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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
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Address1 | 601 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 600 |
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City | Washington |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20004 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 19376-12
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6. House ID# 323460000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2013 |
Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) | Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) | Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) | Q4 (10/1 - 12/31) |
9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report
10. Check if this is a Termination Report | Termination Date | |
11. No Lobbying Issue Activity |
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INCOME relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period was: | EXPENSE relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period were: | ||||||||
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Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). | 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options. | ||||||||
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Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only
Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code |
Signature | Digitally Signed By: Benjamin Aderson, Senior Vice President and General Counsel |
Date | 10/21/2013 |
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code IMM
16. Specific lobbying issues
S. 744 - The Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act - Title II: Non-Immigrant Visas and Title III: Subtitle A: Employer Verification System provisions related to high skilled immigration; STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education funding; and E-verification
H.R. 2131 - Supplying Knowledge Based Immigrants and Lifting Levels of STEM Visas Act (SKILLS Act) entire bill, which would address the green card back log and lossen audit provisions of H-1B visa employers
H.R. 1772 - Legal Workforce Act, whole bill, Mandatory Electronic Verification (E-Verify)
H.R. 1417 - The Border Security Results Act, entire bill, which develops a strategy for gaining operational control of American borders within 2 years
HR 3141 - Biometric Exit Improvement Act of 2013,whole bill, which would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a biometric exit data system
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Pamela |
Richardson Walker |
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Liam |
Crawford |
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Hodgkins |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code GOV
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 2061 and S. 994 - Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA Act), All Titles/Sections, which expands the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 to increase accountability and transparency in Federal spending
The Stop Unworthy Spending Act (Draft, unnumbered), all title and provisions of the draft bill, which seeks to reorganize, restructure, and consolidate the civilian agency's suspension and debarment boards.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Erica |
McCann |
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Allen |
Hodgkins |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code HOM
16. Specific lobbying issues
Cyber threat intelligence and information sharing (H.R. 624 - Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, whole bill, which amends the National Security Act of 1947 to add provisions concerning cyber threat intelligence and information sharingwith the government and other entities)
Amending the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (FISMA) to reestablish the oversight authority of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget for agency information and security policies and practices (all provisions of H.R. 1163 - Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2013)
Coordinating cyber security research and development (all provisions of H.R. 756 - Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2013 and all provisions of H.R. 967 - Advancing Americas Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act of 2012)
S. 1353 - Cybersecurity Act of 2013 addressing cybersecurity and related issues under the jurisdiction of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee
Improving cybersercurity and the protection of critical infrastructure (Unnumbered - National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2013 - amending the Homeland Security Act of 2002)
Reducing economic and industrial espionage in cyberspace with a focus on domestic trade secrets and proprietary informaiton (S. 844 - Deter Cyber Theft Act)
Improving the nation's cyber posture (Cybersecurity Executive Order 13636 and Presidential Policy Directive 21)
Improving identity management - new Indentity Management rules issued by NIST
Challenges and opportunities facing the Transportation Security Administration Office of Intelligence and Analsis
H.R. 2787 and S. 1329 - Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Related Appropriations Act, 2014, Title V Section 515, agency purchase and use of information technology products designed, assembled or subsidize by the Chinese governemnent.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, White House Office, Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Pamela |
Richardson Walker |
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Allen |
Hodgkins |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code DEF
16. Specific lobbying issues
Improving the security clearances process (S. 1276 - Security Clearance Oversight and Reform Enhancement Act)
H.R. 1960 and S. 1197 - Fiscal Year 2014 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) provisions related to DoD appropriations for FY 2014, Cybersecurity, "Commercial items" definitions and practices, detection and avoidance of counterfeit electronic parts, establishing more balance and certainty in the allocation of technical data rights, government competition, limitation on contractor labor rates, ensuring transparency in acquisition "regulations by deviation," and capturing total small business federal contracting participation. House provisions: Titles 3, 8, 9, 19, 16, including sections 324, 803, 811, 812, 816, 821, 836, 934, 937, 938, 941, 1105, 1106, 110, 1602, 1605, 1608, 1609, and Division E. Senate provisions: Titles 3, 8, 9, 10, 27 including 801, 803, 842, 861, 862, 901, 942, 943, 946
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Defense - Dept of (DOD), Army - Dept of (Other) , Joint Chiefs of Staff, Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
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Bousum |
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Allen |
Hodgkins |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code TRD
16. Specific lobbying issues
Staffing and reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank of the U.S., including speeding the confirmation of acting Chairman Fred Hochberg and reauthorizing the bank, whose 2012 reauthorization will expire in 2014
Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) - issues related to cross border data flows, privacy, and intellectual property
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) - issues related to cross border data flows, privacy, and intellectual property
Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) - granting the President Trade Promotion Authority to ensure the conclusion of trade negotiations of TTIP and TPP
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Burak |
Guvensoylar |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code AGR
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 1947 - Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013, Title IV Nutrution, including states requests to
use for-profit vendors in the administration of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) when integrating call
centers and application business processes
S 954 - Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013, Title IV Nutrution, including states requests to use for-profit vendors
in the administration of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) when integrating call centers and application
business processes
Opportunities and challenges in Safety Net Programs run by the USGA and HHS
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Pamela |
Richardson Walker |
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Allen |
Hodgkins |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code SCI
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 2981 - Technology and Research Accelerating National Security and Future Economic Resiliency Act of 2013 (TRANSFER Act), whole bill which seeks innovative approaches to technology transfer
America COMPETES Reauthorization - working to sustain and improve research and development in technology
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Allen |
Hodgkins |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
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28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization
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