2nd Quarter - Report — BUSINESS SOFTWARE ALLIANCE for BUSINESS SOFTWARE ALLIANCE (2013)

Firm

BUSINESS SOFTWARE ALLIANCE

Client

BUSINESS SOFTWARE ALLIANCE

Income

—

Expenses

$290,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Homeland Security HOM

H.R. 1960 National Defense Authorization Act Fiscal Year 2014 (entire bill as it pertains to the Committee Report provisions relating to cybersecurity.)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY A MOLINO	—

Contacted: SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); State, Dept of (DOS); General Services Administration (GSA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 1960 (113th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Lobbied on issues pertaining to proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) and Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) trade agreements including but not limited to provisions relating to IP protection and enforcement; electronic commerce; services; and government procurement.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER HOPFENSPERGER	—

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); SENATE; General Services Administration (GSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Lobbied on issues pertaining to copyright including, but not limited to, copyright protection and enforcement in international markets. - Lobbied on issues pertaining to Standard Essential Patents. - S. 866 Patent Quality Inprovement Act (entire bill including, but not limited to, patents policy.) - S. 1013 Patent Abuse Reduction Act of 2013 (entire bill including, but not limited to, patents policy.) - H.R. 2024 End Anonymous Patents Act (entire bill including, but not limited to, patents policy.)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DAVID J OHRENSTEIN	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; General Services Administration (GSA); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)

Bills named: S. 1013 (113th), H.R. 2024 (113th), S. 866 (113th)

Computer Industry CPI

Lobbied on issues pertaining to information technology including, but not limited to, cloud computing and privacy.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER HOPFENSPERGER	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); General Services Administration (GSA)

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.