1st Quarter - Amendment — ACCENTURE, LLP for ACCENTURE LLP (2014)

Firm

ACCENTURE, LLP

Client

ACCENTURE LLP

Income

—

Expenses

$790,000

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, 2014	$840,000	Replaced
1st Quarter - Amendment (this page)	Jan 23, 2015	$790,000	Yes

What was lobbied

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

Agriculture AGR

Agriculture reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management (FARRM) Act of 2013

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
NIGEL STEPHENS	—

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE

Transportation TRA

MAP-21 reauthorization; AMTRAK; High-speed Rail; Highway Trust Fund; FAA; T-HUD Appropriations

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
NIGEL STEPHENS	—

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

General corporate tax policy issues

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JAMES M CARROLL	—
MATTHEW ROBERT NICHOLSON	—

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); SENATE

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

General Patent Issues

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JENNIE MASSEY	—

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Government Issues GOV

Federal Procurement Issues; Cloud Computing; Data Center Consolidation; Federal IT procurement reform (FITARA); Cybersecurity; DATA Act; Social Security Administration; 2020 Census, Agency Consolidation, supply chain, USPS reform

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
THOMAS W NAGLE	—
NIGEL STEPHENS	—
KEITH WAYNE ZUEGEL	—

Contacted: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2014 (HR 2126, S 2074); Department of Energy Appropriations bills

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
NIGEL STEPHENS	—

Contacted: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Bills named: H.R. 2126 (113th)

Immigration IMM

S. 744; HR 2131; Border Security - HR 1417; S. 683; HR 3486; HR 2872; HR 2213

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JAMES M CARROLL	—
JENNIE MASSEY	—
NIGEL STEPHENS	—

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Bills named: H.R. 2131 (113th), H.R. 2872 (113th), H.R. 3486 (113th), S. 683 (113th), S. 744 (113th), H.R. 2213 (113th), H.R. 1417 (113th)

Defense DEF

FY2015 President's Budget (PB); FY2015 Defense Appropriations bills; FY2015 Accenture Federal Services Defense/INTELLIGENCE/Veteran's Administration programs; FY2015 National Defense Authorization Bills, Programs, and issues; Strategic Government Efficiency; Department of Defense Health programs; House & Senate MILCON, Veterans Administration, & Related Agency Bills; Strategic Government Efficiency (SGE)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KEITH WAYNE ZUEGEL	—

Contacted: SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

GSE Reform, Systematic Risk, Housing Finance Reform, Financial Industry Regulation (Dodd-Frank Implementation)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
NIGEL STEPHENS	—

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Health Issues HCR

Monitor implementation of Affordable Health Care Act; monitor Labor HHS Appropriations; Defense Health Programs; Veterans Administration (VA) Health Programs

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SAMIRA KRISTINA AZZAM	—
JAMES M CARROLL	—
THOMAS W NAGLE	—
NIGEL STEPHENS	—
KEITH WAYNE ZUEGEL	—

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Veterans VET

Accenture Federal Services Administration programs; Veterans Committee; Electronic Health Records; Veterans Health Benefits; back-office support; Claims Backlog Reduction; ASM Programs

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KEITH WAYNE ZUEGEL	—

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE

Foreign Relations FOR

State Department Appropriations, UN; World Bank

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
NIGEL STEPHENS	—

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY2015 Appropriations; FY2015 House Budget; FY2014 Budget Resolution/Bipartisan Budget Act (BBA); FY2015 Appropriations; Census; NASA

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
NIGEL STEPHENS	—
KEITH WAYNE ZUEGEL	—

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Education EDU

General issues, including Higher Education, technical, community and junior colleges, STEM, and student loan processing and counseling

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KATHERINE KELLY GRADY	—
LATISHA ROBERSON	—
NIGEL STEPHENS	—

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Homeland Security HOM

FY2015 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations; US Visit; Cybersecurity,FEMA-NFIP, TSA, CBP, Biowatch, USCIS

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JENNIE MASSEY	—
THOMAS W NAGLE	—
NIGEL STEPHENS	—
KEITH WAYNE ZUEGEL	—

Contacted: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Intelligence INT

FY 15 Intelligence Authorization Bill; Accenture Federal Services Intelligence Community programs; INTEL issues; FY2015 budget issues

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
KEITH WAYNE ZUEGEL	—

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Foreign entities

Foreign owners and affiliates the filer disclosed. Amounts are as declared on this filing.

Entity	Country	Principal place of business	Ownership	Contribution declared
ACCENTURE PLC	Ireland	Ireland	94.3%	—

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.