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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 607 14TH STREET, NW, #400 |
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City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20005 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 38847-12
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6. House ID# 307030000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2014 |
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. | ||||||||
Method A.
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: Alan J. Roth, Senior Executive Vice President |
Date | 04/21/2014 |
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
H.R. 3547, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014; issues related to cybersecurity and RUS, NTIA and FCC funding
Issues related to FY15 FCC funding (House and Senate)
Issues related to FY15 RUS funding (House and Senate)
Issues related to FY15 NTIA funding (House and Senate)
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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McCormick |
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Alan |
Roth |
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Deere |
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Sarah |
Versaggi |
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Marc |
Gonzales |
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Annie |
Chavez |
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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. 434, Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act
H.R. 3086, Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act
H.R. 3724, Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2013
S. 31, Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2013
S. 213, Telephone Excise Tax Elimination Act of 2013
S. 743, Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013
S. 1364, Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2013
S. 1431, Internet Tax Freedom Forever Act
S. 1859, Tax Extenders Act of 2013
S. ______, Expiring Provisions Improvement Reform and Efficiency (EXPIRE) Act
Issues related to Bonus Depreciation (House and Senate)
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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McCormick |
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Alan |
Roth |
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Bill |
Deere |
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Sarah |
Versaggi |
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Marc |
Gonzales |
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Annie |
Chavez |
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Galen |
Roehl |
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PA,13-14 RPC; PS,11-13 Commerce; LD,10-11 |
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Mack; LA, 9-10 Brownback; LA, 5-9 Judiciary; |
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LC,4-5 Brownback |
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
H.R. 491, Global Online Freedom Act of 2013
H.R. 624, Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act
H.R. 756, Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2013
H.R. 867, Metal Theft Prevention Act of 2013
H.R. 889, Global Free Internet Act of 2013
H.R. 967, Advancing America's Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act of 2013
H.R. 1121, To protect cyber privacy, and for other purposes
H.R. 1163, Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2013
H.R. 1403, Family Telephone Connection Protection Act of 2013
H.R. 1580, To affirm the policy of the United States regarding Internet governance
H.R. 1685, Broadband Adoption Act of 2013
H.R. 2642, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013; issues related to RUS funding
H.R. 2649, FCC `ABCs' Act of 2013
H.R. 2844, Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2013
H.R. 2952, Critical Infrastructure Research and Development Advancement (CIRDA) Act of 2013
H.R. 3107, Homeland Security Cybersecurity Boots-on-the-Ground Act
H.R. 3196, To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from adopting certain rules or policies relating to multichannel video programming distributors, and for other purposes
H.R. 3670, Anti-Spoofing Act of 2013
H.R. 3675, Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2013
H.R. 3696, National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2013
H.R. 3719, Video CHOICE Act of 2013
H.R. 3720, Next Generation Television Marketplace Act
H.R. 3982, Open Internet Preservation Act of 2014
H. R. 4070, Internet Freedom Act
H.R. 4291, FISA Transparency and Modernization Act
H.R. 4342, Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters (DOTCOM) Act
H.R. _____, a bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to extend expiring provisions relating to the retransmission of signals of television broadcast stations, and for other purposes (STELA draft legislation)
Issues related to reauthorization of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) (House)
Issues related to modernizaton of the Communications Act
S. 21, Cybersecurity and American Cyber Competitiveness Act of 2013
S. 245, Federal Communications Commission Collaboration Act of 2013
S. 394, Metal Theft Prevention Act of 2013
S. 418, Do-Not-Track Online Act of 2013
S. 607, Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013
S. 639, Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act
S. 774, A bill to require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit a report to Congress on the effectiveness of the Federal Communications Commission's universal service reforms
S. 912, Television Consumer Freedom Act of 2013
S. 954, Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013
S. 1144, Fair Telephone Billing Act of 2013
S. 1193, Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2013
S. 1215, FISA Accountability and Privacy Protection Act of 2013
S. 1353, Cybersecurity Act of 2013
S. 1379, Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2013
S. 1680, Consumer Choice in Online Video Act
S. 1766, USF Equitable Distribution Act of 2013
S. 1858, RBI Act of 2013
S. 1897, Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2014
S. 1927, Data Security Act of 2014
S. 1976, The Data Security and Breach Notification Act
S. 1981, Open Internet Preservation Act of 2014
S. 1989, Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2014
S. 1995, Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act of 2014
S. 2025, Data Broker Accountability and Transparency Act
S. 2049, Transparency in Assertion of Patents Act
STELA draft legislation
S. _____, Cybersecurity Recruitment and Retention Act
S.RES.157, A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that telephone service must be improved in rural areas of the United States and that no entity may unreasonably discriminate against telephone users in those areas.
Issues related to Universal Service and Intercarrier Compensation reform (House and Senate)
Issues related to IP transition (House and Senate)
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 |
Walter |
McCormick |
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Alan |
Roth |
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Bill |
Deere |
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Sarah |
Versaggi |
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Marc |
Gonzales |
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Annie |
Chavez |
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Galen |
Roehl |
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PA,13-14 RPC; PS,11-13 Commerce; LD,10-11 |
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Mack; LA, 9-10 Brownback; LA, 5-9 Judiciary; |
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LC,4-5 Brownback |
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. 845, Saving High-Tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes Act of 2013
H.R. 3309, Innovation Act
S. 1612, Patent Litigation Integrity Act of 2013
S. 1720, Patent Transparency and Improvements Act of 2013
Issues related to patent reform (House and Senate)
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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Alan |
Roth |
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Bill |
Deere |
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Sarah |
Versaggi |
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Marc |
Gonzales |
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Annie |
Chavez |
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Galen |
Roehl |
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PA,13-14 RPC; PS,11-13 Commerce; LD,10-11 |
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Mack; LA, 9-10 Brownback; LA, 5-9 Judiciary; |
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LC,4-5 Brownback |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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LOBBYIST UPDATE
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)
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26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client
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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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3 | 7 | 11 |
4 | 8 | 12 |