytics can play in improving government and the delivery of government services; need for Modernizing Government Technology Act

Contacted: Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Intl Trade Administration (ITA)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Matters generally relating to the use of analytics to improve federal personnel data, and workforce forecasting and hiring for the federal government

Contacted: Intl Trade Administration (ITA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); SENATE; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Immigration IMM

Matters generally relating to the need for immigration; matters relating to the use of analytics to improve decisions relating to visa waivers

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Education EDU

Matters relating to creation of specialized intellectual property courses at HBCUs

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Computer Industry CPI

Issues relating to requirements for notification by third parties after data breach; matters relating to artificial intelligence

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

Welfare WEL

Matters relating to improving the viability and administration of Social Security through the use of analytics

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

Matters relating to rural broadband requirements and CAF II grant programs

Contacted: Intl Trade Administration (ITA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Economic Council (NEC); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)