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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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Zip Code | 20006 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 19536-12
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2010 |
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
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11. No Lobbying Issue Activity |
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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: Greg Slater, Director, Global Trade and Competition Policy |
Date | 01/20/2011 |
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
FTC reauthorization (amendment to H.R. 4173, S.3217-Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010)
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement
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 |
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Triplette |
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Peter |
Muller |
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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 IMM
16. Specific lobbying issues
Monitored proposed Sanders-Grassley Amendment
H.R. 847
S. 729-the DREAM Act. Immigration reform.
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 |
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Muller |
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Ryan |
Triplette |
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Peter |
Cleveland |
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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 CPI
16. Specific lobbying issues
Competes Act Reauthorization H.R. 5116 The Competes bill would reauthorize research funding for various agencies within the federal government. S 3605 -- America Competes Act. Reauthorization of federal science basic research funding. Exascale Computing research and development programs. Federal technology transfer policy.
High Performance Computing No bill number worked to get Senate members to sign onto a letter to the President in support of funding for the exascale computing initiative.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, White House Office, Energy - Dept of
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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Muller |
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Doug |
Comer |
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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 CPT
16. Specific lobbying issues
S. 3804, the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeiting Act. S515, the Patent Reform Act of 2009.HR 5322, PTO Funding Stabilization Act. Trade Secrets Act/Customs Authority. no bill number prospects for patent reform legislation.
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 |
Ryan |
Triplette |
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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 CPI
16. Specific lobbying issues
Cybersecurity Legislation: S. 3480, Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010;
H.R. 5548 - Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act;Federal privacy legislation. The BEST PRACTICES Act, HR 5777, and other federal privacy legislation. RUSH privacy bill.
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 |
Ryan |
Triplette |
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Peter |
Muller |
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Peter |
Cleveland |
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Brian |
Huseman |
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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 EDU
16. Specific lobbying issues
Advocated increased funding for STEM programs
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, 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 |
Ryan |
Triplette |
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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 TAX
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 4853-R&D Extenders - Tax Deferral-Extension of the Research & Development Tax Credit & Reforms of international tax provisions
R&D Tax Credit
Repatriation and Deferral; Tax Relief, Unemployment Reauthorization, & Job Creation act of 2010
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 |
Ryan |
Triplette |
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Peter |
Cleveland |
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Peter |
Muller |
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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 LBR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Fair Labor Standards Act
Labor and Employment Law
Paycheck Fairness Act, S. 182
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, 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 |
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Huseman |
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Eric |
Weaver |
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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 BUD
16. Specific lobbying issues
High Performance Computing funding and policy issues. Reauthorization of federal science basic research funding. Semiconductor manufacturing research program funding: Focus Center Research Program, nanoelectronics research, and lithography research.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Energy - Dept of, Defense - Dept of (DOD), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), U.S. SENATE, 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 |
Doug |
Comer |
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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 ENV
16. Specific lobbying issues
EPA Tailoring Rule: lobbying for member support for our request to EPA for an alternative regulatory approach
environmental matters
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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 |
Stephen |
Harper |
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Peter |
Cleveland |
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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 TEC
16. Specific lobbying issues
HR 5947, Voluntary Incentive Auctions Act of 2010 (Boucher-Stearns)
S 3610, Spectrum Measurement and Policy Reform Act (Kerry-Snowe)
National Broadband Plan (GN Docket Nos. 09-47, 09-51, 09-137, 09-157; WT Docket No. 09-66)
Framework for Broadband Internet Service (GN Docket No. 10-127)
Preserving the Open Internet / Broadband Industry Practices (GN Docket No. 09-191; WC Docket No. 07-52)
Fixed and Mobile Services in the Mobile Satellite Service Bands (ET Docket No. 10-142)
Connect America Fund; A National Broadband Plan for Our Future; High-Cost Universal Service Support (WC Docket No. 10-90, GN Docket No. 09-51, WC Docket No. 05-337)
Seventh Broadband Deployment Notice of Inquiry (GN Docket No. 10-159)
Implementing a Nationwide, Broadband Interoperable Public Safety Network in the 700 MHz Band, etc. (PS Docket No. 06-229; WT Docket Nos. 96-86 and 06-150)
Monitoring of net neutrality legislation that was being negotiated
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 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 |
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Pitsch |
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Marjorie |
Dickman |
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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 CPI
16. Specific lobbying issues
Seeking zero tariff agreement and Customs definition for Multi-Component integrated circuits. Involved interaction with Customs and Border Protection, USTR, and International Trade Commission officials.
U.S. and WTO initiatives regarding rules of origin contact with Customs and Border Protection and USTR.
Export control reforms/issues includes areas like encryption, munitions controls, the Malaysia Strategic Trade Act, Administrations export control reform initiative. Involved contact with Commerce Dept., White House (National Security Council), and the National Security Agency. Also provided support for SIA contact with State Dept. regarding the Malaysia Strategic Trade Act.
Russia encryption import regulation reform contact with USTR.
U.S. Import Restraints - Helped prepare Intel testimony to USITC
Support for preparation of industry paper and related planning for expansion of Information Technology Agreement (falls within USTR jurisdiction)
Information Technology Agreement
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, State - Dept of (DOS), Defense - Dept of (DOD), Natl Security Council (NSC), White House Office, Natl Security Agency (NSA),
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Rose |
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Huseman |
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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 HCR
16. Specific lobbying issues
S. 2741 reimbursement for telehealth to rural and underserved areas. S. 3958 Empowering States to Innovate Act by Senators Wyden and Brown.
1. HHS h/c reform implementation
CMS reimbursement for personal connected devices under the Affordable Care Act
Independence at Home
HHS medical loss ration
Accountable Care Orgs
2. White House OSTP new payment models for e-Care
3.FCC- Rural Broadband NPRM
4.HHS- ONC - Implementation of HITECH-
Health IT Standards Committee
Beacon Communities
5.FDA/FCC convergence of agency review regarding mhealth devices
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, White House Office, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
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 |
Alice |
Borrelli |
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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
TSA rules on covering laptop carry-ons
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Weaver |
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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 LAW
16. Specific lobbying issues
CALEA No bill number I attended a meeting with members of the House Judiciary Committee staff regarding the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act.
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
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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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