MONUMENT ADVOCACY for MICROSOFT CORP

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Intellectual property protection; issues related to Trade in Services, general market access issues.

Contacted: SENATE; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Internet competition; internet advertising; antitrust.

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)

Telecommunications TEC

Issues related to broadband funding; issues relating to white spaces

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Health Issues HCR

Health IT and issues related to proprietary software.

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Foreign Relations FOR

Issues relating to technology use in other countries.

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

S. 398, energy efficency.

Contacted: Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: S. 398 (112th)

Homeland Security HOM

Cyber security; state fusion centers; voluntary private sector preparedness standards; S. 413, The Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2011; S. 21; S. 8; S. 375.

Contacted: Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS)

Bills named: S. 375 (112th), S. 413 (112th), S. 21 (112th), S. 8 (112th)

Science/Technology SCI

Internet competition; internet privacy; antitrust; cyber security research and development.

Contacted: Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

Internet competition; internet advertising; internet privacy; antitrust

Contacted: U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Treasury, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Issues related to international tax and deferral.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Treasury, Dept of

Immigration IMM

Immigration reform; visa policy; immigration services; Startup Visa Act; green cards; STEM related issues

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Computer Industry CPI

Internet competition; internet advertising; internet privacy; antitrust, cybersecurity, open source; S. 413, The Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2011, S. 413, The Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2011; S. 21; S. 8; S. 375; critical infrastructure protection; supply chain

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Bills named: S. 21 (112th), S. 413 (112th), S. 375 (112th), S. 8 (112th)

Advertising ADV

Internet competition; internet advertising; internet privacy; antitrust.

Contacted: Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE); Treasury, Dept of; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP)