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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 601 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, North Building |
Address2 | Ste. 600 |
City | Washington |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20004-2601 |
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
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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: Kevin Richards, Senior Vice President, Federal Government Affairs |
Date | 04/22/2013 |
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 COM
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 983 - Online Communications and Privacy Act, lobbied entire bill on Government access to consumers' stored content and communications;
S. 607 - ECPA Amendments Act, lobbied entire bill on Government access to consumers' stored content and communications.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice - Dept of (DOJ), 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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Wilson |
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Richards |
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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
Farm Bill Reauthorization - lobbied bill on USDA refusing 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.
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 |
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 HOM
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 624 - Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, lobbied entire bill to amend the National Security Act of 1947 to add provisions concerning cyber threat intelligence and information sharing. Provides liability protection for the private sector to share cyber threat information with the government and other business;
H.R. 967 - Advancing Americas Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act of 2013, lobbied entire bill on issues coordinating cyber R&D, and to amend the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 to rename the National High-Performance Computing Program as the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program;
H.R. 933 - Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act 2013, lobbied Title V Section 516, government information technology procurement from certain international sources;
Lobbied on issues pertaining to cyber criminal penalties and data breach notification standard, House Judiciary Committee is seeking feedback on draft bill to establish cyber criminal penalties and a national data breach notification standard;
Issues pertaining to Border Security,
Issues pertaining to Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Executive Order and Presidential Policy Directive 21, President Obama issued an cybersecurity EO and PPD 21 to improve the nation's cyber posture, Senator staff requested meeting, Cyber tax credit;
H.R.294 - To revoke a requirement of Executive Order 13618 with respect to the use of privately owned communications resources by the Secretary of Homeland Security, lobbied on entire bill to revoke a provision of Executive Order 13618 to the extent that it requires the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to satisfy priority communications requirements through the use of privately owned communications resources;
H.R.756 - Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2013, lobbied on directing specified federal agencies participating in the National High-Performance Computing Program to: (1) transmit to Congress a cybersecurity strategic research and development plan and triennial updates, and (2) develop and annually update an implementation roadmap for such plan, coordinates cyber R&/D.
H.R.1121 - Lobbied on issues to protect cyber privacy, and for other purposes, to amendsthe federal criminal code to provide criminal penalties for intentional failures to provide required notices of a security breach involving sensitive personally identifiable information. Defines "sensitive personally identifiable information" to mean specified electronic or digital information;
S.21 - Cybersecurity and American cyber Competitivess Act of 2013, lobbied entire bill on calls for the enactment of bipartisan legislation to improve communication and collaboration between the private sector and the federal government to secure the United States against cyber attack, enhance the competitiveness of the United States and create jobs in the information technology industry, and protect the identities and sensitive information of U.S. citizens and businesses.
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), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
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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Richards |
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Allen |
Hodgkins |
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Bousum |
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Staffer to Sen. Coburn & House Armed Ser Cmte |
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
H.R.540 - Energy Efficient Government Technology Act, lobbied entired bill to amend the National Energy Conservation Policy Act;
H.R. 933 - Department of Defense, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act 2013, lobbied entire bill on making appropriations for the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and other agencies, Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act 2013, Title V Section 516, Requires agencies to get permission from the FBI to purchase information technology that is designed, assembled or subsidize by the Chinese governement;
S.263- Down Payment to Protect National Security Act of 2013 , lobbied entire bill, requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to determine the number of full-time employees employed in each federal agency;
S.278 - Job Preservation and Sequester Replacement Act of 2013, lobbied entire bill to amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to modify the formula for calculating total deficit reduction requirements for FY2013;
S.658 - Cyber Warrior Act of 2013, lobbied entire bill to amend titles 10 and 32, United States Code, to enhance capabilities to prepare for and respond to cyber emergencies, and for other purposes;
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act 2013, Title V Section 516, Requires agencies to get permission from the FBI to purchase information technology that is designed, assembled or subsidize by the Chinese governement;
Lobbied on National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 - Sections concerned with procurement policy. The bill's purpose is to fund the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2014. Specific issues lobbied on include putting "commercial" back into commercial items 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;
Lobbied on issues pertaining to Acquisition, Department of Defense acquisition policy.
Lobbied on issues pertaining to Technology Exploitation, net- centrice enterprise services; communications services; security services;
Lobbied on issues pertaining to Organization, Joint Information Environment.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Air Force - Dept of, Defense Information Systems Agency, Office of the Secretary of Defense
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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Staffer to Sen. Coburn & House Armed Ser Cmte |
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Allen |
Hodgkins |
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Erica |
McCann |
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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
S.277 - Job Preservation and Economic Certainty Act of 2013, lobbied entire bill to amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to revise discretionary spending limits for FY2012-FY2021. Repeals the requirement that the President order a sequestration for FY2013;
S.444 - A bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes, lobbied entire bill to fund the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2013;
H.R. 933 - Department of Defense, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act 2013, lobbied entire bill on making appropriations for the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and other agencies,
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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Bousum |
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Staffer to Sen. Coburn & House Armed Ser Cmte |
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Allen |
Hodgkins |
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Kevin |
Richards |
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Erica |
McCann |
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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 AVI
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R.1262 - Drone Aircraft Privacy and Transparency Act of 2013, lobbied entire bill to amend the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 to direct the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to study and identify any potential threats to privacy protections posed by the integration of unmanned aircraft (drone) systems into the national airspace system, including any potential violations of privacy principles.
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 |
Allen |
Hodgkins |
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Scott |
Bousum |
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Staffer to Sen. Coburn & House Armed Ser Cmte |
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
Lobbied on issues pertaining to The Export-Import Bank of the United States ensuring presidential appointments are made to the bank's board of directors, monitoring the leadership activities of the bank to ensure its day-to-day operations are not interupted due to the absense of a presidential appointment, and ensuring the bank meets its congressional reporting deadlines which were set in 2012 after the banks reauthorization;
Lobbied on issues pertaining to Trans-Pacific Partnership. Provided feedback regarding the tech industies overall support of the negotations and communicated with staff to highlight areas of concerns to the technology industry.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Administration, U.S. SENATE, Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Commerce - Dept of (DOC)
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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Richards |
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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
Stop Unworthy Spending Act (SUSPEND Act), lobbied entire bill on issues seeking to reorganize and consolidate the civilian agency's suspension and debarment boards;
H.R.1232 - Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act, lobbied entire bill pertaining to modifying the current framework governing the management of information technology (IT) within the federal government, the bill seeks to eliminate duplication and waste in information technology acquisition and management;
H.R. 1163 - Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2013, lobbied entire bill to amend the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (FISMA) to reestablish the oversight authority of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) with respect to agency information and security policies and practices.
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 |
Erica |
McCann |
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Allen |
Hodgkins |
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Pamela |
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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
Lobbied on issues pertaining to Cloud Computing and advancing adoption of cloud computing; securing networks;
Lobbied on issues pertaining to Big Data and Government facilitation of Big Data technologies and talent.
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 |
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Wilson |
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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
S. 336 - The Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013, lobbied entired bill to restore States' sovereign rights to enforce State and local sales and use tax laws, and for other purposes.
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 |
Kevin |
Richards |
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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
H.R. 6245 - The bipartisan Saving High-tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes (SHIELD) Act , lobbied entire bill to protect American tech companies from frivolous patent lawsuits that cost jobs and resources. The SHIELD Act will put the financial burden on so-called patent trolls that buy patents solely to sue the American tech startups that created the product
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 |
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Richards |
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Wilson |
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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 INT
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 624 - Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, lobbied entire bill to amend the National Security Act of 1947 to add provisions concerning cyber threat intelligence and information sharing. Provides liability protection for the private sector to share cyber threat information with the government and other business
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 |
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Richards |
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Pamela |
Richardson Walker |
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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. 624 - Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, lobbied entire bill to amend the National Security Act of 1947 to add provisions concerning cyber threat intelligence and information sharing. Provides liability protection for the private sector to share cyber threat information with the government and other business;
H.R.86 - Cybersecurity Education Enhancement Act of 2013, lobbied entire bill on all Cybersecurity Education Enhancement Act of 2013, Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Cybersecurity, to establish, in conjunction with the National Science Foundation, a program to award grants to institutions of higher education;
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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FOREIGN ENTITIES
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