International Business Machines Corporation (dba IBM): Lobbying, Contracting, and Taxes

Filing 0 of 250
2020, 3rd quarter (july 1 - sep 30)

Amount

$30,000.00 USD

Date Received

Tue Oct 20 2020 19:33:51 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	mehlman castagnetti rosen & thomas, inc.
Description	government affairs consulting services.
Address	1341 g street, nw; suite 1100; washington, dc 20005 usa

Client

Name	red hat inc
Contact	alissa stechschulte
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyists

rosen, dean

thomas, david r

finley pickering, elise

castagnetti, david

mehlman, bruce

tolar, helen

robinson, michael

thornell, paul

hingson, constantine

bennett, mckenzie

distefano, nichole

eastman, sage

haro, steven

aronson, lauren

Government Entities

executive office of the president (eop)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

intelligence: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement.; promoting open-source innovation.; modernizing u.s. government information technology.
defense: issues related to fy 2021 ndaa.
copyright/patent/trademark: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement.; promoting open-source innovation.; modernizing u.s. government information technology.; patent reform and issues related to patent eligibility.
computer industry: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement.; promoting open-source innovation.
budget/appropriations: fiscal year 2021 appropriations.

Filing 1 of 250
2020, 3rd quarter (july 1 - sep 30)

Amount

$50,000.00 USD

Date Received

Tue Oct 20 2020 17:55:01 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	kamins consulting
Description	victims of terrorism
Address	6825 cherry lane; annandale, va 20003 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	technology, software & services
Contact	scott kamins
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyist

Name	kamins, scott a
Position	deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state

Government Entities

house of representatives
senate
white house office

Issues

computer industry: legislative proposals related to ai, blockchain, a competitive 5g market based on open technologies, section 230 reform, and quantum computing (the national quantum initiative). legislative proposals relating to a federal data privacy framework. the national artificial intelligence initiative act, the earn it act, the creating helpful incentives to produce semiconductors for america act, the american foundries act.
trade (domestic/foreign): u.s.-china trade and supply chain issues.
education: legislative proposals to update the higher education act, particularly provisions designed to reform work-study programs, expand pell grants to individuals in the workforce, and increase flexibility around federal student loans. jumpstart our businesses by supporting students (jobs) act, provisions that would close this skills-gap by expanding pell grant eligibility to cover high-quality and rigorous short-term job training programs.
copyright/patent/trademark: legislative proposals to protect the contribution that software inventions make to the u.s. economy

Filing 2 of 250
2020, 3rd quarter (july 1 - sep 30)

Amount

$650,000.00 USD

Date Received

Tue Oct 20 2020 16:17:18 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	international business machines corporation
Address	600 14th street, nw; suite 300; washington, dc 20005-2012 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Contact	cheryl palmeri
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

mcculloch, edgar h iii

rhone, adrienne g

williams, marcus p

evans, linda c

marks, debra l

cristinzio, frank

ignaszewski, katie

singer, meredith

abbasi, hera

vaynberg, yelena

hagemann, ryan

new, joshua

dortch, anjelica

walsh, kevin

Government Entities

commerce, dept of (doc)
education, dept of
house of representatives
internal revenue service (irs)
justice, dept of (doj)
labor, dept of (dol)
natl economic council (nec)
patent & trademark office (pto)
senate
treasury, dept of
u.s. trade representative (ustr)
white house office

Issues

environment/superfund: carbon emissions pricing issues; u.s. participation in paris climate accord.
taxation/internal revenue code: legislative & regulatory issues related to domestic and international tax, including tax treaties:; ; implementing u.s. treasury regulations and follow on issues from h.r. 1, tax cuts and jobs act, tcja, public law no. 115-97; proposed regulations on "classification of cloud transactions and transactions involving digital content" new section 1.861-19 and amendment of -18 regulations.; ; global digital taxes, e.g. dsts; u.s. treasury guidelines and related regulations on oecd "addressing tax challenges of digitalization" and beps 2.0; implementation of oecd base erosion profit-shifting ( beps) recommendations.; ; s. 604 "mobile workforce state income tax simplification act", and companion bill h.r. 4796; s. 3995 "the remote and mobile workers relief act".; ; bilateral income tax treaties pending before the senate, e.g., chile; and support for treaties under negotiation.; ; h.r. 5240 "to amend the internal revenue code of 1986 to make the look-thru for related controlled foreign corporations permanent"; work on senate companion bill.; ; carbon emissions pricing issues.
defense: legislative & regulatory issues related to defense matters:; ; h.r. 6395, s. 4049 the william m. (mac) thornberry national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2021, including provisions and amendments concerning the u.s. semiconductor industry, 5g development, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence; implementation of h.r. 5515, s. 2987, the john s. mccain national defense authorization act for fy2019, provisions related to software, supply chain security, procurement, and foreign investment; h.r. 2500, s. 1790, fy2020 ndaa, provisions related to cloud, ai, procurement, supply chain security, intelligence sharing and enterprise resource planning, and cyber education programs; delay of implementation of sec. 889 of fy2019 ndaa.
education: legislative & regulatory issues related to education, workforce training & related matters:; ; workforce development initiative -- ideas for apprenticeships, career-focused education, and certification programs; higher education act reauthorization; s. 2557, the student aid improvement act; s. 839, h.r. 3497, the jobs act; federal work study experimental site initiative; draft reauthorizing the national apprenticeship act, increasing federal support for historically black colleges & universities (hbcus).; ; implementation of h.r. 2353, the strengthening career and technical education for the 21st century act.; ; h.r. 4674, the college affordability act.
civil rights/civil liberties: legislative & regulatory issues related to civil rights:; ; h.r. 7120 george floyd justice in policing act of 2020; justice act in the senate.
labor issues/antitrust/workplace: legislative & regulatory issues related to labor, workplace & benefits policy: ; ; s. 788 - the equality act; paid family & medical leave (no bill); h.r. 1185, the family act; h.r. 1044, fairness for high-skilled immigrants act of 2019 (senate amendment to hr 1044); s.2976 - advancing support for working families act; h.r. 6 "american dream and promise act of 2019, s.874 "dream act of 2019".; ; s.1895, the lower health care costs act of 2019; surprise medical bills legislation.
trade (domestic/foreign): legislative & regulatory issues related to international trade including multilateral & bilateral trade agreements:; ; digital trade: u.s.- kenya fta; the african continental free trade area (afcta); us-japan fta; us-eu fta; us-uk fta, provisions relating to 5g and open ran; wto; information communications technology and services supply chain security proposed rulemaking. ; ; bilateral trade issues: china 301 investigation under section 301 of the trade act of 1974, china world trade organization (wto) compliance; china market access; india data localization; indonesia generalized system of preferences (gsp).
computer industry: legislative & regulatory issues related to technology policy, including r&d, cybersecurity, privacy, health it & technology procurement:; ; emerging technologies: blockchain, cloud computing, 5g, artificial intelligence (ai) and ai regulatory governance, facial recognition policy, iot, quantum computing, and weather modeling; antitrust investigations of digital platforms; implementation of h.r. 6227, s. 3143, the national quantum initiative act (p.l. 115-368); h.r. 8303 quantum user expansion for science and technology (quest); h.r. 8279, the quantum network infrastructure act; h.r. 1361, the blockchain promotion act of 2019; s. 3189, h.r. 6624 the usa telecommunications act; s. 1558, the artificial intelligence initiative act (ai-ia); h.r. 6216, the national artificial intelligence initiative act; s. 1558, h.r. 7096, the national ai research resource task force act; h.r. 6978, the endless frontier act; h.r. 7178, s. 3933, the creating helpful incentives to produce semiconductors (chips) for america act; s. 4130, the american foundries act of 2020; s. 4066, the platform accountability and consumer transparency (pact) act; s. 3398 eliminating abusive and rampant neglect of interactive technologies act of 2020 (earn it act); s. 4758, the see something, say something online act of 2020; s. 2200, implementation of the national integrated drought information system reauthorization act of 2018; european court of justice schrems ii decision.; ; supply chain security / dhs ict supply chain task force; h.r. 5823 state and local cyber improvement act; implementation of h.r. 7327 the strengthening and enhancing cyber-capabilities by utilizing risk exposure technology act (secure technology act); s. 2775 harvesting american cybersecurity knowledge through education act of 2019 (hacked act); encryption policy; s. 3712 cybersecurity competitions to yield better efforts to research the latest exceptionally advanced problems act of 2020 (cyber leap act); provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; iot security policy.
copyright/patent/trademark: legislative & regulatory issues related to intellectual property, including patents, copyright, and trademarks:; ; patent eligible subject matter legislation; transitional covered business method patent review proceeding.
budget/appropriations: legislative & regulatory issues related to budget & appropriations matters: ; ; draft house and senate fy 2021 defense appropriations, energy and water, relating to supply chain management and trusted technologies, quantum computing and information sciences, and veterans affairs; senate fy 2021 appropriations related to cloud computing; h.r. 7617 fy 2021 defense, cjs, and energy and water appropriations.; ; h.r. 748, the coronavirus aid, relief, and economic security act or cares act; h.r. 6800, the heroes act, provisions related to technology modernization fund, provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; h.r. 8406, revised heroes act, provisions related to technology modernization fund.

Filing 3 of 250
2020, 3rd quarter (july 1 - sep 30)

Amount

$80,000.00 USD

Date Received

Tue Oct 20 2020 14:38:01 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	red hat, inc.
Description	software
Address	100 east davie street; raleigh, nc 27601 usa

Client

Name	red hat inc
Contact	mark bohannon
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyist

bruner, cheryl

Government Entities

commerce, dept of (doc)
defense, dept of (dod)
federal communications commission (fcc)
general services administration (gsa)
house of representatives
patent & trademark office (pto)
senate

Issues

defense: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement; issues relating to defense procurement; fedramp reform; fiscal year 2021 national defense authorization act (fy21 ndaa).
computer industry: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement; promoting open-source innovation; fiscal year 2021 national defense authorization act (fy21 ndaa); federal it modernization implementation; cybersecurity standards and practices, including issues related to government access to data and standards for effective encryption, cybersecurity maturity model certification, fisma compliance; implementation of 5g strategy; issues related to procurement reform.
copyright/patent/trademark: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy; promoting open-source innovation; issues related to patent law; implementation of leahy-smith america invents act of 2011 (h.r. 1249-112th); stronger patents act of 2019 (hr3666/s2082); issues related to trademark law; issues related to copyright law.

Filing 4 of 250
2020, 3rd quarter (july 1 - sep 30)

Amount

$30,000.00 USD

Date Received

Mon Oct 19 2020 16:10:41 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	cavarocchi ruscio dennis associates, l.l.c.
Description	lobbying firm
Address	600 maryland avenue, sw; suite 220e; washington, dc 20024 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	global information systems, consulting and technology services.
Contact	katina pierce
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

ruscio, domenic

eaton, david h. k.

dennis, matthew

Government Entities

defense, dept of (dod)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

defense: ibm solutions in support of federal agencies including related appropriations and authorizations.
budget/appropriations: ibm solutions in support of federal agencies including related appropriations and authorizations.

Filing 5 of 250
2020, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$30,000.00 USD

Date Received

Mon Oct 19 2020 16:08:34 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	cavarocchi ruscio dennis associates, l.l.c.
Description	lobbying firm
Address	600 maryland avenue, sw; suite 220e; washington, dc 20024 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	global information systems, consulting and technology services.
Contact	katina pierce
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

ruscio, domenic

eaton, david h. k.

dennis, matthew

Government Entities

defense, dept of (dod)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

budget/appropriations: ibm solutions in support of federal agencies including related appropriations and authorizations.
defense: ibm solutions in support of federal agencies including related appropriations and authorizations.

Filing 6 of 250
2020, 3rd quarter (july 1 - sep 30)

Amount

$20,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Oct 16 2020 15:19:59 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	hettinger strategy group llc
Description	lobbying firm
Address	47484 saulty drive; potomac falls, va 20165 usa

Client

Name	red hat, inc.
Description	application and software development.
Contact	michael hettinger
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyist

Name	hettinger, michael john
Position	staff director, house committee on oversight, subcommittee on government management (2003-07); chief of staff, former rep. tom davis (va) (1998-99).

Government Entities

house of representatives
senate

Issue

government issues: issues related to government's adoption of cloud computing; issues related to government acquisition (no specific legislation); issues related to fitara implementation; defense policy issues generally; hr 5901, the modernization centers of excellence program act of 2020

Filing 7 of 250
2020, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Date Received

Mon Jul 20 2020 16:46:57 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	red hat, inc.
Description	software
Address	100 east davie street; raleigh, nc 27601 usa

Client

Name	red hat inc
Contact	mark bohannon
State	north carolina, usa

Filing 8 of 250
2020, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$30,000.00 USD

Date Received

Sun Jul 19 2020 21:31:43 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	mehlman castagnetti rosen & thomas, inc.
Description	government affairs consulting services
Address	1341 g street, nw; suite 1100; washington, dc 20005 usa

Client

Name	red hat inc
Contact	alissa stechschulte
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyists

rosen, dean

thomas, david r

finley pickering, elise

castagnetti, david

mehlman, bruce

hingson, constantine

thornell, paul

aronson, lauren

eastman, sage

tolar, helen

bennett, mckenzie

haro, steven

robinson, michael

distefano, nichole

Government Entities

executive office of the president (eop)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

defense: issues related to fy 2021 ndaa.
copyright/patent/trademark: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement.; promoting open-source innovation.; modernizing u.s. government information technology.; patent reform and issues related to patent eligibility.
budget/appropriations: fiscal year 2021 appropriations.
intelligence: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement.; promoting open-source innovation.; modernizing u.s. government information technology.
computer industry: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement.; promoting open-source innovation.

Filing 9 of 250
2020, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$50,000.00 USD

Date Received

Sun Jul 19 2020 18:56:45 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	kamins consulting
Description	victims of terrorism
Address	6825 cherry lane; annandale, va 20003 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	technology, software & services
Contact	scott kamins
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyist

Name	kamins, scott a
Position	deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state

Government Entities

house of representatives
senate
white house office

Issues

trade (domestic/foreign): u.s.-china trade and supply chain issues.
computer industry: legislative proposals related to ai, blockchain, a competitive 5g market based on open technologies, section 230 reform, and quantum computing (the national quantum initiative). legislative proposals relating to a federal data privacy framework. the national artificial intelligence initiative act, the earn it act, the creating helpful incentives to produce semiconductors for america act, the american foundries act.
copyright/patent/trademark: legislative proposals to protect the contribution that software inventions make to the u.s. economy
education: legislative proposals to update the higher education act, particularly provisions designed to reform work-study programs, expand pell grants to individuals in the workforce, and increase flexibility around federal student loans. jumpstart our businesses by supporting students (jobs) act, provisions that would close this skills-gap by expanding pell grant eligibility to cover high-quality and rigorous short-term job training programs.

Filing 10 of 250
2020, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$20,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Jul 17 2020 15:09:59 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	hettinger strategy group llc
Description	lobbying firm
Address	47484 saulty drive; potomac falls, va 20165 usa

Client

Name	red hat, inc.
Description	application and software development.
Contact	michael hettinger
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyist

Name	hettinger, michael john
Position	staff director, house committee on oversight, subcommittee on government management (2003-07); chief of staff, former rep. tom davis (va) (1998-99).

Government Entities

house of representatives
senate

Issue

Filing 11 of 250
2020, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$1,040,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Jul 17 2020 12:06:47 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	international business machines corporation
Address	600 14th street, nw; suite 300; washington, dc 20005-2012 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Contact	cheryl palmeri
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

mcculloch, edgar h iii

rhone, adrienne g

williams, marcus p

evans, linda c

marks, debra l

dortch, anjelica

singer, meredith

bruner, cheryl

vaynberg, yelena

ignaszewski, katie

walsh, kevin

new, joshua

abbasi, hera

hagemann, ryan

cristinzio, frank

dortsch, anjelica

Government Entities

commerce, dept of (doc)
council of economic advisers (cea)
defense, dept of (dod)
education, dept of
health & human services, dept of (hhs)
homeland security, dept of (dhs)
house of representatives
labor, dept of (dol)
natl economic council (nec)
natl institute of standards & technology (nist)
office of management & budget (omb)
office of science & technology policy (ostp)
senate
state, dept of (dos)
treasury, dept of
u.s. trade representative (ustr)
white house office

Issues

civil rights/civil liberties: legislative & regulatory issues related to civil rights:; ; h.r. 7120 george floyd justice in policing act of 2020; s. 3985, justice act in the senate; h.r. 7188, s. 3873 walter scott notification act of 2020.
trade (domestic/foreign): legislative & regulatory issues related to international trade including multilateral & bilateral trade agreements:; ; digital trade: u.s.- kenya fta; the african continental free trade area (afcta); us-japan fta, us-eu fta, us-uk fta, wto; information communications technology and services supply chain security proposed rulemaking.; ; bilateral trade issues: china 301 investigation under section 301 of the trade act of 1974, china world trade organization (wto) compliance; china market access; india data localization; indonesia generalized system of preferences (gsp).
labor issues/antitrust/workplace: legislative & regulatory issues related to labor, workplace & benefits policy: ; ; s. 788 - the equality act; paid family & medical leave (no bill); h.r. 1185, the family act; h.r. 1044, fairness for high-skilled immigrants act of 2019 (senate amendment to hr 1044); s.2976 - advancing support for working families act; h.r. 6 "american dream and promise act of 2019, s.874 "dream act of 2019".; ; s.1895, the lower health care costs act of 2019; surprise medical bills legislation.
taxation/internal revenue code: legislative & regulatory issues related to domestic and international tax, including tax treaties:; ; implementing u.s. treasury regulations and follow on issues from h.r. 1, tax cuts and jobs act, tcja, public law no. 115-97; proposed regulations on "classification of cloud transactions and transactions involving digital content" new section 1.861-19 and amendment of -18 regulations.; ; global digital taxes, e.g. dsts; u.s. treasury guidelines and related regulations on oecd "addressing tax challenges of digitalization" and beps 2.0; implementation of oecd base erosion profit-shifting (beps) recommendations.; ; s. 604 "mobile workforce state income tax simplification act", and companion bill h.r. 4796; s. 3995 "the remote and mobile workers relief act".; ; bilateral income tax treaties pending before the senate, especially chile; support treaties under negotiation.; ; h.r. 5240 "to amend the internal revenue code of 1986 to make the look-thru for related controlled foreign corporations permanent"; work on senate companion bill.
defense: legislative & regulatory issues related to defense matters:; ; h.r. 6395, s.4049 the fy 2021 national defense authorization act (ndaa), including provisions and amendments concerning the u.s. semiconductor industry, 5g development, cybersecurity; implementation of fy 2019 ndaa; implementation of h.r. 5515, s. 2987, the john s. mccain national defense authorization act for fy2019, provisions related to dod cloud programs, software, supply chain security, procurement, and foreign investment; section 889 of h.r. 2500, s. 1790, fy2020 ndaa, provisions related to cloud, ai, procurement, supply chain security, intelligence sharing and enterprise resource planning, and cyber education programs.
budget/appropriations: legislative & regulatory issues related to budget & appropriations matters: ; ; draft house and senate fy 2021 defense appropriations related to energy and water, supply chain management, quantum computing, and veterans affairs; dod appropriations related to quantum computing and information sciences; senate fy 2021 appropriations related to cloud computing and weather modeling; funding for supply chain management and trusted technologies.; ; h.r. 748, the coronavirus aid, relief, and economic security act or cares act; h.r. 6800, the heroes act: provisions related to technology modernization fund.; ; national institute of standards and technology appropriations and reauthorization.
computer industry: legislative & regulatory issues related to technology policy, including r&d, cybersecurity, privacy, health it & technology procurement:; ; emerging technologies: blockchain, cloud, ai, iot, quantum computing; antitrust investigations of digital platforms; implementation of h.r. 6227, s. 3143, the national quantum initiative act (p.l. 115-368); h.r. 1361, the blockchain promotion act of 2019; s. 1558, the artificial intelligence initiative act (ai-ia); s. 847, the commercial facial recognition privacy act of 2019, s. 2878, the facial recognition technology warrant act of 2019, and s. 1363, the ai in government act of 2019; s. 3189, h.r. 6624 the usa telecommunications act; h.r. 6216, the national artificial intelligence initiative act; s. 3965, the artificial intelligence for the armed forces act; h.r. 6978, the endless frontier act; h.r. 7178, s. 3933, the creating helpful incentives to produce semiconductors (chips) for america act; s. 1558, h.r. 7096, the national ai research resource task force act; s. 4130, the american foundries act of 2020; s. 4066, the platform accountability and consumer transparency (pact) act; s. 2200, implementation of the national integrated drought information system reauthorization act of 2018.; ; implementation of h.r. 6, 21st century cures act.; ; chairman wicker staff discussion draft united states consumer data privacy act, s. 2968 consumer online privacy rights act; s. 3398 eliminating abusive and rampant neglect of interactive technologies act of 2020 (earn it act); supply chain security / dhs ict supply chain task force; h.r. 4217 state and local cyber improvement act; hr 5823 state and local cyber improvement act; implementation of h.r. 7327 the strengthening and enhancing cyber-capabilities by utilizing risk exposure technology act (secure technology act); s.2775 harvesting american cybersecurity knowledge through education act of 2019 (hacked act); encryption policy; s. 3045 cybersecurity vulnerability identification and notification act of 2019; guidance on essential critical infrastructure workforce; s. 3712 cybersecurity competitions to yield better efforts to research the latest exceptionally advanced problems act of 2020 (cyber leap act); s. 734 internet of things cybersecurity improvement act.
education: legislative & regulatory issues related to education, workforce training & related matters:; ; workforce development initiative -- ideas for apprenticeships, career-focused education, and certification programs; higher education act reauthorization; s. 2557, the student aid improvement act; s. 839, h.r. 3497, the jumpstart our businesses by supporting students (jobs) act of 2019; federal work study experimental site initiative; draft reauthorizing the national apprenticeship act.; ; implementation of h.r. 2353, the strengthening career and technical education for the 21st century act.; ; h.r. 4674, the college affordability act.

Filing 12 of 250
2020, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$10,000.00 USD

Date Received

Thu Jul 09 2020 10:10:09 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	cavarocchi ruscio dennis associates, l.l.c.
Description	lobbying firm
Address	600 maryland avenue, sw; suite 835w; washington, dc 20024 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	global information systems, consulting and technology services.
Contact	katina pierce
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

ruscio, domenic

eaton, david h. k.

dennis, matthew

Government Entities

defense, dept of (dod)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

defense: ibm solutions in support of federal agencies including related appropriations and authorizations.
budget/appropriations: ibm solutions in support of federal agencies including related appropriations and authorizations.

Filing 13 of 250
2020, 1st quarter (jan 1 - mar 31)

Amount

$50,000.00 USD

Date Received

Mon Apr 20 2020 14:28:02 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	kamins consulting
Description	victims of terrorism
Address	6825 cherry lane; annandale, va 20003 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	technology, software & services
Contact	scott kamins
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyist

Name	kamins, scott a
Position	deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state

Government Entities

house of representatives
senate
white house office

Issues

education: legislative proposals to update the higher education act, particularly provisions designed to reform work-study programs, expand pell grants to individuals in the workforce, and increase flexibility around federal student loans. jumpstart our businesses by supporting students (jobs) act, provisions that would close this skills-gap by expanding pell grant eligibility to cover high-quality and rigorous short-term job training programs.
computer industry: legislative proposals related to ai, blockchain, a competitive 5g market based on open technologies, section 230 reform, and quantum computing (the national quantum initiative). legislative proposals relating to a federal data privacy framework. the national artificial intelligence initiative act, the earn it act.
trade (domestic/foreign): u.s. mexico canada free trade agreement, particularly provisions allowing the free movement of data across borders, prohibiting requirements to store or process data locally, ensuring free and fair market access for digital goods and services, and protecting source code, algorithms and other sensitive ip from disclosure requirements. u.s.-china trade and supply chain issues.
copyright/patent/trademark: legislative proposals to protect the contribution that software inventions make to the u.s. economy

Filing 14 of 250
2020, 1st quarter (jan 1 - mar 31)

Amount

$10,000.00 USD

Date Received

Mon Apr 20 2020 14:08:14 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	cavarocchi ruscio dennis associates, l.l.c.
Description	lobbying firm
Address	600 maryland avenue, sw; suite 835w; washington, dc 20024 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	global information systems, consulting and technology services.
Contact	katina pierce
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

ruscio, domenic

eaton, david h. k.

dennis, matthew

Government Entities

defense, dept of (dod)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

budget/appropriations: ibm solutions in support of federal agencies including related appropriations and authorizations.
defense: ibm solutions in support of federal agencies including related appropriations and authorizations.

Filing 15 of 250
2020, 1st quarter (jan 1 - mar 31)

Date Received

Sat Apr 18 2020 15:42:37 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	crossroads strategies, llc
Description	lobbying firm
Address	800 north capitol street, nw, suite 800; washington, dc 20002 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Description	multinational technology company
Contact	john green
State	district of columbia, usa

Filing 16 of 250
2020, 1st quarter (jan 1 - mar 31)

Amount

$30,000.00 USD

Date Received

Sat Apr 18 2020 12:49:38 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	mehlman castagnetti rosen & thomas, inc.
Description	government affairs consulting services
Address	1341 g street, nw; suite 1100; washington, dc 20005 usa

Client

Name	red hat inc
Contact	kelle thorpe
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyists

rosen, dean

thomas, david r

finley pickering, elise

castagnetti, david

mehlman, bruce

hingson, constantine

aronson, lauren

bennett, mckenzie

distefano, nichole

thornell, paul

tolar, helen

eastman, sage

robinson, michael

haro, steven

Government Entities

executive office of the president (eop)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

copyright/patent/trademark: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement.; promoting open-source innovation.; modernizing u.s. government information technology.; patent reform and issues related to patent eligibility.
intelligence: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement.; promoting open-source innovation.; modernizing u.s. government information technology.
budget/appropriations: fiscal year 2020 appropriations.
defense: issues related to fy 2020 ndaa.
computer industry: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement.; promoting open-source innovation.

Filing 17 of 250
2020, 1st quarter (jan 1 - mar 31)

Amount

$1,590,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Apr 17 2020 17:08:52 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	international business machines corporation
Address	600 14th street, nw; suite 300; washington, dc 20005-2012 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Contact	cheryl palmeri
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

mcculloch, edgar h iii

rhone, adrienne g

williams, marcus p

evans, linda c

marks, debra l

bruner, cheryl

singer, meredith

abbasi, hera

walsh, kevin

vaynberg, yelena

ignaszewski, katie

hagemann, ryan

dortch, anjelica

cristinzio, frank

new, joshua

dortsch, anjelica

Government Entities

commerce, dept of (doc)
defense, dept of (dod)
education, dept of
employment & training administration
homeland security, dept of (dhs)
house of representatives
internal revenue service (irs)
intl trade administration (ita)
justice, dept of (doj)
labor, dept of (dol)
natl economic council (nec)
office of management & budget (omb)
office of science & technology policy (ostp)
senate
treasury, dept of
u.s. trade & development agency (ustda)
u.s. trade representative (ustr)
white house office

Issues

copyright/patent/trademark: legislative & regulatory issues related to intellectual property, including patents, copyright, and trademarks:; ; patent eligible subject matter legislation; h.r. 6196/s. 3449 trademark modernization act; legislation to fix constitutional problem of appointment of patent trial and appeal board judges.
computer industry: legislative & regulatory issues related to technology policy, including r&d, cybersecurity, privacy, health it & technology procurement:; ; emerging technologies: blockchain, cloud, artificial intelligence, internet of things, quantum computing; implementation of h.r. 6227, s. 3143, the national quantum initiative act (p.l. 115-368); h.r. 1361, the blockchain promotion act of 2019; s. 1558, the artificial intelligence initiative act (ai-ia); s. 847, the commercial facial recognition privacy act of 2019, s. 2878, the facial recognition technology warrant act of 2019, and s. 1363, the ai in government act of 2019; 5g issues and strategy; s. 3189, usa telecommunications act; h.r. 6216, the national artificial intelligence initiative act.; ; implementation of h.r. 6, 21st century cures act.; ; chairman wicker staff discussion draft united states consumer data privacy act, s. 2968 consumer online privacy rights act; s. 3398 eliminating abusive and rampant neglect of interactive technologies act of 2020 (earn it act); dhs information communications technology supply chain task force; h.r. 4217 state and local cyber improvement act; hr 5823 state and local cyber improvement act; implementation of h.r. 7327 the strengthening and enhancing cyber-capabilities by utilizing risk exposure technology act (secure technology act); s.2775 harvesting american cybersecurity knowledge through education act of 2019 (hacked act); encryption policy; s. 3045 cybersecurity vulnerability identification and notification act of 2019; guidance on essential critical infrastructure workforce.
defense: legislative & regulatory issues related to defense matters:; ; draft fy 2021 national defense authorization act (ndaa); implementation of h.r. 5515, s. 2987, the john s. mccain national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2019, provisions related to dod cloud programs, software, supply chain security, procurement, and foreign investment; h.r. 2500, s. 1790, fy2020 ndaa, provisions related to cloud, artificial intelligence, procurement, supply chain security, intelligence sharing and enterprise resource planning, and cyber education programs.
budget/appropriations: legislative & regulatory issues related to budget & appropriations matters: ; ; draft house and senate fy 2021 defense appropriations, energy and water, supply chain management, veterans affairs; dod appropriations related to quantum computing and information sciences; senate fy 2021 appropriations related to cloud computing and weather modeling.; ; h.r. 748, "the coronavirus aid, relief, and economic security act" or cares act.; ; national institute of standards and technology appropriations and reauthorization.
taxation/internal revenue code: legislative & regulatory issues related to domestic and international tax, including tax treaties:; ; implementing u.s. treasury regulations and follow on issues from h.r. 1, tax cuts and jobs act, (tcja), public law no. 115-97; proposed regulations on "classification of cloud transactions and transactions involving digital content" new section 1.861-19 and amendment of -18 regulations.; ; global digital taxes, e.g. digital services taxes (dsts); u.s. treasury guidelines and related regulations on oecd "addressing tax challenges of digitalization" and base erosion profit-shifting (beps) 2.0; implementation of oecd beps recommendations.; ; s. 604 "mobile workforce state income tax simplification act", and companion bill h.r. 4796.; ; bilateral income tax treaties pending before the senate, especially chile; support treaties under negotiation.; ; h.r. 5240 "to amend the internal revenue code of 1986 to make the look-thru for related controlled foreign corporations permanent"; work on senate companion bill.
labor issues/antitrust/workplace: legislative & regulatory issues related to labor, workplace & benefits policy: ; ; s. 788 - the equality act; paid family & medical leave (no bill); h.r. 1185, the family act; h.r. 1044, fairness for high-skilled immigrants act of 2019 (senate amendment to hr 1044); s.2976 - advancing support for working families act.; ; s.1895, the lower health care costs act of 2019; surprise medical bills legislation.
trade (domestic/foreign): legislative & regulatory issues related to international trade including multilateral & bilateral trade agreements:; ; digital trade: u.s.-kenya fta; the african continental free trade area (afcfta); us-japan fta, us-eu fta, us-uk fta, world trade organization (wto) issues; information communications technology and services supply chain security.; ; bilateral trade issues: china 301 investigation under section 301 of the trade act of 1974, china wto compliance; china market access; india data localization; indonesia generalized system of preferences (gsp).; ; the united states-mexico-canada agreement (usmca); h.r. 5430, united states-mexico-canada agreement implementation act.
education: legislative & regulatory issues related to education, workforce training & related matters:; ; workforce development initiative -- ideas for apprenticeships, career-focused education, and certification programs; higher education act reauthorization; s. 2557, the student aid improvement act; s. 839, h.r. 3497, the jobs act; federal work study experimental site initiative; draft reauthorizing the national apprenticeship act.; ; use of blockchain for integrated learning records.; ; implementation of h.r. 2353, the strengthening career and technical education for the 21st century act.; ; h.r. 4674, the college affordability act.

Filing 18 of 250
2020, 1st quarter (jan 1 - mar 31)

Amount

$80,000.00 USD

Date Received

Tue Apr 14 2020 14:16:01 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	red hat, inc.
Description	software
Address	100 east davie street; raleigh, nc 27601 usa

Client

Name	red hat inc
Contact	mark bohannon
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyist

krupnick, matt

Government Entities

commerce, dept of (doc)
defense, dept of (dod)
executive office of the president (eop)
general services administration (gsa)
house of representatives
natl economic council (nec)
patent & trademark office (pto)
senate
u.s. trade representative (ustr)

Issues

copyright/patent/trademark: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy; promoting open-source innovation; issues related to patent law; implementation of leahy-smith america invents act of 2011 (h.r. 1249-112th); stronger patents act of 2019 (hr3666/s2082); issues related to trademark law; issues related to copyright law.
trade (domestic/foreign): e-commerce and cybersecurity provisions in trade deals
computer industry: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement; promoting open-source innovation; fiscal year 2020 national defense authorization act (fy20 ndaa); federal it modernization implementation; cybersecurity standards and practices in federal government, including issues related to government access to data and standards for effective encryption; issues related to privacy law; issues related to section 230 of the communications decency act of 1996 (title v of the telecommunications act of 1996).
defense: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement; issues relating to defense procurement; fiscal year 2020 national defense authorization act (fy20 ndaa).

Filing 19 of 250
2020, 1st quarter (jan 1 - mar 31)

Amount

$20,000.00 USD

Date Received

Thu Apr 09 2020 11:05:02 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	hettinger strategy group llc
Description	lobbying firm
Address	47484 saulty drive; potomac falls, va 20165 usa

Client

Name	red hat, inc.
Description	application and software development.
Contact	michael hettinger
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyist

Name	hettinger, michael john
Position	staff director, house committee on oversight, subcommittee on government management (2003-07); chief of staff, former rep. tom davis (va) (1998-99).

Government Entities

house of representatives
senate

Issue

Filing 20 of 250
2019, 4th quarter (oct 1 - dec 31)

Amount

$50,000.00 USD

Date Received

Wed Jan 29 2020 19:59:29 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registrant

Name	kamins consulting
Description	victims of terrorism
Address	6825 cherry lane; annandale, va 20003 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	technology, software & services
Contact	scott kamins
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyist

Name	kamins, scott a
Position	deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state

Government Entities

house of representatives
senate
white house office

Issues

computer industry: legislative proposals related to ai, blockchain, and quantum computing. legislative proposals relating to a federal data privacy framework.
trade (domestic/foreign): u.s. mexico canada free trade agreement, particularly provisions allowing the free movement of data across borders, prohibiting requirements to store or process data locally, ensuring free and fair market access for digital goods and services, and protecting source code, algorithms and other sensitive ip from disclosure requirements. u.s.-china trade issues.
copyright/patent/trademark: legislative proposals to protect the contribution that software inventions make to the u.s. economy
education: legislative proposals to update the higher education act, particularly provisions designed to reform work-study programs, expand pell grants to individuals in the workforce, and increase flexibility around federal student loans. jumpstart our businesses by supporting students (jobs) act, provisions that would close this skills-gap by expanding pell grant eligibility to cover high-quality and rigorous short-term job training programs.

Filing 21 of 250
2019, 4th quarter (oct 1 - dec 31)

Amount

$1,120,000.00 USD

Date Received

Tue Jan 21 2020 17:18:01 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registrant

Name	international business machines corporation
Address	600 14th street, nw; suite 300; washington, dc 20005-2012 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Contact	cheryl palmeri
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

mcculloch, edgar h iii

stewart, steven w

rhone, adrienne g

williams, marcus p

evans, linda c

bruner, cheryl

ignaszewski, katie

abbasi, hera

marks, debra l

singer, meredith

walsh, kevin

cristinzio, frank

hagemann, ryan

new, joshua

vaynberg, yelena

Government Entities

commerce, dept of (doc)
consumer financial protection bureau (cfpb)
defense, dept of (dod)
education, dept of
homeland security, dept of (dhs)
house of representatives
internal revenue service (irs)
labor, dept of (dol)
natl economic council (nec)
natl institute of standards & technology (nist)
natl security council (nsc)
office of management & budget (omb)
office of science & technology policy (ostp)
senate
treasury, dept of
u.s. trade representative (ustr)
white house office

Issues

labor issues/antitrust/workplace: legislative & regulatory issues related to labor, workplace & benefits policy: ; ; s. 788 - the equality act; paid family & medical leave (no bill); h.r. 1185, the family act; h.r. 1044, the family act; h.r. 1044, fairness for high-skilled immigrants act of 2019 (senate amendment to hr 1044); s.2976 - advancing support for working families act;; ; s.1895, the lower health care costs act of 2019; surprise medical bills legislation
defense: legislative & regulatory issues related to defense matters:; ; implementation of h.r. 5515, s. 2987, the john s. mccain national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2019, provisions related to dod cloud programs, joint enterprise defense infrastructure (jedi), and software, supply chain security, procurement, and foreign investment; h.r. 2500, s. 1790, fy2020 defense authorization (ndaa), provisions related to cloud, ai, procurement, supply chain security, intelligence sharing and enterprise resource planning, and cyber education programs.
education: legislative & regulatory issues related to education, workforce training & related matters:; ; workforce development initiative -- ideas for apprenticeships, career-focused education, and certification programs; higher education act reauthorization; s. 2557, the student aid improvement act; s. 839,h.r. 3497, the jobs act; federal work study experimental site initiative; ; implementation of h.r. 2353, the strengthening career and technical education for the 21st century act; ; h. r. 4674, the college affordability act
copyright/patent/trademark: legislative & regulatory issues related to intellectual property, including patents, copyright, and trademarks:; ; patent eligible subject matter legislation; china intellectual property policy; draft bad faith trademark legislation
trade (domestic/foreign): legislative & regulatory issues related to international trade including multilateral & bilateral trade agreements:; ; digital trade: us-japan fta, us-eu fta, us-uk fta, wto ; ; bilateral trade issues: china 301 investigation under section 301 of the trade act of 1974, china world trade organization (wto) compliance; china market access; india data localization; indonesia generalized system of preferences (gsp) ; ; the united states-mexico-canada agreement (usmca); h.r. 5430, united states-mexico-canada agreement implementation act; ; information communications technology and services supply chain security
taxation/internal revenue code: legislative & regulatory issues related to domestic and international tax, including tax treaties:; ; implementing u.s. treasury regulations and follow on issues from h.r. 1, tax cuts and jobs act, tcja, public law no. 115-97; proposed regulations on "classification of cloud transactions and transactions involving digital content" new section 1.861-19 and amendment of -18 regulations.; ; u.s. treasury guidelines and related regulations on oecd "addressing tax challenges of digitalization" and beps 2.0; implementation of oecd base erosion profit-shifting ( beps) recommendations ; ; s. 604 "mobile workforce state income tax simplification act", and companion bill h.r. 4796 ; ; bilateral income tax treaties pending before the senate, especially chile; support for treaties under negotiation ; ; h.r. 5240 "to amend the internal revenue code of 1986 to make the look-thru for related controlled foreign corporations permanent" ; work on senate companion bill
computer industry: legislative & regulatory issues related to technology policy, including r&d, cybersecurity, privacy, health it & technology procurement:; ; emerging technologies: blockchain, cloud, ai, iot, quantum computing; implementation of h.r. 6227, s. 3143, the national quantum initiative act (p.l. 115-368); h.r. 1361, the blockchain promotion act of 2019; implementation of the cloud act (p.l. no. 115-141); s. 1558, the artificial intelligence initiative act (ai-ia); h.r. 2202, the growing artificial intelligence through research (graitr) act; s. 847, the commercial facial recognition privacy act of 2019, s. 2878, the facial recognition technology warrant act of 2019, and s. 1363, the ai in government act of 2019; ; implementation of h.r. 6, 21st century cures act; implementation of h.r. 6, the support act; cures 2.0 (no bill as yet) ; ; h.r. 1668, s. 734 internet of things cybersecurity improvement act of 2019; privacy legislation, including h.r. 2013; information transparency and personal data control act; h.r. 4978 online privacy act of 2019, and s. 2968 consumer online privacy rights act; house, senate s. 1457, sharing urgent, potentially problematic locations that yield communications hazards in american internet networks (supply chain) act; hr 1158, dhs cyber incident response teams act of 2019; implementation of secure technology act; amendment of section 230 of the communications decency act of 1996; h.r. 4217 state and local cyber improvement act; implementation of secure technology act; s 2775 harvesting american cybersecurity knowledge through education act of 2019 (hacked act); encryption policy
budget/appropriations: legislative & regulatory issues related to budget & appropriations matters: ; ; h.r. 2968, s. 2474, house and senate fy20 dod appropriations; h.r. 3055, s. 2584, house and senate fy2020 commerce, justice, science appropriations, provisions related to weather prediction, the 2020 decennial census, and u.s. patent and trademark office modernization; h.r. 3164, fy2020 usda appropriations, provisions related to food safety; h.r. 2839, house state and foreign operations appropriations, issues related to usaid global supply chain management; h.r. 1158, consolidated appropriations act, 2020; h.r. 1865, further consolidated appropriations act, 2020

Filing 22 of 250
2019, 4th quarter (oct 1 - dec 31)

Amount

$30,000.00 USD

Date Received

Tue Jan 21 2020 08:34:50 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registrant

Name	cavarocchi ruscio dennis associates, l.l.c.
Description	lobbying firm
Address	600 maryland avenue, sw; suite 835w; washington, dc 20024 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	global information systems, consulting and technology services.
Contact	katina pierce
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

ruscio, domenic

van deusen, karl j

eaton, david h. k.

Government Entities

defense, dept of (dod)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

budget/appropriations: ibm solutions in support of federal agencies including related appropriations and authorizations.
defense: ibm solutions in support of federal agencies including related appropriations and authorizations.

Filing 23 of 250
2019, 4th quarter (oct 1 - dec 31)

Amount

$50,000.00 USD

Date Received

Sun Jan 19 2020 22:02:16 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registrant

Name	crossroads strategies, llc
Description	lobbying firm
Address	800 north capitol street, nw, suite 800; washington, dc 20002 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Description	multinational technology company
Contact	john green
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

hall, stewart

burnett, wally

numedahl, marc

hancock, shay michael

Government Entities

defense, dept of (dod)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

defense: department of defense cloud computing strategy and programs;; s.1790/h.r.2500, national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2020 (p.l.116-92);; h.r.2968/s.2474, department of defense appropriations act, 2020 and h.r.2740, the fy2020 consolidated measure;; h.r.1158, consolidated appropriations act, 2020 (p.l.116-93).
budget/appropriations: department of defense cloud computing strategy and programs;; s.1790/h.r.2500, national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2020 (p.l.116-92);; h.r.2968/s.2474, department of defense appropriations act, 2020 and h.r.2740, the fy2020 consolidated measure;; h.r.1158, consolidated appropriations act, 2020 (p.l.116-93).

Filing 24 of 250
2019, 4th quarter (oct 1 - dec 31)

Amount

$30,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Jan 17 2020 17:38:34 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registrant

Name	mehlman castagnetti rosen & thomas, inc.
Description	government affairs consulting services
Address	1341 g street, nw; suite 1100; washington, dc 20005 usa

Client

Name	red hat inc
Contact	krista atteberry
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyists

rosen, dean

thomas, david r

finley pickering, elise

castagnetti, david

mehlman, bruce

bennett, mckenzie

thornell, paul

wooters, charles

haro, steven

eastman, sage

hingson, constantine

robinson, michael

aronson, lauren

tolar, helen

distefano, nichole

Government Entities

executive office of the president (eop)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

defense: issues related to fy 2020 ndaa.
copyright/patent/trademark: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement.; promoting open-source innovation.; modernizing u.s. government information technology.; patent reform and issues related to patent eligibility.
intelligence: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement.; promoting open-source innovation.; modernizing u.s. government information technology.
budget/appropriations: fiscal year 2020 appropriations.
computer industry: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement.; promoting open-source innovation.

Filing 25 of 250
2019, 4th quarter (oct 1 - dec 31)

Amount

$80,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Jan 17 2020 16:20:03 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registrant

Name	red hat, inc.
Description	software
Address	100 east davie street; raleigh, nc 27601 usa

Client

Name	red hat inc
Contact	mark bohannon
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyist

krupnick, matt

Government Entities

commerce, dept of (doc)
defense, dept of (dod)
executive office of the president (eop)
general services administration (gsa)
house of representatives
natl economic council (nec)
patent & trademark office (pto)
senate
u.s. trade representative (ustr)

Issues

copyright/patent/trademark: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy; promoting open-source innovation; issues related to patent law; implementation of leahy-smith america invents act of 2011 (h.r. 1249-112th); stronger patents act of 2019 (hr3666/s2082); issues related to trademark law; issues related to copyright law.
computer industry: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement; promoting open-source innovation; fiscal year 2020 national defense authorization act (fy20 ndaa); federal it modernization implementation; cybersecurity standards and practices in federal government, including issues related to government access to data and standards for effective encryption; issues related to privacy law; issues related to section 230 of the communications decency act of 1996 (title v of the telecommunications act of 1996).
trade (domestic/foreign): e-commerce and cybersecurity provisions in trade deals
defense: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement; issues relating to defense procurement; fiscal year 2020 national defense authorization act (fy20 ndaa).

Filing 26 of 250
2019, 3rd quarter (july 1 - sep 30)

Amount

$80,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Jan 17 2020 16:16:51 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registrant

Name	red hat, inc.
Description	software
Address	100 east davie street; raleigh, nc 27601 usa

Client

Name	red hat inc
Contact	mark bohannon
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyist

krupnick, matt

Government Entities

commerce, dept of (doc)
defense, dept of (dod)
executive office of the president (eop)
general services administration (gsa)
house of representatives
natl economic council (nec)
patent & trademark office (pto)
senate

Issues

copyright/patent/trademark: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy; promoting open-source innovation; issues related to patent law; implementation of leahy-smith america invents act of 2011 (h.r. 1249-112th); stronger patents act of 2019 (hr3666/s2082); issues related to trademark law; issues related to copyright law.
defense: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement; issues relating to defense procurement; fiscal year 2020 national defense authorization act (fy20 ndaa).
computer industry: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement; promoting open-source innovation; fiscal year 2020 national defense authorization act (fy20 ndaa); federal it modernization implementation; cybersecurity standards and practices in federal government, including issues related to government access to data and standards for effective encryption; issues related to privacy law; issues related to section 230 of the communications decency act of 1996 (title v of the telecommunications act of 1996).

Filing 27 of 250
2019, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$100,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Jan 17 2020 16:14:35 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registrant

Name	red hat, inc.
Description	software
Address	100 east davie street; raleigh, nc 27601 usa

Client

Name	red hat inc
Contact	mark bohannon
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyist

krupnick, matt

Government Entities

commerce, dept of (doc)
defense, dept of (dod)
executive office of the president (eop)
general services administration (gsa)
house of representatives
natl economic council (nec)
patent & trademark office (pto)
senate

Issues

defense: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement; issues relating to defense procurement; fiscal year 2020 national defense authorization act (fy20 ndaa).
copyright/patent/trademark: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy; promoting open-source innovation; issues related to patent law; implementation of leahy-smith america invents act of 2011 (h.r. 1249-112th).
computer industry: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement; promoting open-source innovation; fiscal year 2020 national defense authorization act (fy20 ndaa); federal it modernization implementation; cybersecurity standards and practices in federal government; pending ibm acquisition of red hat.

Filing 28 of 250
2019, 1st quarter (jan 1 - mar 31)

Amount

$90,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Jan 17 2020 16:12:22 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registrant

Name	red hat, inc.
Description	software
Address	100 east davie street; raleigh, nc 27601 usa

Client

Name	red hat inc
Contact	mark bohannon
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyist

krupnick, matt

Government Entities

executive office of the president (eop)
general services administration (gsa)
homeland security, dept of (dhs)
house of representatives
natl economic council (nec)
natl telecommunications & information administrati
office of management & budget (omb)
patent & trademark office (pto)
senate

Issues

copyright/patent/trademark: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy; promoting open-source innovation; issues related to patent law; implementation of leahy-smith america invents act of 2011 (h.r. 1249-112th).
defense: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement; issues relating to defense procurement.
computer industry: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement; promoting open-source innovation; fiscal year 2020 national defense authorization act (fy20 ndaa); modernizing government technology act implementation (mgt act)(h.r. 2227); federal it modernization implementation; fsgg appropriations bills senate/house; cybersecurity standards and practices in federal government; pending ibm acquisition of red hat.

Filing 29 of 250
2019, 4th quarter (oct 1 - dec 31)

Amount

$20,000.00 USD

Date Received

Wed Jan 15 2020 14:32:05 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registrant

Name	hettinger strategy group llc
Description	lobbying firm
Address	47484 saulty drive; potomac falls, va 20165 usa

Client

Name	red hat, inc.
Description	application and software development.
Contact	michael hettinger
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyist

Name	hettinger, michael john
Position	staff director, house committee on oversight, subcommittee on government management (2003-07); chief of staff, former rep. tom davis (va) (1998-99).

Government Entity

house of representatives

Issue

government issues: issues related to government's adoption of cloud computing; issues related to government acquisition (no specific legislation), issues related to fitara implementation, defense policy issues generally.

Filing 30 of 250
2019, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$1,440,000.00 USD

Date Received

Mon Oct 28 2019 22:15:30 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	international business machines corporation
Address	600 14th street, nw suite 300 washington, dc 20005-2012 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Contact	cheryl palmeri
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

mcculloch, edgar h iii

stewart, steven w

rhone, adrienne g

williams, marcus p

evans, linda c

marks, debra l

bruner, cheryl

vaynberg, yelena

cristinzio, frank

walsh, kevin

ignaszewski, katie

singer, meredith

Government Entities

commerce, dept of (doc)
defense, dept of (dod)
education, dept of
energy, dept of
homeland security, dept of (dhs)
house of representatives
internal revenue service (irs)
labor, dept of (dol)
natl economic council (nec)
natl institute of standards & technology (nist)
office of science & technology policy (ostp)
senate
state, dept of (dos)
treasury, dept of
u.s. trade representative (ustr)
white house office

Issues

labor issues/antitrust/workplace: legislative & regulatory issues related to labor, workplace & benefits policy: h.r. 6, dream and promise act; h.r. 1044, s. 386, fairness for high-skilled immigrants act of 2019; h.r. 5, s. 788, equality act; paid family and medical leave.
computer industry: legislative & regulatory issues related to technology policy, including r&d, cybersecurity, privacy, health it & technology procurement: emerging technologies: blockchain, cloud, ai, iot, quantum computing; implementation of h.r. 6227, s. 3143, the national quantum initiative act (p.l. 115-368); h.r. 1361, the blockchain promotion act of 2019; h.r. 2144, the token taxonomy act of 2019; implementation of the cloud act (p.l. no. 115-141); s. 1558, the artificial intelligence initiative act (ai-ia); h.r. 2202, the growing artificial intelligence through research (graitr) act; s. 2200 national integrated drought information system reauthorization act of 2018, related to weather prediction and cloud computing; amendments to section 230 of the communications decency act. implementation of h.r. 6, 21st century cures act; implementation of h.r. 6, the support act; price transparency; s. 1895, the lower health care costs act; technology aspects of medicare and medicaid program fraud, waste, and abuse prevention. h.r. 1668, s. 734 internet of things cybersecurity improvement act of 2019; supply chain security; data security; h.r. 2013 information transparency and personal data control act; privacy legislation; s. 1457, sharing urgent, potentially problematic locations that yield communications hazards in american internet networks (supply chain) act; hr 1158, dhs cyber incident response teams act of 2019; implementation of secure technology act.
trade (domestic/foreign): legislative & regulatory issues related to international trade including multilateral & bilateral trade agreements: digital trade: us-japan fta, us-eu fta, us-uk fta, wto and g-20. bilateral trade issues: china 301 investigation under section 301 of the trade act of 1974, china world trade organization (wto) compliance; china market access; korea services issues and india data localization. the united states-mexico-canada agreement (usmca).
budget/appropriations: legislative & regulatory issues related to budget & appropriations matters: h. j. res. 28, further additional continuing appropriations act, 2019 ; h. j. res. 31, consolidated appropriations act, 2019; h. res. 431 minibus appropriations; h.r. 2968 fy20 house defense appropriations; senate fy20 dod appropriations provisions related to cloud, security clearance process, microelectronics, jaic; h.r. 3055, fy2020 commerce, justice, science appropriations, provisions related to noaa weather programs and the 2020 decennial census; h.r. 3164, fy2020 usda appropriations, provisions related to food safety; medicare and medicaid program integrity; u.s. patent and trade office modernization.
education: legislative & regulatory issues related to education, workforce training & related matters: workforce development initiative -- ideas for apprenticeships, career-focused education, and certification programs; higher education act reauthorization; implementation of h.r. 2353, the strengthening career and technical education for the 21st century act; s. 839, h.r. 3497, the jobs act.
taxation/internal revenue code: legislative & regulatory issues related to domestic and international tax, including tax treaties: implementing u.s. treasury regulations and follow on issues from h.r. 1, tax cuts and jobs act, tcja. u.s. treasury guidelines and related regulations on oecd "addressing tax challenges of digitalization"; implementation of base erosion profit-shifting ( beps) recommendations. s. 604 mobile workforce state income tax simplification act, and work on house companion legislation. bilateral income tax treaties pending before the senate, especially spain; and treaties under negotiation.
copyright/patent/trademark: legislative & regulatory issues related to intellectual property, including patents, copyright, and trademarks: patent eligible subject matter legislation; transitional covered business method patent review review proceeding.
defense: legislative & regulatory issues related to defense matters: implementation of h.r. 5515, s. 2987, the john s. mccain national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2019, provisions related to dod cloud programs, joint enterprise defense infrastructure (jedi), and software, supply chain security, procurement, and foreign investment; h.r. 2500, s. 1790, fy2020 defense authorization (ndaa), provisions related to cloud, ai, procurement, supply chain security, intelligence sharing and enterprise resource planning.

Filing 31 of 250
2019, 3rd quarter (july 1 - sep 30)

Amount

$1,140,000.00 USD

Date Received

Mon Oct 21 2019 16:35:46 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	international business machines corporation
Address	600 14th street, nw suite 300 washington, dc 20005-2012 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Contact	cheryl palmeri
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

mcculloch, edgar h iii

stewart, steven w

rhone, adrienne g

williams, marcus p

evans, linda c

marks, debra l

walsh, kevin

singer, meredith

bruner, cheryl

vaynberg, yelena

hagemann, ryan

ignaszewski, katie

cristinzio, frank

abbasi, hera

Government Entities

commerce, dept of (doc)
education, dept of
homeland security, dept of (dhs)
house of representatives
internal revenue service (irs)
labor, dept of (dol)
natl economic council (nec)
natl institute of standards & technology (nist)
office of science & technology policy (ostp)
senate
state, dept of (dos)
treasury, dept of
u.s. trade representative (ustr)
white house office

Issues

defense: legislative & regulatory issues related to defense matters: implementation of h.r. 5515, s. 2987, the john s. mccain national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2019, provisions related to dod cloud programs, joint enterprise defense infrastructure (jedi), and software, supply chain security, procurement, and foreign investment; h.r. 2500, s. 1790, fy2020 defense authorization (ndaa), provisions related to cloud, ai, procurement, supply chain security, intelligence sharing and enterprise resource planning, and cyber education programs.
taxation/internal revenue code: legislative & regulatory issues related to domestic and international tax, including tax treaties: implementing u.s. treasury regulations and follow on issues from h.r. 1, tax cuts and jobs act, tcja, public law no. 115-97. u.s. treasury guidelines and related regulations on oecd "addressing tax challenges of digitalization" and beps 2.0; implementation of oecd base erosion profit-shifting ( beps) recommendations . s. 604 mobile workforce state income tax simplification act, and work on house companion legislation. bilateral income tax treaties pending before the senate, especially spain and chile; support for treaties under negotiation.
copyright/patent/trademark: legislative & regulatory issues related to intellectual property, including patents, copyright, and trademarks: patent eligible subject matter legislation.
education: legislative & regulatory issues related to education, workforce training & related matters: workforce development initiative -- ideas for apprenticeships, career-focused education, and certification programs; higher education act reauthorization. implementation of h.r. 2353, the strengthening career and technical education for the 21st century act.
trade (domestic/foreign): legislative & regulatory issues related to international trade including multilateral & bilateral trade agreements: digital trade: us-japan executive agreement on digital trade, us-eu fta, us-uk fta, wto. bilateral trade issues: china 301 investigation under section 301 of the trade act of 1974, china world trade organization (wto) compliance; china market access; india data localization. the united states-mexico-canada agreement (usmca).
labor issues/antitrust/workplace: legislative & regulatory issues related to labor, workplace & benefits policy: h.r. 6, dream and promise act; h.r. 1044, s. 386, fairness for high-skilled immigrants act of 2019; h.r. 5, s. 788, equality act; paid family and medical leave; s.1895, the lower health care costs act of 2019; surprise medical bills legislation.
budget/appropriations: legislative & regulatory issues related to budget & appropriations matters: h.r. 2968, fy20 house defense appropriations; s. 2474, senate fy20 dod appropriations provisions related to cloud, security clearance process, microelectronics, joint artificial intelligence center, cyber education and funding; h.r. 2740, fy20 defense appropriations in minibus; h.r. 4378, continuing appropriations act, 2020, and health extenders act of 2019; h.r. 3055, s. 2548, fy2020 commerce, justice, science appropriations, provisions related to weather prediction, the 2020 decennial census, and u.s. patent and trade office modernization; h.r. 3164, fy2020 usda appropriations, provisions related to food safety.
computer industry: legislative & regulatory issues related to technology policy, including r&d, cybersecurity, privacy, health it & technology procurement: emerging technologies: blockchain, cloud, ai, iot, quantum computing; implementation of h.r. 6227, s. 3143, the national quantum initiative act (p.l. 115-368); h.r. 1361, the blockchain promotion act of 2019; h.r. 2144, the token taxonomy act of 2019; implementation of the cloud act (p.l. no. 115-141); s. 1558, the artificial intelligence initiative act (ai-ia); h.r. 2202, the growing artificial intelligence through research (graitr) act; s. 2200 national integrated drought information system reauthorization act of 2018, related to weather prediction and cloud computing. implementation of h.r. 6, 21st century cures act; implementation of h.r. 6, the support act. h.r. 1668, s. 734 internet of things cybersecurity improvement act of 2019; supply chain security; data security; h.r. 2013 information transparency and personal data control act; privacy legislation; s. 1457, sharing urgent, potentially problematic locations that yield communications hazards in american internet networks (supply chain) act; hr 1158, dhs cyber incident response teams act of 2019; implementation of secure technology act; amendment of section 230 of the communications decency act of 1996; h.r. 4217 state and local cyber improvement act; implementation of secure technology act; internet of things issues.

Filing 32 of 250
2019, 3rd quarter (july 1 - sep 30)

Amount

$50,000.00 USD

Date Received

Sat Oct 19 2019 16:53:06 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	crossroads strategies, llc
Description	lobbying firm
Address	800 north capitol street, nw, suite 800 washington, dc 20002 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Description	multinational technology company
Contact	john green
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

hall, stewart

burnett, wally

numedahl, marc

hancock, shay michael

Government Entities

defense, dept of (dod)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

budget/appropriations: department of defense cloud computing strategy and programs; s.1790/h.r.2500, national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2020; h.r.2968/s.2474, department of defense appropriations act, 2020 and h.r.2740, the fy2020 consolidated measure; h.r.4378, continuing appropriations act, 2020, and health extenders act of 2019 (p.l.116-59).
defense: department of defense cloud computing strategy and programs; s.1790/h.r.2500, national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2020; h.r.2968/s.2474, department of defense appropriations act, 2020 and h.r.2740, the fy2020 consolidated measure; h.r.4378, continuing appropriations act, 2020, and health extenders act of 2019 (p.l.116-59).

Filing 33 of 250
2019, 3rd quarter (july 1 - sep 30)

Amount

$50,000.00 USD

Date Received

Sat Oct 19 2019 12:17:11 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	kamins consulting
Description	victims of terrorism
Address	6825 cherry lane annandale, va 20003 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	technology, software & services
Contact	scott kamins
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyist

Name	kamins, scott a
Position	deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state

Government Entities

house of representatives
senate
white house office

Issues

education: legislative proposals to update the higher education act, particularly provisions designed to reform work-study programs, expand pell grants to individuals in the workforce, and increase flexibility around federal student loans. jumpstart our businesses by supporting students (jobs) act, provisions that would close this skills-gap by expanding pell grant eligibility to cover high-quality and rigorous short-term job training programs.
trade (domestic/foreign): u.s. mexico canada free trade agreement, particularly provisions allowing the free movement of data across borders, prohibiting requirements to store or process data locally, ensuring free and fair market access for digital goods and services, and protecting source code, algorithms and other sensitive ip from disclosure requirements. u.s.-china trade issues.
copyright/patent/trademark: legislative proposals to protect the contribution that software inventions make to the u.s. economy
computer industry: legislative proposals related to ai, blockchain, and quantum computing. legislative proposals relating to a federal data privacy framework.

Filing 34 of 250
2019, 3rd quarter (july 1 - sep 30)

Amount

$30,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Oct 18 2019 17:46:01 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	mehlman castagnetti rosen & thomas, inc.
Description	government affairs consulting service
Address	1341 g street, nw suite 1100 washington, dc 20005 usa

Client

Name	red hat inc
Contact	krista atteberry
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyists

rosen, dean

thomas, david r

finley pickering, elise

castagnetti, david

mehlman, bruce

tolar, helen

eastman, sage

aronson, lauren

wooters, charles

hingson, constantine

Name	distefano, nichole
Position	senior counsel, senator claire mccaskill; counsel, senator claire mccaskill

Name

thornell, paul

Position

deputy director of legislative affairs, office of vice president al gore, the white house; associate director, senate democratic steering committee, senator tom daschle deputy director of legislative affairs, office of vice president al gore, the white house; associate director, senate democratic steering committee, senator tom daschle deputy director of legislative affairs, office of vice president al gore, the white house; associate director, senate democratic steering committee, senator tom daschle deputy director of legislative affairs, office of vice president al gore, the white house; associate director, senate democratic steering committee, senator tom daschle deputy director of legislative affairs, office of vice president al gore, the white house; associate director, senate democratic steering committee, senator tom daschle

bennett, mckenzie

haro, steven

robinson, michael

Government Entities

executive office of the president (eop)
house of representatives
natl economic council (nec)
senate

Issues

computer industry: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement. promoting open-source innovation.
intelligence: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement. promoting open-source innovation. modernizing u.s. government information technology.
defense: issues related to fy 2020 ndaa.
budget/appropriations: fiscal year 2020 appropriations.
copyright/patent/trademark: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement. promoting open-source innovation. modernizing u.s. government information technology. patent reform and issues related to patent eligibility.

Filing 35 of 250
2019, 3rd quarter (july 1 - sep 30)

Amount

$30,000.00 USD

Date Received

Wed Oct 16 2019 14:17:08 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	cavarocchi ruscio dennis associates, l.l.c.
Description	consultant firm
Address	600 maryland avenue, sw suite 835w washington, dc 20024 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	global information systems, consulting and technology services.
Contact	katina pierce
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

ruscio, domenic

van deusen, karl j

eaton, david h. k.

Government Entities

defense, dept of (dod)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

defense: ibm solutions in support of federal agencies including related appropriations and authorizations.
budget/appropriations: ibm solutions in support of federal agencies including related appropriations and authorizations.

Filing 36 of 250
2019, 3rd quarter (july 1 - sep 30)

Amount

$140,000.00 USD

Date Received

Wed Oct 16 2019 13:32:12 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	red hat, inc.
Description	software
Address	100 east davie street raleigh, nc 27601 usa

Client

Name	red hat inc
Contact	mark bohannon
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyist

krupnick, matt

Government Entities

commerce, dept of (doc)
defense, dept of (dod)
executive office of the president (eop)
general services administration (gsa)
house of representatives
natl economic council (nec)
patent & trademark office (pto)
senate

Issues

computer industry: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement; promoting open-source innovation; fiscal year 2020 national defense authorization act (fy20 ndaa); federal it modernization implementation; cybersecurity standards and practices in federal government, including issues related to government access to data and standards for effective encryption; issues related to privacy law; issues related to section 230 of the communications decency act of 1996 (title v of the telecommunications act of 1996).
copyright/patent/trademark: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy; promoting open-source innovation; issues related to patent law; implementation of leahy-smith america invents act of 2011 (h.r. 1249-112th); stronger patents act of 2019 (hr3666/s2082); issues related to trademark law; issues related to copyright law.
defense: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement; issues relating to defense procurement; fiscal year 2020 national defense authorization act (fy20 ndaa).

Filing 37 of 250
2019, 3rd quarter (july 1 - sep 30)

Amount

$20,000.00 USD

Date Received

Wed Oct 16 2019 10:36:19 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	hettinger strategy group llc
Description	lobbying firm
Address	47484 saulty drive potomac falls, va 20165 usa

Client

Name	red hat, inc.
Description	application and software development.
Contact	michael hettinger
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyist

Name	hettinger, michael john
Position	staff director, house committee on oversight, subcommittee on government management (2003-07); chief of staff, former rep. tom davis (va) (1998-99).

Government Entity

house of representatives

Issue

government issues: issues related to government's adoption of cloud computing; issues related to government acquisition (no specific legislation).

Filing 38 of 250
2019, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$1,600,000.00 USD

Date Received

Mon Jul 22 2019 16:11:08 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	international business machines corporation
Address	600 14th street, nw suite 300 washington, dc 20005-2012 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Contact	cheryl palmeri
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

mcculloch, edgar h iii

stewart, steven w

rhone, adrienne g

williams, marcus p

evans, linda c

marks, debra l

bruner, cheryl

singer, meredith

ignaszewski, katie

vaynberg, yelena

walsh, kevin

cristinzio, frank

Government Entities

commerce, dept of (doc)
defense, dept of (dod)
education, dept of
energy, dept of
homeland security, dept of (dhs)
house of representatives
internal revenue service (irs)
labor, dept of (dol)
natl economic council (nec)
natl institute of standards & technology (nist)
office of science & technology policy (ostp)
senate
state, dept of (dos)
treasury, dept of
u.s. trade representative (ustr)
white house office

Issues

budget/appropriations: legislative & regulatory issues related to budget & appropriations matters: h. j. res. 28, further additional continuing appropriations act, 2019 ; h. j. res. 31, consolidated appropriations act, 2019; h. res. 431 minibus appropriations; h.r. 2968 fy20 house defense appropriations; senate fy20 dod appropriations provisions related to cloud, security clearance process, microelectronics, jaic; h.r. 3055, fy2020 commerce, justice, science appropriations, provisions related to noaa weather programs and the 2020 decennial census; h.r. 3164, fy2020 usda appropriations, provisions related to food safety; medicare and medicaid program integrity; u.s. patent and trade office modernization.
computer industry: legislative & regulatory issues related to technology policy, including r&d, cybersecurity, privacy, health it & technology procurement: emerging technologies: blockchain, cloud, ai, iot, quantum computing; implementation of h.r. 6227, s. 3143, the national quantum initiative act (p.l. 115-368); h.r. 1361, the blockchain promotion act of 2019; h.r. 2144, the token taxonomy act of 2019; implementation of the cloud act (p.l. no. 115-141); s. 1558, the artificial intelligence initiative act (ai-ia); h.r. 2202, the growing artificial intelligence through research (graitr) act; s. 2200 national integrated drought information system reauthorization act of 2018, related to weather prediction and cloud computing; amendments to section 230 of the communications decency act. implementation of h.r. 6, 21st century cures act; implementation of h.r. 6, the support act; price transparency; s. 1895, the lower health care costs act; technology aspects of medicare and medicaid program fraud, waste, and abuse prevention. h.r. 1668, s. 734 internet of things cybersecurity improvement act of 2019; supply chain security; data security; h.r. 2013 information transparency and personal data control act; privacy legislation; s. 1457, sharing urgent, potentially problematic locations that yield communications hazards in american internet networks (supply chain) act; hr 1158, dhs cyber incident response teams act of 2019; implementation of secure technology act.
trade (domestic/foreign): legislative & regulatory issues related to international trade including multilateral & bilateral trade agreements: digital trade: us-japan fta, us-eu fta, us-uk fta, wto and g-20. bilateral trade issues: china 301 investigation under section 301 of the trade act of 1974, china world trade organization (wto) compliance; china market access; korea services issues and india data localization. the united states-mexico-canada agreement (usmca).
taxation/internal revenue code: legislative & regulatory issues related to domestic and international tax, including tax treaties: implementing u.s. treasury regulations and follow on issues from h.r. 1, tax cuts and jobs act, tcja. u.s. treasury guidelines and related regulations on oecd "addressing tax challenges of digitalization"; implementation of base erosion profit-shifting ( beps) recommendations. s. 604 mobile workforce state income tax simplification act, and work on house companion legislation. bilateral income tax treaties pending before the senate, especially spain; and treaties under negotiation.
education: legislative & regulatory issues related to education, workforce training & related matters: workforce development initiative -- ideas for apprenticeships, career-focused education, and certification programs; higher education act reauthorization; implementation of h.r. 2353, the strengthening career and technical education for the 21st century act; s. 839, h.r. 3497, the jobs act.
labor issues/antitrust/workplace: legislative & regulatory issues related to labor, workplace & benefits policy: h.r. 6, dream and promise act; h.r. 1044, s. 386, fairness for high-skilled immigrants act of 2019; h.r. 5, s. 788, equality act; paid family and medical leave.
copyright/patent/trademark: legislative & regulatory issues related to intellectual property, including patents, copyright, and trademarks: patent eligible subject matter legislation; transitional covered business method patent review review proceeding.
defense: legislative & regulatory issues related to defense matters: implementation of h.r. 5515, s. 2987, the john s. mccain national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2019, provisions related to dod cloud programs, joint enterprise defense infrastructure (jedi), and software, supply chain security, procurement, and foreign investment; h.r. 2500, s. 1790, fy2020 defense authorization (ndaa), provisions related to cloud, ai, procurement, supply chain security, intelligence sharing and enterprise resource planning.

Filing 39 of 250
2019, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$10,000.00 USD

Date Received

Mon Jul 22 2019 15:18:35 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	rasky partners, inc.
Description	lobbying firm
Address	555 11th st. nw suite 401 washington, dc 20004 usa

Client

Name	red hat
Description	open source, enterprise it company
Contact	larry rasky
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyists

Name	bassett, bethany
Position	la- sens. kennedy, kirk; dod spec. asst. to sec.

doran, dana

Government Entities

defense, dept of (dod)
housing & urban development, dept of (hud)

Issue

defense: issues related to defense procurement

Filing 40 of 250
2019, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$150,000.00 USD

Date Received

Mon Jul 22 2019 14:50:41 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	red hat, inc.
Description	software
Address	100 east davie street raleigh, nc 27601 usa

Client

Name	red hat inc
Contact	mark bohannon
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyist

krupnick, matt

Government Entities

commerce, dept of (doc)
defense, dept of (dod)
executive office of the president (eop)
general services administration (gsa)
house of representatives
natl economic council (nec)
patent & trademark office (pto)
senate

Issues

copyright/patent/trademark: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy; promoting open-source innovation; issues related to patent law; implementation of leahy-smith america invents act of 2011 (h.r. 1249-112th).
defense: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement; issues relating to defense procurement; fiscal year 2020 national defense authorization act (fy20 ndaa).
computer industry: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement; promoting open-source innovation; fiscal year 2020 national defense authorization act (fy20 ndaa); federal it modernization implementation; cybersecurity standards and practices in federal government; pending ibm acquisition of red hat.

Filing 41 of 250
2019, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$50,000.00 USD

Date Received

Sat Jul 20 2019 19:47:33 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	crossroads strategies, llc
Description	lobbying firm
Address	800 north capitol street, nw, suite 800 washington, dc 20002 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Description	multinational technology company
Contact	john green
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

hall, stewart

burnett, wally

numedahl, marc

hancock, shay michael

Government Entities

defense, dept of (dod)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

budget/appropriations: department of defense cloud computing strategy and programs; s.1790/h.r.2500, national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2020; h.r.2968, department of defense appropriations act, 2020 and h.r.2740, the fy2020 consolidated measure.
defense: department of defense cloud computing strategy and programs; s.1790/h.r.2500, national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2020; h.r.2968, department of defense appropriations act, 2020 and h.r.2740, the fy2020 consolidated measure.

Filing 42 of 250
2019, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$30,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Jul 19 2019 17:50:12 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	mehlman castagnetti rosen & thomas, inc.
Description	government affairs consulting services
Address	1341 g street, nw suite 1100 washington, dc 20005 usa

Client

Name	red hat inc
Contact	krista atteberry
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyists

rosen, dean

thomas, david r

castagnetti, david

mehlman, bruce

wooters, charles

eastman, sage

aronson, lauren

robinson, michael

hingson, constantine

haro, steven

tolar, helen

Name	distefano, nichole
Position	senior counsel, senator claire mccaskill; counsel, senator claire mccaskill

pickering, elise

Name

bennett, mckenzie

Position

senior health policy advisor, senator maggie hassan; policy advisor, senator harry reid; legislative assistant, senator harry reid; legislative aide/legislative correspondence manager, senator harry reid; legislative correspondent, senator harry reid; legislative correspondent, senator jim webb senior health policy advisor, senator maggie hassan; policy advisor, senator harry reid; legislative assistant, senator harry reid; legislative aide/legislative correspondence manager, senator harry reid; legislative correspondent, senator harry reid; legislative correspondent, senator jim webb senior health policy advisor, senator maggie hassan; policy advisor, senator harry reid; legislative assistant, senator harry reid; legislative aide/legislative correspondence manager, senator harry reid; legislative correspondent, senator harry reid; legislative correspondent, senator jim webb senior health policy advisor, senator maggie hassan; policy advisor, senator harry reid; legislative assistant, senator harry reid; legislative aide/legislative correspondence manager, senator harry reid; legislative correspondent, senator harry reid; legislative correspondent, senator jim webb senior health policy advisor, senator maggie hassan; policy advisor, senator harry reid; legislative assistant, senator harry reid; legislative aide/legislative correspondence manager, senator harry reid; legislative correspondent, senator harry reid; legislative correspondent, senator jim webb

Government Entities

executive office of the president (eop)
house of representatives
natl economic council (nec)
senate

Issues

copyright/patent/trademark: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement. promoting open-source innovation. modernizing u.s. government information technology. patent reform and issues related to patent eligibility.
budget/appropriations: fiscal year 2020 appropriations.
defense: issues related to fy 2020 ndaa.
computer industry: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement. promoting open-source innovation.
intelligence: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement. promoting open-source innovation. modernizing u.s. government information technology.

Filing 43 of 250
2019, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$10,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Jul 19 2019 13:00:00 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	hettinger strategy group llc
Description	lobbying firm
Address	47484 saulty drive potomac falls, va 20165 usa

Client

Name	red hat, inc.
Description	application and software development.
Contact	michael hettinger
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyist

Name	hettinger, michael john
Position	staff director, house committee on oversight, subcommittee on government management (2003-07); chief of staff, former rep. tom davis (va) (1998-99).

Government Entity

house of representatives

Issue

government issues: issues related to government's adoption of cloud computing; issues related to government acquisition (no specific legislation).

Filing 44 of 250
2019, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$50,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Jul 19 2019 12:50:32 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	kamins consulting
Description	victims of terrorism
Address	6825 cherry lane annandale, va 20003 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	technology, software & services
Contact	scott kamins
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyist

Name	kamins, scott a
Position	deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state

Government Entities

house of representatives
senate
white house office

Issues

copyright/patent/trademark: legislative proposals to protect the contribution that software inventions make to the u.s. economy
trade (domestic/foreign): u.s. mexico canada free trade agreement, particularly provisions allowing the free movement of data across borders, prohibiting requirements to store or process data locally, ensuring free and fair market access for digital goods and services, and protecting source code, algorithms and other sensitive ip from disclosure requirements. u.s.-china trade issues.
computer industry: legislative proposals related to ai, blockchain, and quantum computing. legislative proposals relating to a federal data privacy framework.
education: legislative proposals to update the higher education act, particularly provisions designed to reform work-study programs, expand pell grants to individuals in the workforce, and increase flexibility around federal student loans. jumpstart our businesses by supporting students (jobs) act, provisions that would close this skills-gap by expanding pell grant eligibility to cover high-quality and rigorous short-term job training programs.

Filing 45 of 250
2019, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$30,000.00 USD

Date Received

Wed Jul 17 2019 15:11:15 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	cavarocchi ruscio dennis associates, l.l.c.
Description	consultant firm
Address	600 maryland avenue, sw suite 835w washington, dc 20024 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	global information systems, consulting and technology services.
Contact	katina pierce
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

ruscio, domenic

van deusen, karl j

eaton, david h. k.

Government Entities

defense, dept of (dod)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

budget/appropriations: ibm solutions in support of federal agencies including related appropriations and authorizations.
defense: ibm solutions in support of federal agencies including related appropriations and authorizations.

Filing 46 of 250
2019, undetermined

Date Received

Tue Jul 16 2019 13:11:44 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	hettinger strategy group llc
Description	lobbying firm
Address	47484 saulty drive potomac falls, va 20165 usa

Client

Name	red hat, inc.
Description	application and software development.
Contact	michael hettinger
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyist

Name	hettinger, michael john
Position	staff director, committee on oversight and government reform, subcommittee on government management (2003-07); chief of staff, former rep. tom davis (va) (1998-99)

Issue

government issues: issues related to government's acquisition of software and related technology products; issues related to cloud computing.

Filing 47 of 250
2019, 1st quarter (jan 1 - mar 31)

Amount

$50,000.00 USD

Date Received

Mon Apr 29 2019 16:13:29 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	kamins consulting
Description	government affairs consulting
Address	6825 cherry lane annandale, va 20003 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	technology, software & services
Contact	scott kamins
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyist

Name	kamins, scott a
Position	deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state

Government Entities

commerce, dept of (doc)
house of representatives
senate
white house office

Issues

education: legislative proposals to update the higher education act, particularly provisions designed to reform work-study programs, expand pell grants to individuals in the workforce, and increase flexibility around federal student loans.
copyright/patent/trademark: legislative proposals to protect the contribution that software inventions make to the u.s. economy
computer industry: legislative proposals related to ai, blockchain, and quantum computing. legislative proposals relating to a federal data privacy framework.
trade (domestic/foreign): u.s. mexico canada free trade agreement, particularly provisions allowing the free movement of data across borders, prohibiting requirements to store or process data locally, ensuring free and fair market access for digital goods and services, and protecting source code, algorithms and other sensitive ip from disclosure requirements. u.s.-china trade issues. u.s. department of commerce on advance notice of proposed rulemaking concerning review of export controls for certain emerging technologies.

Filing 48 of 250
2019, 1st quarter (jan 1 - mar 31)

Amount

$50,000.00 USD

Date Received

Tue Apr 23 2019 16:47:04 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	kamins consulting
Description	government affairs consulting
Address	6825 cherry lane annandale, va 20003 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	technology, software & services
Contact	scott kamins
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyist

Name	kamins, scott a
Position	deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state

Government Entities

commerce, dept of (doc)
house of representatives
senate
white house office

Issues

trade (domestic/foreign): u.s. mexico canada free trade agreement, particularly provisions allowing the free movement of data across borders, prohibiting requirements to store or process data locally, ensuring free and fair market access for digital goods and services, and protecting source code, algorithms and other sensitive ip from disclosure requirements. u.s.-china trade issues. u.s. department of commerce on advance notice of proposed rulemaking concerning review of export controls for certain emerging technologies.
computer industry: legislative proposals related to ai, blockchain, and quantum computing
education: legislative proposals to update the higher education act, particularly provisions designed to reform work-study programs, expand pell grants to individuals in the workforce, and increase flexibility around federal student loans.
copyright/patent/trademark: legislative proposals to protect the contribution that software inventions make to the u.s. economy

Filing 49 of 250
2019, 1st quarter (jan 1 - mar 31)

Amount

$1,960,000.00 USD

Date Received

Mon Apr 22 2019 16:58:05 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	international business machines corporation
Address	600 14th street, nw suite 300 washington, dc 20005-2012 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Contact	jill caiazzo
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

sheehy, timothy j

mcculloch, edgar h iii

stewart, steven w

rhone, adrienne g

williams, marcus p

evans, linda c

marks, debra l

bruner, cheryl

singer, meredith

ignaszewski, katie

vaynberg, yelena

walsh, kevin

cristinzio, frank

Government Entities

bureau of citizenship & immigration services (bcis
congressional budget office (cbo)
defense, dept of (dod)
education, dept of
health & human services, dept of (hhs)
homeland security, dept of (dhs)
house of representatives
internal revenue service (irs)
labor, dept of (dol)
natl economic council (nec)
natl institute of standards & technology (nist)
senate
treasury, dept of
u.s. trade representative (ustr)
white house office

Issues

education: legislative & regulatory issues related to education, workforce training & related matters: workforce development initiative -- ideas for apprenticeships, career-focused education, and certification programs; higher education act reauthorization. implementation of h.r. 2353, the strengthening career and technical education for the 21st century act.
budget/appropriations: legislative & regulatory issues related to budget & appropriations matters: h. j. res. 28, further additional continuing appropriations act, 2019 ; h. j. res. 31, consolidated appropriations act, 2019; fy2020 commerce, justice, science appropriations bill, provisions related to noaa weather programs and the 2020 decennial census; fy2020 usda appropriations bill, provisions related to food safety; medicare and medicaid program integrity.
trade (domestic/foreign): legislative & regulatory issues related to international trade including multilateral & bilateral trade agreements: digital trade: us-japan fta, us-eu fta, us-uk fta, wto and g-20. bilateral trade issues: china 301 investigation under section 301 of the trade act of 1974, china world trade organization (wto) compliance; china market access. the united states-mexico-canada agreement (usmca).
taxation/internal revenue code: legislative & regulatory issues related to domestic and international tax, including tax treaties: implementing u.s. treasury regulations and follow on issues from h.r. 1, tax cuts and jobs act, tcja. u.s. treasury guidelines and related regulations on oecd "addressing tax challenges of digitalization" ; implementation of base erosion profit-shifting ( beps) recommendations. s. 604 mobile workforce state income tax simplification act, and work on house companion legislation. bilateral income tax treaties pending before the senate, especially spain; and treaties under negotiation.
copyright/patent/trademark: legislative & regulatory issues related to intellectual property, including patents, copyright, and trademarks: patent eligible subject matter legislation; international evidence parity act; implementation of music modernization act (p.l. no. 115-264).
labor issues/antitrust/workplace: legislative & regulatory issues related to labor, workplace & benefits policy: h.r. 6, dream and promise act; h.r. 1044, s. 386, fairness for high-skilled immigrants act of 2019; h.r. 5, s. 788, equality act; paid family and medical leave;
defense: legislative & regulatory issues related to defense matters: implementation of h.r. 5515, s. 2987, the john s. mccain national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2019, provisions related to dod cloud programs, joint enterprise defense infrastructure (jedi), and software, supply chain security, procurement, and foreign investment; fy2020 defense authorization (ndaa), provisions related to intelligence sharing and enterprise resource planning.
computer industry: legislative & regulatory issues related to technology policy, including r&d, cybersecurity, privacy, health it & technology procurement: emerging technologies: blockchain, cloud, ai, iot, quantum computing; implementation of h.r. 6227, s. 3143, the national quantum initiative act (p.l. 115-368); h.r. 1361, the blockchain promotion act of 2019; h.r. 2144, the token taxonomy act of 2019; implementation of the cloud act (p.l. no. 115-141). implementation of h.r. 6, 21st century cures act; implementation of h.r. 6, the support act; price transparency. h.r. 1668, s. 734 internet of things cybersecurity improvement act of 2019; supply chain security; data security; h.r. 2013 information transparency and personal data control act; privacy legislation.

Filing 50 of 250
2019, 1st quarter (jan 1 - mar 31)

Amount

$140,000.00 USD

Date Received

Mon Apr 22 2019 14:26:15 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	red hat, inc.
Description	software
Address	100 east davie street raleigh, nc 27601 usa

Client

Name	red hat inc
Contact	mark bohannon
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyist

krupnick, matt

Government Entities

executive office of the president (eop)
general services administration (gsa)
homeland security, dept of (dhs)
house of representatives
natl economic council (nec)
natl telecommunications & information administrati
office of management & budget (omb)
patent & trademark office (pto)
senate

Issues

computer industry: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement; promoting open-source innovation; fiscal year 2020 national defense authorization act (fy20 ndaa); modernizing government technology act implementation (mgt act)(h.r. 2227); federal it modernization implementation; fsgg appropriations bills senate/house; cybersecurity standards and practices in federal government; pending ibm acquisition of red hat.
copyright/patent/trademark: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy; promoting open-source innovation; issues related to patent law; implementation of leahy-smith america invents act of 2011 (h.r. 1249-112th).
defense: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement; issues relating to defense procurement.

Filing 51 of 250
2019, 1st quarter (jan 1 - mar 31)

Amount

$50,000.00 USD

Date Received

Mon Apr 22 2019 01:25:06 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	crossroads strategies, llc
Description	lobbying firm
Address	800 north capitol street, nw, suite 800 washington, dc 20002 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Description	multinational technology company
Contact	john green
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

hall, stewart

burnett, wally

numedahl, marc

hancock, shay michael

Government Entities

defense, dept of (dod)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

budget/appropriations: department of defense cloud computing strategy and programs; fy 2020 national defense authorization act; fy 2020 department of defense appropriations; h.j.res.31, consolidated appropriations act, 2019 (p.l.116-6).
defense: department of defense cloud computing strategy and programs; fy 2020 national defense authorization act; fy 2020 department of defense appropriations; h.j.res.31, consolidated appropriations act, 2019 (p.l.116-6).

Filing 52 of 250
2019, 1st quarter (jan 1 - mar 31)

Amount

$30,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Apr 19 2019 11:29:48 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	mehlman castagnetti rosen & thomas, inc.
Description	government affairs consulting services
Address	1341 g street, nw suite 1100 washington, dc 20005 usa

Client

Name	red hat inc
Contact	solveig monson
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyists

rosen, dean

thomas, david r

finley pickering, elise

castagnetti, david

mehlman, bruce

wooters, charles

eastman, sage

aronson, lauren

robinson, michael

hingson, constantine

haro, steven

tolar, helen

Name

distefano, nichole

Position

legislative director, senator claire mccaskill; associate administrator, office of congressional and intergovernmental relations, u.s. environmental protection agency; deputy associate administrator, office of congressional and intergovernmental relations, u.s. environmental protection agency; senior advisor, office of congressional and intergovernmental relations, u.s. environmental protection agency; senior counsel, senator claire mccaskill; counsel, senator claire mccaskill legislative director, senator claire mccaskill; associate administrator, office of congressional and intergovernmental relations, u.s. environmental protection agency; deputy associate administrator, office of congressional and intergovernmental relations, u.s. environmental protection agency; senior advisor, office of congressional and intergovernmental relations, u.s. environmental protection agency; senior counsel, senator claire mccaskill; counsel, senator claire mccaskill legislative director, senator claire mccaskill; associate administrator, office of congressional and intergovernmental relations, u.s. environmental protection agency; deputy associate administrator, office of congressional and intergovernmental relations, u.s. environmental protection agency; senior advisor, office of congressional and intergovernmental relations, u.s. environmental protection agency; senior counsel, senator claire mccaskill; counsel, senator claire mccaskill legislative director, senator claire mccaskill; associate administrator, office of congressional and intergovernmental relations, u.s. environmental protection agency; deputy associate administrator, office of congressional and intergovernmental relations, u.s. environmental protection agency; senior advisor, office of congressional and intergovernmental relations, u.s. environmental protection agency; senior counsel, senator claire mccaskill; counsel, senator claire mccaskill legislative director, senator claire mccaskill; associate administrator, office of congressional and intergovernmental relations, u.s. environmental protection agency; deputy associate administrator, office of congressional and intergovernmental relations, u.s. environmental protection agency; senior advisor, office of congressional and intergovernmental relations, u.s. environmental protection agency; senior counsel, senator claire mccaskill; counsel, senator claire mccaskill

Government Entities

executive office of the president (eop)
house of representatives
natl economic council (nec)
senate

Issues

copyright/patent/trademark: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement. promoting open-source innovation. modernizing u.s. government information technology. patent reform and issues related to patent eligibility.
defense: issues related to fy 2020 ndaa.
computer industry: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement. promoting open-source innovation.
intelligence: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement. promoting open-source innovation. modernizing u.s. government information technology.
budget/appropriations: fiscal year 2019 appropriations.

Filing 53 of 250
2019, 1st quarter (jan 1 - mar 31)

Amount

$20,000.00 USD

Date Received

Wed Apr 17 2019 13:39:41 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	rasky partners, inc.
Description	lobbying firm
Address	555 11th st. nw suite 401 washington, dc 20004 usa

Client

Name	red hat
Description	open source, enterprise it company
Contact	larry rasky
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyists

Name	bassett, bethany
Position	la- sens. kennedy, kirk; dod spec. asst. to sec.

doran, dana

Government Entities

defense, dept of (dod)
housing & urban development, dept of (hud)

Issue

defense: issues related to defense procurement

Filing 54 of 250
2019, 1st quarter (jan 1 - mar 31)

Amount

$30,000.00 USD

Date Received

Tue Apr 16 2019 10:30:38 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	cavarocchi ruscio dennis associates, l.l.c.
Description	consultant firm
Address	600 maryland avenue, sw suite 835w washington, dc 20024 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	global information systems, consulting and technology services.
Contact	katina pierce
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

ruscio, domenic

van deusen, karl j

Government Entities

defense, dept of (dod)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

budget/appropriations: ibm solutions in support of federal agencies including related appropriations and authorizations.
defense: ibm solutions in support of federal agencies including related appropriations and authorizations.

Filing 55 of 250
2018, 4th quarter (oct 1 - dec 31)

Amount

$80,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Jan 17 2020 16:10:09 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registrant

Name	red hat, inc.
Description	software
Address	100 east davie street; raleigh, nc 27601 usa

Client

Name	red hat inc
Contact	mark bohannon
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyist

krupnick, matt

Government Entities

executive office of the president (eop)
general services administration (gsa)
homeland security, dept of (dhs)
house of representatives
natl economic council (nec)
natl telecommunications & information administrati
office of management & budget (omb)
patent & trademark office (pto)
senate

Issues

defense: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement; issues relating to defense procurement.
computer industry: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement; promoting open-source innovation; modernizing government technology act implementation (mgt act) (h.r. 2227); federal it modernization implementation; fsgg appropriations bills in the senate and house; cybersecurity standards and practices in federal government.
copyright/patent/trademark: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy; promoting open-source innovation; issues related to patent law; implementation of leahy-smith america invents act of 2011 (h.r. 1249-112th).

Filing 56 of 250
2018, 3rd quarter (july 1 - sep 30)

Amount

$90,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Jan 17 2020 16:06:59 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registrant

Name	red hat, inc.
Description	software
Address	100 east davie street; raleigh, nc 27601 usa

Client

Name	red hat inc
Contact	mark bohannon
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyist

krupnick, matt

Government Entities

defense, dept of (dod)
executive office of the president (eop)
general services administration (gsa)
house of representatives
natl economic council (nec)
natl telecommunications & information administrati
patent & trademark office (pto)
senate

Issues

copyright/patent/trademark: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy;; promoting open-source innovation; issues related to patent law; implementation of leahy-smith america invents act of 2011 (h.r. 1249-112th).
defense: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement; issues relating to defense procurement; fiscal year 2019 national defense authorization act (fy19 ndaa)(h.r. 5515).
computer industry: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement; promoting open-source innovation; fiscal year 2019 national defense authorization act (fy19 ndaa)(h.r. 5515); modernizing government technology act implementation (mgt act)(h.r. 2227); federal it modernization implementation; cybersecurity standards and practices in federal government.

Filing 57 of 250
2018, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$2,078,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Aug 02 2019 17:58:26 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	international business machines corporation
Address	600 14th street, nw suite 300 washington, dc 20005-2012 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Contact	cheryl palmeri
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

sheehy, timothy j

mcculloch, edgar h iii

stewart, steven w

rhone, adrienne g

williams, marcus p

evans, linda c

marks, debra l

bruner, cheryl

singer, meredith

ignaszewski, katie

dipaula-coyle, michael

vaynberg, yelena

walsh, kevin

Government Entities

bureau of citizenship & immigration services (bcis
commerce, dept of (doc)
defense, dept of (dod)
education, dept of
employment & training administration
executive office of the president (eop)
homeland security, dept of (dhs)
house of representatives
internal revenue service (irs)
intl trade administration (ita)
justice, dept of (doj)
labor, dept of (dol)
natl economic council (nec)
natl security council (nsc)
patent & trademark office (pto)
senate
treasury, dept of
u.s. immigration & customs enforcement (ice)
u.s. trade representative (ustr)
white house office

Issues

copyright/patent/trademark: legislative & regulatory issues related to intellectual property, including patents, copyright, and trademarks: patent eligible subject matter legislation; international evidence parity act; transitional covered business method review proceeding; patent trial and appeals board (ptab) reform.
trade (domestic/foreign): legislative & regulatory issues related to international trade including multilateral & bilateral trade agreements: digital trade; committee on foreign investment in the united states (cfius) reform; h.r. 5841, s. 2098 foreign investment risk review modernization act of 2018; h.r. 5040 export control reform act of 2018. bilateral trade issues: china 301 investigation under section 301 of the trade act of 1974, china world trade organization (wto) compliance. renegotiations of the north american free trade agreement (nafta).
defense: legislative & regulatory issues related to defense matters: h.r. 5515, s. 2987, the john s. mccain national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2019, provisions related to dod cloud programs, joint enterprise defense infrastructure (jedi), and software, procurement, and foreign investment.
budget/appropriations: legislative & regulatory issues related to budget & appropriations matters: h.r 6157, fy19 defense appropriations; s. 3159, fy19 defense appropriations: provisions related to dod cloud programs, including the joint enterprise defense infrastructure (jedi). noaa, nasa and nsf, funding.
taxation/internal revenue code: legislative & regulatory issues related to domestic and international tax, including tax treaties: h.r. 1, tax cuts and jobs act - follow on issues and implementation. u.s. treasury guidelines and related regulations on oecd base erosion profit-shifting (beps) project and implementation. h.r. 1393 mobile workforce state income tax simplification act and s. 540, mobile workforce state income tax simplification act. bilateral income tax treaties with focus on u.s.-spain and u.s. - chile.
computer industry: legislative & regulatory issues related to technology policy, including r&d, cybersecurity, privacy, health it & technology procurement: emerging technologies: blockchain technology, cloud, ai, iot, quantum computing; s. 2217, the future of artificial intelligence act of 2017; s. 760 open, public, electronic, and necessary government data act; h.r. 6227, national quantum initiative act. implementation of h.r. 6, 21st century cures act; s. 1693 stop enabling sex traffickers act of 2017; h.r. 1865 allow states and victims to fight online sex trafficking act of 2017. hr5674/s.2372 - va mission act. draft data acquisition and technology accountability and security act; s. 1989 honest ads act, s.2382/h.r. 4943 clarifying use of data (cloud) act; cybersecurity vulnerability disclosure policy. s. 1691 internet of things cybersecurity improvement act of 2017; data privacy; data breach, data security.
financial institutions/investments/securities: legislative & regulatory issues related to financial services: h.r. 4015, corporate governance reform and transparency act of 2017; h.r.5756, to require the securities and exchange commission to adjust certain resubmission thresholds for shareholder proposals.
labor issues/antitrust/workplace: legislative & regulatory issues related to labor, workplace & benefits policy: deferred action for childhood arrivals (daca) program; h.r. 1468 - recognizing america's children act; h.r. 3440, s. 1615, dream act; s. 1852 - succeed act.
education: legislative & regulatory issues related to education, workforce training & related matters: workforce development initiative -- ideas for apprenticeships, career-focused education, and certification programs. h.r. 2353 - the strengthening career and technical education for the 21st century act. h.r. 4508, promoting real opportunity, success, and prosperity through education reform act (prosper act).

Filing 58 of 250
2018, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$1,620,000.00 USD

Date Received

Tue Apr 30 2019 16:20:40 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	international business machines corporation
Address	600 14th street, nw suite 300 washington, dc 20005-2012 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Contact	jill caiazzo
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

sheehy, timothy j

mcculloch, edgar h iii

stewart, steven w

rhone, adrienne g

williams, marcus p

evans, linda c

marks, debra l

bruner, cheryl

singer, meredith

ignaszewski, katie

dipaula-coyle, michael

vaynberg, yelena

walsh, kevin

Government Entities

bureau of citizenship & immigration services (bcis
commerce, dept of (doc)
defense, dept of (dod)
education, dept of
employment & training administration
executive office of the president (eop)
homeland security, dept of (dhs)
house of representatives
internal revenue service (irs)
intl trade administration (ita)
justice, dept of (doj)
labor, dept of (dol)
natl economic council (nec)
natl security council (nsc)
patent & trademark office (pto)
senate
treasury, dept of
u.s. immigration & customs enforcement (ice)
u.s. trade representative (ustr)
white house office

Issues

labor issues/antitrust/workplace: legislative & regulatory issues related to labor, workplace & benefits policy: deferred action for childhood arrivals (daca) program; h.r. 1468 - recognizing america's children act; h.r. 3440, s. 1615, dream act; s. 1852 - succeed act.
computer industry: legislative & regulatory issues related to technology policy, including r&d, cybersecurity, privacy, health it & technology procurement: emerging technologies: blockchain technology, cloud, ai, iot, quantum computing; s. 2217, the future of artificial intelligence act of 2017; s. 760 open, public, electronic, and necessary government data act; h.r. 6227, national quantum initiative act. implementation of h.r. 6, 21st century cures act; s. 1693 stop enabling sex traffickers act of 2017; h.r. 1865 allow states and victims to fight online sex trafficking act of 2017. hr5674/s.2372 - va mission act. draft data acquisition and technology accountability and security act; s. 1989 honest ads act, s.2382/h.r. 4943 clarifying use of data (cloud) act; cybersecurity vulnerability disclosure policy. s. 1691 internet of things cybersecurity improvement act of 2017; data privacy; data breach, data security.
copyright/patent/trademark: legislative & regulatory issues related to intellectual property, including patents, copyright, and trademarks: patent eligible subject matter legislation; international evidence parity act; transitional covered business method review proceeding; patent trial and appeals board (ptab) reform.
trade (domestic/foreign): legislative & regulatory issues related to international trade including multilateral & bilateral trade agreements: digital trade; committee on foreign investment in the united states (cfius) reform; h.r. 5841, s. 2098 foreign investment risk review modernization act of 2018; h.r. 5040 export control reform act of 2018. bilateral trade issues: china 301 investigation under section 301 of the trade act of 1974, china world trade organization (wto) compliance. renegotiations of the north american free trade agreement (nafta).
education: legislative & regulatory issues related to education, workforce training & related matters: workforce development initiative -- ideas for apprenticeships, career-focused education, and certification programs. h.r. 2353 - the strengthening career and technical education for the 21st century act. h.r. 4508, promoting real opportunity, success, and prosperity through education reform act (prosper act).
budget/appropriations: legislative & regulatory issues related to budget & appropriations matters: h.r 6157, fy19 defense appropriations; s. 3159, fy19 defense appropriations: provisions related to dod cloud programs, including the joint enterprise defense infrastructure (jedi). noaa, nasa and nsf, funding.
financial institutions/investments/securities: legislative & regulatory issues related to financial services: h.r. 4015, corporate governance reform and transparency act of 2017; h.r.5756, to require the securities and exchange commission to adjust certain resubmission thresholds for shareholder proposals.
defense: legislative & regulatory issues related to defense matters: h.r. 5515, s. 2987, the john s. mccain national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2019, provisions related to dod cloud programs, joint enterprise defense infrastructure (jedi), and software, procurement, and foreign investment.
taxation/internal revenue code: legislative & regulatory issues related to domestic and international tax, including tax treaties: h.r. 1, tax cuts and jobs act - follow on issues and implementation. u.s. treasury guidelines and related regulations on oecd base erosion profit-shifting (beps) project and implementation. h.r. 1393 mobile workforce state income tax simplification act and s. 540, mobile workforce state income tax simplification act. bilateral income tax treaties with focus on u.s.-spain and u.s. - chile.

Filing 59 of 250
2018, 4th quarter (oct 1 - dec 31)

Amount

$840,000.00 USD

Date Received

Wed Jan 30 2019 11:20:30 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registrant

Name	international business machines corporation
Address	600 14th street, nw; suite 300; washington, dc 20005-2012 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Contact	jill caiazzo
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

sheehy, timothy j

mcculloch, edgar h iii

stewart, steven w

rhone, adrienne g

williams, marcus p

evans, linda c

marks, debra l

bruner, cheryl

singer, meredith

ignaszewski, katie

dipaula-coyle, michael

vaynberg, yelena

walsh, kevin

Name	cristinzio, frank
Position	legislative assistant, sen. mikulski; senior policy advisor, rep. schrock legislative assistant, sen. mikulski; senior policy advisor, rep. schrock legislative assistant, sen. mikulski; senior policy advisor, rep. schrock

Government Entities

bureau of citizenship & immigration services (bcis
commerce, dept of (doc)
defense, dept of (dod)
education, dept of
equal employment opportunity commission (eeoc)
health & human services, dept of (hhs)
homeland security, dept of (dhs)
house of representatives
internal revenue service (irs)
intl trade administration (ita)
labor, dept of (dol)
natl economic council (nec)
natl institute of standards & technology (nist)
office of management & budget (omb)
senate
state, dept of (dos)
treasury, dept of
u.s. trade representative (ustr)
white house office

Issues

trade (domestic/foreign): legislative & regulatory issues related to international trade including multilateral & bilateral trade agreements:; digital trade: us-japan fta, us-eu fta, us-uk fta and wto.; bilateral trade issues: china 301 investigation under section 301 of the trade act of 1974, china world trade organization (wto) compliance; china market access.; renegotiations of the united states-mexico-canada agreement (usmca).
computer industry: legislative & regulatory issues related to technology policy, including r&d, cybersecurity, privacy, health it & technology procurement:; emerging technologies: blockchain technology, cloud, ai, iot, quantum computing; s. 2217, the future of artificial intelligence act of 2017; h.r. 6227, s. 3143, the national quantum initiative act; h.r. 6550 fedramp reform act of 2018; h res. 1108 sense of congress on blockchain; ; s. 3085 federal acquisition supply chain security act of 2018;; implementation of h.r. 6, 21st century cures act;; h.r. 7283, s. 1691 internet of things cybersecurity improvement act of 2017; draft data privacy framework legislation; data breach; data security.
education: legislative & regulatory issues related to education, workforce training & related matters:; workforce development initiative -- ideas for apprenticeships, career-focused education, and certification programs.; h.r. 2353 - the strengthening career and technical education for the 21st century act. h.r. 4508, promoting real opportunity, success, and prosperity through education reform act (prosper act).
defense: legislative & regulatory issues related to defense matters:; h.r. 5515, s. 2987, the john s. mccain national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2019, provisions related to dod cloud programs, joint enterprise defense infrastructure (jedi), and software, procurement, and foreign investment.
taxation/internal revenue code: legislative & regulatory issues related to domestic and international tax, including tax treaties:; h.r. 1, tax cuts and jobs act -- follow on issues and implementation: treasury regulations.; u.s. treasury guidelines/ related regulations on oecd base erosion profit-shifting (beps) project implementation andtaxation of the digital economy.; h.r. 1393 mobile workforce state income tax simplification act and s. 540, mobile workforce state income tax simplification act. ; bilateral income tax treaties with focus on u.s.-spain and u.s. - chile.
labor issues/antitrust/workplace: legislative & regulatory issues related to labor, workplace & benefits policy:; deferred action for childhood arrivals (daca) program; s.281 - fairness for high-skilled immigrants act of 2017.; h.r.392 - fairness for high-skilled immigrants act of 2017;" diversity & inclusion (no bill number); respectful workplaces (no bill number).
copyright/patent/trademark: legislative & regulatory issues related to intellectual property, including patents, copyright, and trademarks:; patent eligible subject matter legislation; international evidence parity act.
budget/appropriations: legislative & regulatory issues related to budget & appropriations matters:; h.r. 695 department of defense appropriations act, 2018, further additional continuing appropriations act, 2019.
financial institutions/investments/securities: legislative & regulatory issues related to financial services:; h.r. 4015, corporate governance reform and transparency act of 2017; h.r.5756, to require the securities and exchange commission to adjust certain resubmission thresholds for shareholder proposals.

Filing 60 of 250
2018, 4th quarter (oct 1 - dec 31)

Date Received

Tue Jan 22 2019 17:54:26 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registrant

Name	ernst & young llp
Description	professional services firm
Address	1101 new york avenue, nw; washington, dc 20005-4213 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Description	information technology company
Contact	gary gasper
State	new york, usa

Filing 61 of 250
2018, 4th quarter (oct 1 - dec 31)

Amount

$30,000.00 USD

Date Received

Tue Jan 22 2019 14:46:48 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registrant

Name	cavarocchi ruscio dennis associates, l.l.c.
Description	consultant firm
Address	600 maryland avenue, sw; suite 835w; washington, dc 20024 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	global information systems, consulting and technology services.
Contact	katina pierce
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

ruscio, domenic

van deusen, karl j

Government Entities

defense, dept of (dod)
health & human services, dept of (hhs)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

defense: ibm solutions in support of federal agencies including related appropriations and authorizations.
budget/appropriations: ibm solutions in support of federal agencies including related appropriations and authorizations.

Filing 62 of 250
2018, 4th quarter (oct 1 - dec 31)

Amount

$20,000.00 USD

Date Received

Tue Jan 22 2019 12:56:09 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registrant

Name	rasky partners, inc.
Description	lobbying firm
Address	555 11th st. nw; suite 401; washington, dc 20004 usa

Client

Name	red hat
Description	open source, enterprise it company
Contact	larry rasky
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyists

Name	bassett, bethany
Position	la- sens. kennedy, kirk; dod spec. asst. to sec.

doran, dana

Government Entities

defense, dept of (dod)
housing & urban development, dept of (hud)

Issue

defense: issues related to defense procurement

Filing 63 of 250
2018, 4th quarter (oct 1 - dec 31)

Amount

$50,000.00 USD

Date Received

Sun Jan 20 2019 08:37:21 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registrant

Name	crossroads strategies, llc
Description	lobbying firm
Address	800 north capitol street, nw, suite 800; washington, dc 20002 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Description	multinational technology company
Contact	john green
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

hall, stewart

burnett, wally

numedahl, marc

hancock, shay michael

Government Entities

defense, dept of (dod)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

budget/appropriations: department of defense cloud computing strategy and programs;; h.r.5515/s.2987, national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2019 (p.l.115-232);; h.r.6157, department of defense and labor, health and human services, and education appropriations act, 2019 and continuing appropriations act, 2019 (p.l.115-245).
defense: department of defense cloud computing strategy and programs; ; h.r.5515/s.2987, national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2019 (p.l.115-232);; h.r.6157, department of defense and labor, health and human services, and education appropriations act, 2019 and continuing appropriations act, 2019 (p.l.115-245).

Filing 64 of 250
2018, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$1,620,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Jan 18 2019 18:01:19 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registrant

Name	international business machines corporation
Address	600 14th street, nw; suite 300; washington, dc 20005-2012 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Contact	jill caiazzo
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

sheehy, timothy j

mcculloch, edgar h iii

stewart, steven w

rhone, adrienne g

williams, marcus p

evans, linda c

marks, debra l

bruner, cheryl

singer, meredith

ignaszewski, katie

dipaula-coyle, michael

vaynberg, yelena

walsh, kevin

Government Entities

bureau of citizenship & immigration services (bcis
commerce, dept of (doc)
defense, dept of (dod)
education, dept of
employment & training administration
executive office of the president (eop)
homeland security, dept of (dhs)
house of representatives
internal revenue service (irs)
intl trade administration (ita)
justice, dept of (doj)
labor, dept of (dol)
natl economic council (nec)
natl security council (nsc)
patent & trademark office (pto)
senate
treasury, dept of
u.s. immigration & customs enforcement (ice)
u.s. trade representative (ustr)
white house office

Issues

education: legislative & regulatory issues related to education, workforce training & related matters:; workforce development initiative -- ideas for apprenticeships, career-focused education, and certification programs. ; h.r. 2353 - the strengthening career and technical education for the 21st century act. h.r. 4508, promoting real opportunity, success, and prosperity through education reform act (prosper act).
copyright/patent/trademark: legislative & regulatory issues related to intellectual property, including patents, copyright, and trademarks:; patent eligible subject matter legislation; international evidence parity act; transitional covered business method review proceeding; patent trial and appeals board (ptab) reform.
taxation/internal revenue code: legislative & regulatory issues related to domestic and international tax, including tax treaties:; h.r. 1, tax cuts and jobs act - follow on issues and implementation.; u.s. treasury guidelines and related regulations on oecd base erosion profit-shifting (beps) project and implementation.; h.r. 1393 mobile workforce state income tax simplification act and s. 540, mobile workforce state income tax simplification act. ; bilateral income tax treaties with focus on u.s.-spain and u.s. - chile.
budget/appropriations: legislative & regulatory issues related to budget & appropriations matters:; h.r 6157, fy19 defense appropriations; s. 3159, fy19 defense appropriations: provisions related to dod cloud programs, including the joint enterprise defense infrastructure (jedi). noaa, nasa and nsf, funding.
computer industry: legislative & regulatory issues related to technology policy, including r&d, cybersecurity, privacy, health it & technology procurement:; emerging technologies: blockchain technology, cloud, ai, iot, quantum computing; s. 2217, the future of artificial intelligence act of 2017; s. 760 open, public, electronic, and necessary government data act; h.r. 6227, national quantum initiative act.; implementation of h.r. 6, 21st century cures act; s. 1693 stop enabling sex traffickers act of 2017; h.r. 1865 allow states and victims to fight online sex trafficking act of 2017. hr5674/s.2372 - va mission act.; draft data acquisition and technology accountability and security act; s. 1989 honest ads act, s.2382/h.r. 4943 clarifying use of data (cloud) act; cybersecurity vulnerability disclosure policy.; s. 1691 internet of things cybersecurity improvement act of 2017; data privacy; data breach, data security.
labor issues/antitrust/workplace: legislative & regulatory issues related to labor, workplace & benefits policy:; deferred action for childhood arrivals (daca) program; h.r. 1468 - recognizing america's children act; h.r. 3440, s. 1615, dream act; s. 1852 - succeed act.
trade (domestic/foreign): legislative & regulatory issues related to international trade including multilateral & bilateral trade agreements:; digital trade; committee on foreign investment in the united states (cfius) reform; h.r. 5841, s. 2098 foreign investment risk review modernization act of 2018; h.r. 5040 export control reform act of 2018.; bilateral trade issues: china 301 investigation under section 301 of the trade act of 1974, china world trade organization (wto) compliance.; renegotiations of the north american free trade agreement (nafta).
defense: legislative & regulatory issues related to defense matters:; h.r. 5515, s. 2987, the john s. mccain national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2019, provisions related to dod cloud programs, joint enterprise defense infrastructure (jedi), and software, procurement, and foreign investment.
financial institutions/investments/securities: legislative & regulatory issues related to financial services:; h.r. 4015, corporate governance reform and transparency act of 2017; h.r.5756, to require the securities and exchange commission to adjust certain resubmission thresholds for shareholder proposals.

Filing 65 of 250
2018, 4th quarter (oct 1 - dec 31)

Amount

$830,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Jan 18 2019 17:48:43 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registrant

Name	international business machines corporation
Address	600 14th street, nw; suite 300; washington, dc 20005-2012 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Contact	jill caiazzo
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

sheehy, timothy j

mcculloch, edgar h iii

stewart, steven w

rhone, adrienne g

williams, marcus p

evans, linda c

marks, debra l

bruner, cheryl

singer, meredith

ignaszewski, katie

dipaula-coyle, michael

vaynberg, yelena

walsh, kevin

Name	cristinzio, frank
Position	legislative assistant, sen. mikulski; senior policy advisor, rep. schrock legislative assistant, sen. mikulski; senior policy advisor, rep. schrock legislative assistant, sen. mikulski; senior policy advisor, rep. schrock

Government Entities

bureau of citizenship & immigration services (bcis
commerce, dept of (doc)
defense, dept of (dod)
education, dept of
equal employment opportunity commission (eeoc)
health & human services, dept of (hhs)
homeland security, dept of (dhs)
house of representatives
internal revenue service (irs)
intl trade administration (ita)
labor, dept of (dol)
natl economic council (nec)
natl institute of standards & technology (nist)
office of management & budget (omb)
senate
state, dept of (dos)
treasury, dept of
u.s. trade representative (ustr)
white house office

Issues

financial institutions/investments/securities: legislative & regulatory issues related to financial services:; h.r. 4015, corporate governance reform and transparency act of 2017; h.r.5756, to require the securities and exchange commission to adjust certain resubmission thresholds for shareholder proposals.
education: legislative & regulatory issues related to education, workforce training & related matters:; workforce development initiative -- ideas for apprenticeships, career-focused education, and certification programs.; h.r. 2353 - the strengthening career and technical education for the 21st century act. h.r. 4508, promoting real opportunity, success, and prosperity through education reform act (prosper act).
labor issues/antitrust/workplace: legislative & regulatory issues related to labor, workplace & benefits policy:; deferred action for childhood arrivals (daca) program; s.281 - fairness for high-skilled immigrants act of 2017.; h.r.392 - fairness for high-skilled immigrants act of 2017;" diversity & inclusion (no bill number); respectful workplaces (no bill number).
taxation/internal revenue code: legislative & regulatory issues related to domestic and international tax, including tax treaties:; h.r. 1, tax cuts and jobs act -- follow on issues and implementation: treasury regulations.; u.s. treasury guidelines/ related regulations on oecd base erosion profit-shifting (beps) project implementation andtaxation of the digital economy.; h.r. 1393 mobile workforce state income tax simplification act and s. 540, mobile workforce state income tax simplification act. ; bilateral income tax treaties with focus on u.s.-spain and u.s. - chile.
budget/appropriations: legislative & regulatory issues related to budget & appropriations matters:; h.r. 695 department of defense appropriations act, 2018, further additional continuing appropriations act, 2019.
trade (domestic/foreign): legislative & regulatory issues related to international trade including multilateral & bilateral trade agreements:; digital trade: us-japan fta, us-eu fta, us-uk fta and wto.; bilateral trade issues: china 301 investigation under section 301 of the trade act of 1974, china world trade organization (wto) compliance; china market access.; renegotiations of the united states-mexico-canada agreement (usmca).
computer industry: legislative & regulatory issues related to technology policy, including r&d, cybersecurity, privacy, health it & technology procurement:; emerging technologies: blockchain technology, cloud, ai, iot, quantum computing; s. 2217, the future of artificial intelligence act of 2017; h.r. 6227, s. 3143, the national quantum initiative act; h.r. 6550 fedramp reform act of 2018; h res. 1108 sense of congress on blockchain; ; s. 3085 federal acquisition supply chain security act of 2018;; implementation of h.r. 6, 21st century cures act;; h.r. 7283, s. 1691 internet of things cybersecurity improvement act of 2017; draft data privacy framework legislation; data breach; data security.
copyright/patent/trademark: legislative & regulatory issues related to intellectual property, including patents, copyright, and trademarks:; patent eligible subject matter legislation; international evidence parity act.
defense: legislative & regulatory issues related to defense matters:; h.r. 5515, s. 2987, the john s. mccain national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2019, provisions related to dod cloud programs, joint enterprise defense infrastructure (jedi), and software, procurement, and foreign investment.

Filing 66 of 250
2018, 4th quarter (oct 1 - dec 31)

Amount

$30,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Jan 18 2019 12:08:44 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registrant

Name	mehlman castagnetti rosen & thomas, inc.
Description	government affairs consulting services
Address	1341 g street, nw; suite 1100; washington, dc 20005 usa

Client

Name	red hat inc
Contact	solveig monson
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyists

rosen, dean

thomas, david r

finley pickering, elise

castagnetti, david

mehlman, bruce

wooters, charles

eastman, sage

aronson, lauren

robinson, michael

collins, michael

hingson, constantine

haro, steven

tolar, helen

Government Entities

executive office of the president (eop)
house of representatives
natl economic council (nec)
senate

Issues

copyright/patent/trademark: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement.; promoting open-source innovation.; modernizing u.s. government information technology implementation.; issues related to patent law.
intelligence: issues related to ic contractor work.
computer industry: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement; procurement reform.; promoting open-source innovation.; fy 2019 appropriations.; h.r. 2227 - modernizing government technology act of 2017 (mgt act) implementation.; federal it modernization implementation.
immigration: issues related to daca and the dream act.

Filing 67 of 250
2018, 4th quarter (oct 1 - dec 31)

Amount

$140,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Jan 18 2019 11:59:06 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registrant

Name	red hat, inc.
Description	software
Address	100 east davie street; raleigh, nc 27601 usa

Client

Name	red hat inc
Contact	mark bohannon
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyist

krupnick, matt

Government Entities

executive office of the president (eop)
general services administration (gsa)
homeland security, dept of (dhs)
house of representatives
natl economic council (nec)
natl telecommunications & information administrati
office of management & budget (omb)
patent & trademark office (pto)
senate

Issues

defense: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement; issues relating to defense procurement.
copyright/patent/trademark: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy; promoting open-source innovation; issues related to patent law; implementation of leahy-smith america invents act of 2011 (h.r. 1249-112th).
computer industry: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement; promoting open-source innovation; modernizing government technology act implementation (mgt act) (h.r. 2227); federal it modernization implementation; fsgg appropriations bills in the senate and house; cybersecurity standards and practices in federal government.

Filing 68 of 250
2018, 4th quarter (oct 1 - dec 31)

Amount

$50,000.00 USD

Date Received

Thu Jan 17 2019 16:22:51 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registrant

Name	kamins consulting
Description	government affairs consulting
Address	6825 cherry lane; annandale, va 20003 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	technology, software & services
Contact	scott kamins
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyist

Name	kamins, scott a
Position	deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state

Government Entities

house of representatives
senate
white house office

Issues

taxation/internal revenue code: regulations relating to implementation of the base erosion and anti-abuse tax.
copyright/patent/trademark: patent reform; provisions relating to software patents
trade (domestic/foreign): provisions that would protect the ability to move data across borders freely and that limit government requirements to store data on servers within national boundaries, u.s.-mexico-canada agreement. china trade tariffs.
computer industry: h.r. 1770/s. 760, the open government data act; s.1671, the international communications privacy act, proposals that would enhance digital privacy protections while imposing legal safeguards on government access to data; h.r. 589, exascale computing research program.
education: higher education act, provisions relating to work study programs, workforce pell grants, federal student loans.

Filing 69 of 250
2018, 3rd quarter (july 1 - sep 30)

Date Received

Mon Oct 22 2018 17:50:30 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	ernst & young llp
Description	professional services firm
Address	1101 new york ave., nw; washington, dc 20005 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Description	information technology company
Contact	gary gasper
State	new york, usa

Filing 70 of 250
2018, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$1,600,000.00 USD

Date Received

Mon Oct 22 2018 17:40:53 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	international business machines corporation
Address	600 14th street, nw; suite 300; washington, dc 20005-2012 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Contact	jill caiazzo
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

sheehy, timothy j

mcculloch, edgar h iii

stewart, steven w

rhone, adrienne g

williams, marcus p

evans, linda c

marks, debra l

bruner, cheryl

singer, meredith

ignaszewski, katie

dipaula-coyle, michael

vaynberg, yelena

walsh, kevin

Government Entities

bureau of citizenship & immigration services (bcis
commerce, dept of (doc)
defense, dept of (dod)
education, dept of
employment & training administration
executive office of the president (eop)
homeland security, dept of (dhs)
house of representatives
internal revenue service (irs)
intl trade administration (ita)
justice, dept of (doj)
labor, dept of (dol)
natl economic council (nec)
natl security council (nsc)
patent & trademark office (pto)
senate
treasury, dept of
u.s. immigration & customs enforcement (ice)
u.s. trade representative (ustr)
white house office

Issues

computer industry: legislative & regulatory issues related to technology policy, including r&d, cybersecurity, privacy, health it & technology procurement:; emerging technologies: blockchain technology, cloud, ai, iot, quantum computing; s. 2217, the future of artificial intelligence act of 2017; s. 760 open, public, electronic, and necessary government data act; h.r. 6227, national quantum initiative act.; implementation of h.r. 6, 21st century cures act; s. 1693 stop enabling sex traffickers act of 2017; h.r. 1865 allow states and victims to fight online sex trafficking act of 2017. hr5674/s.2372 - va mission act.; draft data acquisition and technology accountability and security act; s. 1989 honest ads act, s.2382/h.r. 4943 clarifying use of data (cloud) act; cybersecurity vulnerability disclosure policy.; s. 1691 internet of things cybersecurity improvement act of 2017; data privacy; data breach, data security.
financial institutions/investments/securities: legislative & regulatory issues related to financial services:; h.r. 4015, corporate governance reform and transparency act of 2017; h.r.5756, to require the securities and exchange commission to adjust certain resubmission thresholds for shareholder proposals.
budget/appropriations: legislative & regulatory issues related to budget & appropriations matters:; h.r 6157, fy19 defense appropriations; s. 3159, fy19 defense appropriations: provisions related to dod cloud programs, including the joint enterprise defense infrastructure (jedi). noaa, nasa and nsf, funding.
taxation/internal revenue code: legislative & regulatory issues related to domestic and international tax, including tax treaties:; h.r. 1, tax cuts and jobs act - follow on issues and implementation.; u.s. treasury guidelines and related regulations on oecd base erosion profit-shifting (beps) project and implementation.; h.r. 1393 mobile workforce state income tax simplification act and s. 540, mobile workforce state income tax simplification act. ; bilateral income tax treaties with focus on u.s.-spain and u.s. - chile.
labor issues/antitrust/workplace: legislative & regulatory issues related to labor, workplace & benefits policy:; deferred action for childhood arrivals (daca) program; h.r. 1468 - recognizing america's children act; h.r. 3440, s. 1615, dream act; s. 1852 - succeed act.
education: legislative & regulatory issues related to education, workforce training & related matters:; workforce development initiative -- ideas for apprenticeships, career-focused education, and certification programs. ; h.r. 2353 - the strengthening career and technical education for the 21st century act. h.r. 4508, promoting real opportunity, success, and prosperity through education reform act (prosper act).
defense: legislative & regulatory issues related to defense matters:; h.r. 5515, s. 2987, the john s. mccain national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2019, provisions related to dod cloud programs, joint enterprise defense infrastructure (jedi), and software, procurement, and foreign investment.
copyright/patent/trademark: legislative & regulatory issues related to intellectual property, including patents, copyright, and trademarks:; patent eligible subject matter legislation; international evidence parity act; transitional covered business method review proceeding; patent trial and appeals board (ptab) reform.
trade (domestic/foreign): legislative & regulatory issues related to international trade including multilateral & bilateral trade agreements:; digital trade; committee on foreign investment in the united states (cfius) reform; h.r. 5841, s. 2098 foreign investment risk review modernization act of 2018; h.r. 5040 export control reform act of 2018.; bilateral trade issues: china 301 investigation under section 301 of the trade act of 1974, china world trade organization (wto) compliance.; renegotiations of the north american free trade agreement (nafta).

Filing 71 of 250
2018, 3rd quarter (july 1 - sep 30)

Amount

$900,000.00 USD

Date Received

Mon Oct 22 2018 17:33:14 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	international business machines corporation
Address	600 14th street, nw; suite 300; washington, dc 20005-2012 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Contact	jill caiazzo
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

sheehy, timothy j

mcculloch, edgar h iii

stewart, steven w

rhone, adrienne g

williams, marcus p

evans, linda c

marks, debra l

bruner, cheryl

singer, meredith

ignaszewski, katie

dipaula-coyle, michael

vaynberg, yelena

walsh, kevin

Government Entities

bureau of citizenship & immigration services (bcis
commerce, dept of (doc)
defense, dept of (dod)
education, dept of
homeland security, dept of (dhs)
house of representatives
internal revenue service (irs)
labor, dept of (dol)
natl economic council (nec)
natl institute of standards & technology (nist)
natl telecommunications & information administrati
senate
state, dept of (dos)
treasury, dept of
u.s. trade representative (ustr)
white house office

Issues

defense: legislative & regulatory issues related to defense matters:; h.r. 5515, s. 2987, the john s. mccain national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2019, provisions related to dod cloud programs, joint enterprise defense infrastructure (jedi), and software, procurement, and foreign investment.
trade (domestic/foreign): legislative & regulatory issues related to international trade including multilateral & bilateral trade agreements:; digital trade; committee on foreign investment in the united states (cfius) reform; h.r. 5841, s. 2098 foreign investment risk review modernization act of 2017; h.r. 5040 export control reform act of 2018.; bilateral trade issues: china 301 investigation under section 301 of the trade act of 1974, china world trade organization (wto) compliance.; negotiation of the united states-mexico-canada agreement (usmca)
education: legislative & regulatory issues related to education, workforce training & related matters:; workforce development initiative -- ideas for apprenticeships, career-focused education, and certification programs. ; h.r. 2353 - the strengthening career and technical education for the 21st century act. h.r. 4508, promoting real opportunity, success, and prosperity through education reform act (prosper act).
taxation/internal revenue code: legislative & regulatory issues related to domestic and international tax, including tax treaties:; h.r. 1, tax cuts and jobs act -- follow on issues and implementation.; u.s. treasury guidelines and related regulations on oecd base erosion profit-shifting (beps) project and implementations.; h.r. 1393 mobile workforce state income tax simplification act and s. 540, mobile workforce state income tax simplification act. ; bilateral income tax treaties with focus on u.s.-spain and u.s. - chile.
copyright/patent/trademark: legislative & regulatory issues related to intellectual property, including patents, copyright, and trademarks:; patent eligible subject matter legislation; international evidence parity act; transitional covered business method review proceeding; draft revitalizing amendment motions for patents act of 2018; h.r. 6758 success act.
labor issues/antitrust/workplace: legislative & regulatory issues related to labor, workplace & benefits policy:; deferred action for childhood arrivals (daca) program; s.281 / h.r. 392 - fairness for high-skilled immigrants act of 2017.
budget/appropriations: legislative & regulatory issues related to budget & appropriations matters:; h.r. 6157, department of defense and labor, health and human services, and education appropriations act, 2019 and continuing appropriations act, 2019; s. 3159, fy19 defense appropriations: provisions related to dod cloud programs, including the joint enterprise defense infrastructure (jedi); h.r. 6776, s. 3109, department of homeland security appropriations act, 2019.
computer industry: legislative & regulatory issues related to technology policy, including r&d, cybersecurity, privacy, health it & technology procurement:; emerging technologies: blockchain technology, cloud, ai, iot, quantum computing; s. 2217, the future of artificial intelligence act of 2017; h.r. 6227, s. 3143, the national quantum initiative act; h.r. 6550 fedramp reform act of 2018; h res. 1108 sense of congress on blockchain;; implementation of h.r. 6, 21st century cures act.; s. 1691 internet of things cybersecurity improvement act of 2017; data breach; data security; vulnerability disclosure policy.; draft data privacy framework legislation.
financial institutions/investments/securities: legislative & regulatory issues related to financial services:; h.r. 4015, corporate governance reform and transparency act of 2017; h.r.5756, to require the securities and exchange commission to adjust certain resubmission thresholds for shareholder proposals.

Filing 72 of 250
2018, 3rd quarter (july 1 - sep 30)

Amount

$30,000.00 USD

Date Received

Mon Oct 22 2018 14:05:34 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	cavarocchi ruscio dennis associates, l.l.c.
Description	consultant firm
Address	600 maryland avenue, sw; suite 835w; washington, dc 20024 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	global information systems, consulting and technology services.
Contact	katina pierce
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

ruscio, domenic

van deusen, karl j

Government Entities

defense, dept of (dod)
health & human services, dept of (hhs)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

budget/appropriations: ibm solutions in support of federal agencies including related appropriations and authorizations.
defense: ibm solutions in support of federal agencies including related appropriations and authorizations.

Filing 73 of 250
2018, 3rd quarter (july 1 - sep 30)

Amount

$20,000.00 USD

Date Received

Mon Oct 22 2018 13:51:59 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	rasky partners, inc.
Description	lobbying firm
Address	555 11th st. nw; suite 401; washington, dc 20004 usa

Client

Name	red hat
Description	open source, enterprise it company
Contact	larry rasky
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyists

tocco, jessica

Name	bassett, bethany
Position	la- sens. kennedy, kirk; dod spec. asst. to sec.

Government Entity

defense, dept of (dod)

Issue

defense: issues related to defense procurement

Filing 74 of 250
2018, 3rd quarter (july 1 - sep 30)

Amount

$140,000.00 USD

Date Received

Mon Oct 22 2018 12:47:56 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	red hat, inc.
Description	software
Address	100 east davie street; raleigh, nc 27601 usa

Client

Name	red hat inc
Contact	mark bohannon
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyist

krupnick, matt

Government Entities

defense, dept of (dod)
executive office of the president (eop)
general services administration (gsa)
house of representatives
natl economic council (nec)
natl telecommunications & information administrati
patent & trademark office (pto)
senate

Issues

copyright/patent/trademark: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy;; promoting open-source innovation; issues related to patent law; implementation of leahy-smith america invents act of 2011 (h.r. 1249-112th).
defense: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement; issues relating to defense procurement; fiscal year 2019 national defense authorization act (fy19 ndaa)(h.r. 5515).
computer industry: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement; promoting open-source innovation; fiscal year 2019 national defense authorization act (fy19 ndaa)(h.r. 5515); modernizing government technology act implementation (mgt act)(h.r. 2227); federal it modernization implementation; cybersecurity standards and practices in federal government.

Filing 75 of 250
2018, 3rd quarter (july 1 - sep 30)

Amount

$50,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Oct 19 2018 23:23:15 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	crossroads strategies, llc
Description	lobbying firm
Address	800 north capitol street, nw, suite 800; washington, dc 20002 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Description	multinational technology company
Contact	john green
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

hall, stewart

burnett, wally

numedahl, marc

hancock, shay michael

Government Entities

defense, dept of (dod)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

defense: department of defense cloud computing strategy and programs; ; h.r.5515/s.2987, national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2019 (p.l.115-232);; h.r.6157/s.3159, department of defense appropriations act, 2019;; h.r.6157, department of defense and labor, health and human services, and education appropriations act, 2019 and continuing appropriations act, 2019 (p.l.115-245).
budget/appropriations: department of defense cloud computing strategy and programs;; h.r.5515/s.2987, national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2019 (p.l.115-232);; h.r.6157/s.3159, department of defense appropriations act, 2019;; h.r.6157, department of defense and labor, health and human services, and education appropriations act, 2019 and continuing appropriations act, 2019 (p.l.115-245).

Filing 76 of 250
2018, 3rd quarter (july 1 - sep 30)

Amount

$50,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Oct 19 2018 17:16:00 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	kamins consulting
Description	government affairs consulting
Address	6825 cherry lane; annandale, va 20003 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	technology, software & services
Contact	scott kamins
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyist

Name	kamins, scott a
Position	deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state

Government Entities

house of representatives
senate
white house office

Issues

copyright/patent/trademark: patent reform; provisions relating to software patents
trade (domestic/foreign): provisions that would protect the ability to move data across borders freely and that limit government requirements to store data on servers within national boundaries. potential renegotiation of the north american free trade agreement. h.r. 4311/s. 2098, the foreign investment risk review modernization act, provisions relating to potential review of outbound international commercial activity.
education: h.r. 2353, reauthorization of the carl d. perkins perkins cte act to improve the supply of workforce-ready graduates, align cte programs to local, state, and regional market needs, and support collaboration between secondary and post-secondary institutions and employers.
taxation/internal revenue code: the tax cuts and jobs act; proposals relating to changes to the tax treatment of foreign earnings, base erosion and anti-abuse tax.
computer industry: h.r. 1770/s. 760, the open government data act; s.1671, the international communications privacy act, proposals that would enhance digital privacy protections while imposing legal safeguards on government access to data; h.r. 589, exascale computing research program. s.1693/h.r. 1865, stop enabling sex traffickers act, provisions to to prevent new technologies and online services from being abused by criminals.

Filing 77 of 250
2018, 3rd quarter (july 1 - sep 30)

Amount

$30,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Oct 19 2018 10:32:31 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	mehlman castagnetti rosen & thomas, inc.
Description	government affairs consulting services
Address	1341 g street, nw; suite 1100; washington, dc 20005 usa

Client

Name	red hat inc
Contact	solveig monson
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyists

rosen, dean

thomas, david r

finley pickering, elise

castagnetti, david

mehlman, bruce

wooters, charles

gupta, sohini

eastman, sage

aronson, lauren

robinson, michael

collins, michael

hingson, constantine

haro, steven

Name

tolar, helen

Position

chief of staff, senator john boozman;; staff director/chief counsel, house veterans affairs committee (representative jeff miller);; professional staff/counsel, senate veterans affairs committee (senator larry craig); counsel/legislative director, representative jeff miller;; legislative assistant, representative jeff miller;; scheduler, representative jeff miller;; law clerk, house transportation and infrastructure committee chief of staff, senator john boozman;; staff director/chief counsel, house veterans affairs committee (representative jeff miller);; professional staff/counsel, senate veterans affairs committee (senator larry craig); counsel/legislative director, representative jeff miller;; legislative assistant, representative jeff miller;; scheduler, representative jeff miller;; law clerk, house transportation and infrastructure committee chief of staff, senator john boozman;; staff director/chief counsel, house veterans affairs committee (representative jeff miller);; professional staff/counsel, senate veterans affairs committee (senator larry craig); counsel/legislative director, representative jeff miller;; legislative assistant, representative jeff miller;; scheduler, representative jeff miller;; law clerk, house transportation and infrastructure committee chief of staff, senator john boozman;; staff director/chief counsel, house veterans affairs committee (representative jeff miller);; professional staff/counsel, senate veterans affairs committee (senator larry craig); counsel/legislative director, representative jeff miller;; legislative assistant, representative jeff miller;; scheduler, representative jeff miller;; law clerk, house transportation and infrastructure committee

Government Entities

executive office of the president (eop)
house of representatives
natl economic council (nec)
senate

Issues

copyright/patent/trademark: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement.; promoting open-source innovation.; modernizing u.s. government information technology implementation.; issues related to patent law.
intelligence: issues related to ic contractor work.
computer industry: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement; procurement reform.; promoting open-source innovation.; fy 2018 appropriations.; h.r. 2227 - modernizing government technology act of 2017 (mgt act) implementation.; federal it modernization implementation.
immigration: issues related to daca and the dream act.

Filing 78 of 250
2018, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$1,590,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Oct 05 2018 09:32:54 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	international business machines corporation
Address	600 14th street, nw; suite 300; washington, dc 20005-2012 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Contact	jill caiazzo
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

sheehy, timothy j

mcculloch, edgar h iii

stewart, steven w

rhone, adrienne g

williams, marcus p

evans, linda c

marks, debra l

bruner, cheryl

singer, meredith

ignaszewski, katie

dipaula-coyle, michael

vaynberg, yelena

walsh, kevin

Government Entities

bureau of citizenship & immigration services (bcis
commerce, dept of (doc)
defense, dept of (dod)
education, dept of
employment & training administration
executive office of the president (eop)
homeland security, dept of (dhs)
house of representatives
internal revenue service (irs)
intl trade administration (ita)
justice, dept of (doj)
labor, dept of (dol)
natl economic council (nec)
natl security council (nsc)
patent & trademark office (pto)
senate
treasury, dept of
u.s. immigration & customs enforcement (ice)
u.s. trade representative (ustr)
white house office

Issues

computer industry: legislative & regulatory issues related to technology policy, including r&d, cybersecurity, privacy, health it & technology procurement:; emerging technologies: blockchain technology, cloud, ai, iot, quantum computing; s. 2217, the future of artificial intelligence act of 2017; s. 760 open, public, electronic, and necessary government data act; h.r. 6227, national quantum initiative act.; implementation of h.r. 6, 21st century cures act; s. 1693 stop enabling sex traffickers act of 2017; h.r. 1865 allow states and victims to fight online sex trafficking act of 2017. hr5674/s.2372 - va mission act.; draft data acquisition and technology accountability and security act; s. 1989 honest ads act, s.2382/h.r. 4943 clarifying use of data (cloud) act; cybersecurity vulnerability disclosure policy.; s. 1691 internet of things cybersecurity improvement act of 2017; data privacy; data breach, data security.
trade (domestic/foreign): legislative & regulatory issues related to international trade including multilateral & bilateral trade agreements:; digital trade; committee on foreign investment in the united states (cfius) reform; h.r. 5841, s. 2098 foreign investment risk review modernization act of 2018; h.r. 5040 export control reform act of 2018.; bilateral trade issues: china 301 investigation under section 301 of the trade act of 1974, china world trade organization (wto) compliance.; renegotiations of the north american free trade agreement (nafta).
budget/appropriations: legislative & regulatory issues related to budget & appropriations matters:; h.r 6157, fy19 defense appropriations; s. 3159, fy19 defense appropriations: provisions related to dod cloud programs, including the joint enterprise defense infrastructure (jedi). noaa, nasa and nsf, funding.
education: legislative & regulatory issues related to education, workforce training & related matters:; workforce development initiative -- ideas for apprenticeships, career-focused education, and certification programs. ; h.r. 2353 - the strengthening career and technical education for the 21st century act. h.r. 4508, promoting real opportunity, success, and prosperity through education reform act (prosper act).
taxation/internal revenue code: legislative & regulatory issues related to domestic and international tax, including tax treaties:; h.r. 1, tax cuts and jobs act - follow on issues and implementation.; u.s. treasury guidelines and related regulations on oecd base erosion profit-shifting (beps) project and implementation.; h.r. 1393 mobile workforce state income tax simplification act and s. 540, mobile workforce state income tax simplification act. ; bilateral income tax treaties with focus on u.s.-spain and u.s. - chile.
defense: legislative & regulatory issues related to defense matters:; h.r. 5515, s. 2987, the john s. mccain national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2019, provisions related to dod cloud programs, joint enterprise defense infrastructure (jedi), and software, procurement, and foreign investment.
labor issues/antitrust/workplace: legislative & regulatory issues related to labor, workplace & benefits policy:; deferred action for childhood arrivals (daca) program; h.r. 1468 - recognizing america's children act; h.r. 3440, s. 1615, dream act; s. 1852 - succeed act.
copyright/patent/trademark: legislative & regulatory issues related to intellectual property, including patents, copyright, and trademarks:; patent eligible subject matter legislation; international evidence parity act; transitional covered business method review proceeding; patent trial and appeals board (ptab) reform.
financial institutions/investments/securities: legislative & regulatory issues related to financial services:; h.r. 4015, corporate governance reform and transparency act of 2017; h.r.5756, to require the securities and exchange commission to adjust certain resubmission thresholds for shareholder proposals.

Filing 79 of 250
2018, undetermined

Date Received

Wed Aug 15 2018 11:28:02 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	red hat, inc.
Description	software
Address	100 east davie street; raleigh, nc 27601 usa

Client

Name	red hat inc
Contact	mark bohannon
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyist

krupnick, matt

Issues

trade (domestic/foreign): ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement; cloud computing; cybersecurity; procurement reform; promoting open-source innovation; federal it modernization; issues related to intellectual property law; issues related to daca and the dream act; high-skilled immigration; global trade.
copyright/patent/trademark: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement; cloud computing; cybersecurity; procurement reform; promoting open-source innovation; federal it modernization; issues related to intellectual property law; issues related to daca and the dream act; high-skilled immigration; global trade.
computer industry: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement; cloud computing; cybersecurity; procurement reform; promoting open-source innovation; federal it modernization; issues related to intellectual property law; issues related to daca and the dream act; high-skilled immigration; global trade.
immigration: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement; cloud computing; cybersecurity; procurement reform; promoting open-source innovation; federal it modernization; issues related to intellectual property law; issues related to daca and the dream act; high-skilled immigration; global trade.
science/technology: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement; cloud computing; cybersecurity; procurement reform; promoting open-source innovation; federal it modernization; issues related to intellectual property law; issues related to daca and the dream act; high-skilled immigration; global trade.

Filing 80 of 250
2018, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$20,000.00 USD

Date Received

Tue Jul 24 2018 11:09:20 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	rasky partners, inc.
Description	lobbying firm
Address	555 11th st. nw; suite 401; washington, dc 20004 usa

Client

Name	red hat
Description	open source, enterprise it company
Contact	larry rasky
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyist

tocco, jessica

Government Entity

defense, dept of (dod)

Issue

defense: issues related to defense procurement

Filing 81 of 250
2018, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$1,590,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Jul 20 2018 16:55:58 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	international business machines corporation
Address	600 14th street, nw; suite 300; washington, dc 20005-2012 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Contact	jill caiazzo
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

sheehy, timothy j

mcculloch, edgar h iii

stewart, steven w

rhone, adrienne g

williams, marcus p

evans, linda c

docktor, roslyn

marks, debra l

bruner, cheryl

singer, meredith

ignaszewski, katie

dipaula-coyle, michael

vaynberg, yelena

walsh, kevin

Government Entities

bureau of citizenship & immigration services (bcis
commerce, dept of (doc)
defense, dept of (dod)
education, dept of
employment & training administration
executive office of the president (eop)
homeland security, dept of (dhs)
house of representatives
internal revenue service (irs)
intl trade administration (ita)
justice, dept of (doj)
labor, dept of (dol)
natl economic council (nec)
natl security council (nsc)
patent & trademark office (pto)
senate
treasury, dept of
u.s. immigration & customs enforcement (ice)
u.s. trade representative (ustr)
white house office

Issues

defense: legislative & regulatory issues related to defense matters:; h.r. 5515, s. 2987, the john s. mccain national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2019, provisions related to dod cloud programs, joint enterprise defense infrastructure (jedi), and software, procurement, and foreign investment.
labor issues/antitrust/workplace: legislative & regulatory issues related to labor, workplace & benefits policy:; deferred action for childhood arrivals (daca) program; h.r. 1468 - recognizing america's children act; h.r. 3440, s. 1615, dream act; s. 1852 - succeed act.
copyright/patent/trademark: legislative & regulatory issues related to intellectual property, including patents, copyright, and trademarks:; patent eligible subject matter legislation; international evidence parity act; transitional covered business method review proceeding; patent trial and appeals board (ptab) reform.
trade (domestic/foreign): legislative & regulatory issues related to international trade including multilateral & bilateral trade agreements:; digital trade; committee on foreign investment in the united states (cfius) reform; h.r. 5841, s. 2098 foreign investment risk review modernization act of 2018; h.r. 5040 export control reform act of 2018.; bilateral trade issues: china 301 investigation under section 301 of the trade act of 1974, china world trade organization (wto) compliance.; renegotiations of the north american free trade agreement (nafta).
financial institutions/investments/securities: legislative & regulatory issues related to financial services:; h.r. 4015, corporate governance reform and transparency act of 2017; h.r.5756, to require the securities and exchange commission to adjust certain resubmission thresholds for shareholder proposals.
education: legislative & regulatory issues related to education, workforce training & related matters:; workforce development initiative -- ideas for apprenticeships, career-focused education, and certification programs. ; h.r. 2353 - the strengthening career and technical education for the 21st century act. h.r. 4508, promoting real opportunity, success, and prosperity through education reform act (prosper act).
budget/appropriations: legislative & regulatory issues related to budget & appropriations matters:; h.r 6157, fy19 defense appropriations; s. 3159, fy19 defense appropriations: provisions related to dod cloud programs, including the joint enterprise defense infrastructure (jedi). noaa, nasa and nsf, funding.
computer industry: legislative & regulatory issues related to technology policy, including r&d, cybersecurity, privacy, health it & technology procurement:; emerging technologies: blockchain technology, cloud, ai, iot, quantum computing; s. 2217, the future of artificial intelligence act of 2017; s. 760 open, public, electronic, and necessary government data act; h.r. 6227, national quantum initiative act.; implementation of h.r. 6, 21st century cures act; s. 1693 stop enabling sex traffickers act of 2017; h.r. 1865 allow states and victims to fight online sex trafficking act of 2017. hr5674/s.2372 - va mission act.; draft data acquisition and technology accountability and security act; s. 1989 honest ads act, s.2382/h.r. 4943 clarifying use of data (cloud) act; cybersecurity vulnerability disclosure policy.; s. 1691 internet of things cybersecurity improvement act of 2017; data privacy; data breach, data security.
taxation/internal revenue code: legislative & regulatory issues related to domestic and international tax, including tax treaties:; h.r. 1, tax cuts and jobs act - follow on issues and implementation.; u.s. treasury guidelines and related regulations on oecd base erosion profit-shifting (beps) project and implementation.; h.r. 1393 mobile workforce state income tax simplification act and s. 540, mobile workforce state income tax simplification act. ; bilateral income tax treaties with focus on u.s.-spain and u.s. - chile.

Filing 82 of 250
2018, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$50,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Jul 20 2018 14:26:23 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	ernst & young llp
Description	professional services firm
Address	1101 new york ave, nw; suite 400; washington, dc 20005-4213 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Description	information technology company
Contact	gary gasper
State	new york, usa

Lobbyists

giordano, nick

gasper, gary

Government Entity

treasury, dept of

Issue

taxation/internal revenue code: international tax reform implementation issues

Filing 83 of 250
2018, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$30,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Jul 20 2018 13:23:07 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	mehlman castagnetti rosen & thomas, inc.
Description	government affairs consulting services
Address	1341 g street, nw; suite 1100; washington, dc 20005 usa

Client

Name	red hat inc
Contact	solveig monson
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyists

rosen, dean

thomas, david r

finley pickering, elise

castagnetti, david

mehlman, bruce

wooters, charles

gupta, sohini

eastman, sage

aronson, lauren

robinson, michael

collins, michael

hingson, constantine

Name

haro, steve

Position

chief of staff, senator dianne feinstein;; assistant secretary of commerce for legislative and intergovernmental affairs;; chief of staff, senator martin heinrich;; chief of staff, representative martin heinrich; senior advisor, representative xavier becerra;; director of legislation and communication, representative xavier becerra;; press secretary, representative xavier becerra chief of staff, senator dianne feinstein;; assistant secretary of commerce for legislative and intergovernmental affairs;; chief of staff, senator martin heinrich;; chief of staff, representative martin heinrich; senior advisor, representative xavier becerra;; director of legislation and communication, representative xavier becerra;; press secretary, representative xavier becerra chief of staff, senator dianne feinstein;; assistant secretary of commerce for legislative and intergovernmental affairs;; chief of staff, senator martin heinrich;; chief of staff, representative martin heinrich; senior advisor, representative xavier becerra;; director of legislation and communication, representative xavier becerra;; press secretary, representative xavier becerra chief of staff, senator dianne feinstein;; assistant secretary of commerce for legislative and intergovernmental affairs;; chief of staff, senator martin heinrich;; chief of staff, representative martin heinrich; senior advisor, representative xavier becerra;; director of legislation and communication, representative xavier becerra;; press secretary, representative xavier becerra

Government Entities

executive office of the president (eop)
house of representatives
natl economic council (nec)
office of the vice president of the united states
senate

Issues

copyright/patent/trademark: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement.; promoting open-source innovation.; modernizing u.s. government information technology implementation.; issues related to patent law.
immigration: issues related to daca and the dream act.
intelligence: issues related to ic contractor work.
computer industry: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement; procurement reform.; promoting open-source innovation.; fy 2018 appropriations.; h.r. 2227 - modernizing government technology act of 2017 (mgt act) implementation.; federal it modernization implementation.

Filing 84 of 250
2018, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$50,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Jul 20 2018 12:18:12 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	kamins consulting
Description	government affairs consulting
Address	6825 cherry lane; annandale, va 20003 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	technology, software & services
Contact	scott kamins
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyist

Name	kamins, scott a
Position	deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state

Government Entities

house of representatives
senate
white house office

Issues

copyright/patent/trademark: patent reform; provisions relating to software patents
education: h.r. 2353, reauthorization of the carl d. perkins perkins cte act to improve the supply of workforce-ready graduates, align cte programs to local, state, and regional market needs, and support collaboration between secondary and post-secondary institutions and employers.
computer industry: h.r. 1770/s. 760, the open government data act; s.1671, the international communications privacy act, proposals that would enhance digital privacy protections while imposing legal safeguards on government access to data; h.r. 589, exascale computing research program. s.1693/h.r. 1865, stop enabling sex traffickers act, provisions to to prevent new technologies and online services from being abused by criminals.
trade (domestic/foreign): provisions that would protect the ability to move data across borders freely and that limit government requirements to store data on servers within national boundaries. potential renegotiation of the north american free trade agreement. h.r. 4311/s. 2098, the foreign investment risk review modernization act, provisions relating to potential review of outbound international commercial activity.
taxation/internal revenue code: the tax cuts and jobs act; proposals relating to changes to the tax treatment of foreign earnings, base erosion and anti-abuse tax.

Filing 85 of 250
2018, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$50,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Jul 20 2018 10:11:58 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	crossroads strategies, llc
Description	lobbying firm
Address	800 north capitol street, nw, suite 800; washington, dc 20002 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Description	multinational technology company
Contact	john green
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

hall, stewart

burnett, wally

numedahl, marc

hancock, shay michael

Government Entities

defense, dept of (dod)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

defense: department of defense cloud computing strategy and programs;; h.r.5515/s.2987, national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2019;; h.r.6157/s.3159, department of defense appropriations act, 2019.
budget/appropriations: department of defense cloud computing strategy and programs;; h.r.5515/s.2987, national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2019;; h.r.6157/s.3159, department of defense appropriations act, 2019.

Filing 86 of 250
2018, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$30,000.00 USD

Date Received

Tue Jul 17 2018 13:45:36 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	cavarocchi ruscio dennis associates, l.l.c.
Description	consultant firm
Address	600 maryland avenue, sw; suite 835w; washington, dc 20024 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	global information systems, consulting and technology services.
Contact	katina pierce
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

ruscio, domenic

van deusen, karl j

Government Entities

defense, dept of (dod)
health & human services, dept of (hhs)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

budget/appropriations: ibm solutions in support of federal agencies including related appropriations and authorizations.
defense: ibm solutions in support of federal agencies including related appropriations and authorizations.

Filing 87 of 250
2018, 1st quarter (jan 1 - mar 31)

Amount

$1,450,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Apr 20 2018 17:14:09 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	international business machines corporation
Address	600 14th street, nw; suite 300; washington, dc 20005-2012 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Contact	jill caiazzo
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

sheehy, timothy j

mcculloch, edgar h iii

stewart, steven w

rhone, adrienne g

williams, marcus p

evans, linda c

marks, debra l

bruner, cheryl

singer, meredith

ignaszewski, katie

dipaula-coyle, michael

vaynberg, yelena

walsh, kevin

Government Entities

bureau of industry and security (bis)
commerce, dept of (doc)
education, dept of
employment & training administration
homeland security, dept of (dhs)
house of representatives
intl trade administration (ita)
justice, dept of (doj)
labor, dept of (dol)
natl economic council (nec)
natl security council (nsc)
office of the vice president of the united states
senate
treasury, dept of
u.s. trade representative (ustr)
white house office

Issues

trade (domestic/foreign): legislative & regulatory issues related to international trade including multilateral & bilateral trade agreements:; digital trade; committee on foreign investment in the united states (cfius) reform; h.r. 4311, s. 2098 foreign investment risk review modernization act of 2017; h.r. 5040 export control reform act of 2018.; bilateral trade issues: china 301 investigation under section 301 of the trade act of 1974, china world trade organization (wto) compliance.; renegotiations of the north american free trade agreement (nafta).
financial institutions/investments/securities: legislative & regulatory issues related to financial services:; s. 2155 economic growth, regulatory relief, and consumer protection act (corporate governance provisions); h.r. 4015 corporate governance reform and transparency act of 2017.
labor issues/antitrust/workplace: legislative & regulatory issues related to labor, workplace & benefits policy:; deferred action for childhood arrivals (daca) program; ; h.r. 1468 - recognizing america's children act; h.r. 3440, s. 1615, dream act; s. 1852 - succeed act;
taxation/internal revenue code: legislative & regulatory issues related to domestic and international tax, including tax treaties:; h.r. 1 tax cuts and jobs act.; u.s. treasury guidelines and related regulations on oecd base erosion profit-shifting (beps) project and implementations.; h.r. 1393 mobile workforce state income tax simplification act and s. 540, mobile workforce state income tax simplification act ; bilateral income tax treaties with focus on u.s.-spain and u.s.-chile.
defense: legislative & regulatory issues related to defense matters:; h.r. 2810, s. 1519, the national defense authorization act fy 2018: distributed common ground system, hybrid cloud data centers, data centers and analytics, disa commercial cloud, army talent and engagement programs, and dod it procurement; h.r. 2227, modernizing government technology of 2017 act; software acquisition, federal marketplace for cots products. fy18 omnibus, h.r. 1625 (or public law 115-141); provisions relating to dod cloud programs, including the joint enterprise defense infrastructure (jedi).; language in omnibus spending bill regarding dod cloud procurement.
education: legislative & regulatory issues related to education, workforce training & related matters:; workforce development initiative -- ideas for apprenticeships, career-focused education, and certification programs. ; h.r. 2353 - the strengthening career and technical education for the 21st century act. ; h.r. 4508, promoting real opportunity, success, and prosperity through education reform act (prosper act).
computer industry: legislative & regulatory issues related to technology policy, including r&d, cybersecurity, privacy, health it & technology procurement:; emerging technologies: blockchain technology, cloud, ai, iot, quantum computing; s. 2217, the future of artificial intelligence act of 2017.; implementation of h.r. 6, 21st century cures act; s. 1693 stop enabling sex traffickers act of 2017; h.r. 1865 allow states and victims to fight online sex trafficking act of 2017.; draft data acquisition and technology accountability and security act;; draft cyber reserves act of 2018;; s. 1989 honest ads act, s. 2383/h.r. 4943 clarifying use of data (cloud) act;; vulnerability disclosure policy.
copyright/patent/trademark: legislative & regulatory issues related to intellectual property, including patents, copyright, and trademarks:; patent eligible subject matter legislation; international evidence parity act; transitional covered business method review proceeding; china intellectual property and anti-monopoly laws; patent trial and appeals board (ptab) reform.
budget/appropriations: legislative & regulatory issues related to budget & appropriations matters:; h.r. 601 emergency supplemental/fy17 cr extension/and debt limit: dod/cognitive; data center consolidation; hybrid cloud data centers; dod public/private partnerships; dod fy2018 appropriations - it procurement; disa commercial cloud; army talent & engagement programs; distributed common ground system-army; doe office of science; fy 2018 defense appropriations - dcgs-a, fy 2018 dha appropriations - fema riskamp funding, the america first budget blueprint 2018, issues regarding dhs- fema risk map program, noaa, nasa and nsf funding. fy18 omnibus, h.r. 1625 (for public law 115-141); provisions relating to dod cloud programs, including the joint enterprise defense infrastructure (jedi).

Filing 88 of 250
2018, 1st quarter (jan 1 - mar 31)

Amount

$10,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Apr 20 2018 14:03:26 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	ernst & young llp
Description	professional services firm
Address	1101 new york avenue, nw; suite 400; washington, dc 20005-4213 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Description	information technology company
Contact	gary gasper
State	new york, usa

Lobbyists

giordano, nick

gasper, gary

Government Entities

senate
treasury, dept of

Issue

taxation/internal revenue code: international tax reform implementation issues

Filing 89 of 250
2018, 1st quarter (jan 1 - mar 31)

Amount

$30,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Apr 20 2018 13:10:34 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	mehlman castagnetti rosen & thomas, inc.
Description	government affairs consulting services
Address	1341 g street, nw; suite 1100; washington, dc 20005 usa

Client

Name	red hat inc
Contact	solveig monson
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyists

rosen, dean

thomas, david r

finley pickering, elise

castagnetti, david

mehlman, bruce

wooters, charles

gupta, sohini

eastman, sage

aronson, lauren

robinson, michael

collins, michael

hingson, constantine

Government Entities

executive office of the president (eop)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

copyright/patent/trademark: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement.; promoting open-source innovation.; modernizing u.s. government information technology implementation.; issues related to patent law.
immigration: issues related to daca and the dream act.
computer industry: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement; procurement reform.; promoting open-source innovation.; fy 2017 appropriations.; h.r. 2227 - modernizing government technology act of 2017 (mgt act).; federal it modernization implementation.

Filing 90 of 250
2018, 1st quarter (jan 1 - mar 31)

Amount

$20,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Apr 20 2018 09:48:50 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	crossroads strategies, llc
Description	lobbying firm
Address	800 north capitol street, nw, suite 800; washington, dc 20002 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Description	multinational technology company
Contact	john green
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

hall, stewart

burnett, wally

numedahl, marc

hancock, shay michael

Government Entities

defense, dept of (dod)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

defense: department of defense cloud computing strategy and programs
budget/appropriations: department of defense cloud computing strategy and programs

Filing 91 of 250
2018, 1st quarter (jan 1 - mar 31)

Amount

$50,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Apr 20 2018 09:41:34 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	burton kamins advocacy
Description	government affairs consulting
Address	400 first street, se, 2nd floor; washington, dc 20003 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	technology, software & services
Contact	scott kamins
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyist

Name	kamins, scott a
Position	deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state

Government Entities

house of representatives
senate
white house office

Issues

education: h.r. 2353, reauthorization of the carl d. perkins perkins cte act to improve the supply of workforce-ready graduates, align cte programs to local, state, and regional market needs, and support collaboration between secondary and post-secondary institutions and employers.
computer industry: h.r. 1770/s. 760, the open government data act; s.1671, the international communications privacy act, proposals that would enhance digital privacy protections while imposing legal safeguards on government access to data; h.r. 589, exascale computing research program. s.1693/h.r. 1865, stop enabling sex traffickers act, provisions to to prevent new technologies and online services from being abused by criminals.
taxation/internal revenue code: the tax cuts and jobs act; proposals relating to changes to the tax treatment of foreign earnings, base erosion and anti-abuse tax.
trade (domestic/foreign): provisions that would protect the ability to move data across borders freely and that limit government requirements to store data on servers within national boundaries. potential renegotiation of the north american free trade agreement. h.r. 4311/s. 2098, the foreign investment risk review modernization act, provisions relating to potential review of outbound international commercial activity.
copyright/patent/trademark: patent reform; provisions relating to software patents

Filing 92 of 250
2018, 1st quarter (jan 1 - mar 31)

Amount

$30,000.00 USD

Date Received

Wed Apr 18 2018 15:08:24 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	cavarocchi ruscio dennis associates, l.l.c.
Description	consultant firm
Address	600 maryland avenue, sw; suite 835w; washington, dc 20024 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	global information systems, consulting and technology services.
Contact	katina pierce
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

ruscio, domenic

van deusen, karl j

Government Entities

defense, dept of (dod)
health & human services, dept of (hhs)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

defense: ibm solutions in support of federal agencies including related appropriations and authorizations.
budget/appropriations: ibm solutions in support of federal agencies including related appropriations and authorizations.

Filing 93 of 250
2018, undetermined

Date Received

Fri Apr 13 2018 15:08:37 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	rasky partners, inc.
Description	lobbying firm
Address	555 11th st. nw; suite 401; washington, dc 20004 usa

Client

Name	red hat
Description	open source, enterprise it company
Contact	larry rasky
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyists

beeson, jessica

Name	bassett, bethany
Position	la- sens. kennedy, kirk; dod spec. asst. to sec.

Issue

science/technology: it modernization, cloud computing, procurement and cyber security

Filing 94 of 250
2018, undetermined

Date Received

Mon Apr 09 2018 13:35:44 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	ernst & young llp
Description	professional services firm
Address	1101 new york avenue, nw; suite 400; washington, dc 20005-4213 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Description	information technology company
Contact	gary gasper
State	new york, usa

Lobbyists

Name	giordano, nick
Position	97-99 chief tax counsel, sfc - dem. staff

gasper, gary

Issue

taxation/internal revenue code: tax reform implementation

Filing 95 of 250
2018, undetermined

Date Received

Wed Mar 28 2018 23:31:23 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	crossroads strategies, llc
Description	lobbying firm
Address	800 north capitol street, nw, suite 800; washington, dc 20002 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Description	multinational technology company
Contact	john green
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

hall, stewart

Name	burnett, wally
Position	deputy assistant secretary dot, assistant general counsel dod, clerk senate appropriations, ld sen. stevens (r-ak)

Name	numedahl, marc
Position	ld rep. loebsack (d-ia), mla rep. larsen (d-wa)

Name	hancock, shay michael
Position	mla sen. murray (d-wa), la rep smith (d-wa)

Issues

defense: department of defense cloud computing strategy and programs
budget/appropriations: department of defense cloud computing strategy and programs

Filing 96 of 250
2017, 4th quarter (oct 1 - dec 31)

Amount

$10,000.00 USD

Date Received

Tue Jan 23 2018 11:48:59 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registrant

Name	cavarocchi ruscio dennis associates, l.l.c.
Description	consultant firm
Address	600 maryland avenue, sw; suite 835w; washington, dc 20024 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	global information systems, consulting and technology services.
Contact	katina pierce
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

ruscio, domenic

van deusen, karl j

Government Entities

defense, dept of (dod)
health & human services, dept of (hhs)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

budget/appropriations: ibm solutions in support of federal agencies including related appropriations and authorizations.
defense: defense appropriations bill, fy 2017, hr 5293, s. 3000; national defense authorization, fy 2017; hr 4909, s. 2943, health and intelligence programs, distributed command ground system, education programs.

Filing 97 of 250
2017, 4th quarter (oct 1 - dec 31)

Amount

$50,000.00 USD

Date Received

Mon Jan 22 2018 17:53:38 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registrant

Name	ernst & young llp
Description	professional services firm
Address	1101 new york avenue, nw; suite 400; washington, dc 20005-4213 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Description	information technology company
Contact	gary gasper
State	new york, usa

Lobbyists

giordano, nick

gasper, gary

Government Entities

house of representatives
senate
treasury, dept of

Issue

taxation/internal revenue code: h.r. 1 - tax reform - international tax issues

Filing 98 of 250
2017, 4th quarter (oct 1 - dec 31)

Amount

$1,750,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Jan 19 2018 16:58:57 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registrant

Name	international business machines corporation
Address	600 14th street, nw; suite 300; washington, dc 20005-2012 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Contact	jill caiazzo
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

sheehy, timothy j

mcculloch, edgar h iii

stewart, steven w

rhone, adrienne g

williams, marcus p

evans, linda c

marks, debra l

bruner, cheryl

singer, meredith

ignaszewski, katie

dipaula-coyle, michael

bury, craig e

vaynberg, yelena

walsh, kevin

Government Entities

education, dept of
homeland security, dept of (dhs)
house of representatives
labor, dept of (dol)
natl economic council (nec)
senate
state, dept of (dos)
treasury, dept of
u.s. trade representative (ustr)
white house office

Issues

copyright/patent/trademark: legislative & regulatory issues related to intellectual property, including patents, copyright, and trademarks:; patentable subject matter eligibility legislation; ptab reform; transitional covered business method patent review proceeding; copyright provisions in nafta.
computer industry: legislative & regulatory issues related to technology policy, including r&d, cybersecurity, privacy, health it & technology procurement:; s. 990 and h.r. 2227, modernizing government technology act (mgt act) 2017; concepts for modernizing federal it infrastructure, generally; buy america act; s. 760 and h.r. 1770, open government data act.; s. 1691 internet of things cybersecurity improvement act of 2017; draft federal data breach notification and data security legislation;; implementation of cisa;; emerging technologies: blockchain technology, cloud, ai, iot; federal advisory committee on the development and implementation of ai (draft) ; data responsibility.; implementation of h.r. 6, 21st century cures act; s.1693 stop enabling sex traffickers act of 2017; h.r. 1865 allow states and victims to fight online sex trafficking act of 2017.
taxation/internal revenue code: legislative & regulatory issues related to domestic and international tax, including tax treaties:; h.r. 1 tax cuts and jobs act.; u.s. treasury guidelines and related regulations on oecd base erosion profit-shifting (beps) project and implementations.; h.r. 1393 mobile workforce state income tax simplification act and s. 540, mobile workforce state income tax simplification act.; bilateral income tax treaties with focus on u.s.-spain and u.s. - chile.
education: legislative & regulatory issues related to education, workforce training & related matters:; workforce development initiative -- ideas for apprenticeships, career-focused education, and certification programs. ; h.r. 2353, the strengthening career and technical education for the 21st century act.; h.r. 4508, promoting real opportunity, success, and prosperity through education reform act (prosper act).
trade (domestic/foreign): legislative & regulatory issues related to international trade including multilateral & bilateral trade agreements:; digital trade; cfius reform, h.r. 4311, s. 2098 foreign investment risk review modernization act of 2017.; bilateral trade issues: china, india, nigeria ict guidelines; china 301, china wto compliance.; renegotiations of nafta.
defense: legislative & regulatory issues related to defense matters:; h.r. 2810, s. 1519, the national defense authorization act fy 2018: distributed common ground system, hybrid cloud data centers, data centers and analytics, disa commercial cloud, army talent and engagement programs, and dod it procurement; hr 2227, modernizing government technology of 2017 act; software acquisition, federal marketplace for cots products.
budget/appropriations: legislative & regulatory issues related to budget & appropriations matters:; h.j.res 123 (cr extending funding thru 12/22), h.r. 1370 (cr extending funding thru 1/19/18); dod/cognitive; data center consolidation; hybrid cloud data centers; dod public/private partnerships; dod fy2018 appropriations - it procurement; disa commercial cloud; army talent & engagement programs; distributed common ground system -army; doe office of science; fy 2018 defense appropriations - dcgs-a, fy 2018 dha appropriations - fema riskamp funding, the america first budget blueprint 2018, issues regarding dhs- fema risk map program, noaa, nasa and nsf funding. ; recommendations for more efficient government operations, generally. commerce, justice, science appropriations act, fy2018: fbi it, uspto funding.
labor issues/antitrust/workplace: legislative & regulatory issues related to labor, workplace & benefits policy:; deferred action for childhood arrivals (daca) program; ; h.r. 1468 - recognizing america's children act; h.r. 3440, s. 1615 - dream act; s. 1852 - succeed act;; h.r. 4219 - workflex in the 21st century act (paid leave).

Filing 99 of 250
2017, 4th quarter (oct 1 - dec 31)

Amount

$30,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Jan 19 2018 15:52:38 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registrant

Name	mehlman castagnetti rosen & thomas, inc.
Description	government affairs consulting services
Address	1341 g street, nw; suite 1100; washington, dc 20005 usa

Client

Name	red hat inc
Contact	solveig monson
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyists

rosen, dean

thomas, david r

finley pickering, elise

castagnetti, david

mehlman, bruce

wooters, charles

gupta, sohini

eastman, sage

aronson, lauren

robinson, michael

collins, michael

hingson, constantine

Government Entities

executive office of the president (eop)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

copyright/patent/trademark: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement.; promoting open-source innovation.; modernizing u.s. government information technology.; issues related to patent law.
immigration: issues related to daca and the dream act.
computer industry: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement; procurement reform.; promoting open-source innovation.; fy 2017 appropriations.; h.r. 2227 - modernizing government technology act of 2017 (mgt act).; federal it modernization.

Filing 100 of 250
2017, 4th quarter (oct 1 - dec 31)

Amount

$50,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Jan 19 2018 14:41:02 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registrant

Name	kamins consulting
Description	government and public relations consulting
Address	6825 cherry lane; annandale, va 20003 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	technology, software & services
Contact	scott kamins
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyist

Name	kamins, scott a
Position	deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state

Government Entities

house of representatives
senate
white house office

Issues

computer industry: h.r. 1770/s. 760, the open government data act; s.1671, the international communications privacy act, proposals that would enhance digital privacy protections while imposing legal safeguards on government access to data; h.r. 589, exascale computing research program. s.1693/h.r. 1865, stop enabling sex traffickers act, provisions to to prevent new technologies and online services from being abused by criminals.
education: h.r. 2353, reauthorization of the carl d. perkins perkins cte act to improve the supply of workforce-ready graduates, align cte programs to local, state, and regional market needs, and support collaboration between secondary and post-secondary institutions and employers.
trade (domestic/foreign): provisions that would protect the ability to move data across borders freely and that limit government requirements to store data on servers within national boundaries. potential renegotiation of the north american free trade agreement. h.r. 4311/s. 2098, the foreign investment risk review modernization act, provisions relating to potential review of outbound international commercial activity.
copyright/patent/trademark: patent reform; provisions relating to software patents
taxation/internal revenue code: the tax cuts and jobs act; proposals relating to changes to the tax treatment of foreign earnings, base erosion and anti-abuse tax.

Filing 101 of 250
2017, undetermined

Date Received

Fri Jan 05 2018 12:10:56 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registrant

Name	ernst & young llp
Description	professional services firm
Address	1101 new york avenue, nw; suite 400; washington, dc 20005-4213 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Description	information technology company
Contact	gary gasper
State	new york, usa

Lobbyists

Name	giordano, nick
Position	97-99 chief tax counsel, sfc-dem staff

gasper, gary

Issue

taxation/internal revenue code: tax reform - anti-base erosion proposals

Filing 102 of 250
2017, 3rd quarter (july 1 - sep 30)

Amount

$770,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Oct 20 2017 15:43:48 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	international business machines corporation
Address	600 14th street, nw; suite 300; washington, dc 20005-2012 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Contact	jill caiazzo
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

sheehy, timothy j

mcculloch, edgar h iii

stewart, steven w

rhone, adrienne g

williams, marcus p

evans, linda c

marks, debra l

bruner, cheryl

singer, meredith

ignaszewski, katie

dipaula-coyle, michael

bury, craig e

vaynberg, yelena

walsh, kevin

Government Entities

defense logistics agency
education, dept of
health & human services, dept of (hhs)
homeland security, dept of (dhs)
house of representatives
labor, dept of (dol)
natl economic council (nec)
office of the vice president of the united states
senate
state, dept of (dos)
treasury, dept of
u.s. trade representative (ustr)
white house office

Issues

education: legislative & regulatory issues related to education, workforce training & related matters:; workforce development initiative -- ideas for apprenticeships, career-focused education, and certification programs. ; h.r. 2353 - the strengthening career and technical education for the 21st century act
trade (domestic/foreign): legislative & regulatory issues related to international trade including multilateral & bilateral trade agreements:; digital trade; cfius; bilateral trade issues: china, india, nigeria ict guidelines and kenya (including tax issue); china 301, china wto compliance; renegotiations of nafta
defense: legislative & regulatory issues related to defense matters:; h.r. 2810, s. 1519, the national defense authorization act fy 2018: distributed common ground system, hybrid cloud data centers, data centers and analytics, disa commercial cloud, army talent and engagement programs, and dod it procurement; mgt act
taxation/internal revenue code: legislative & regulatory issues related to domestic and international tax, including tax treaties:; fundamental corporate tax reform based on the unified framework for fixing our broken tax code; u.s. treasury guidelines and related regulations on oecd base erosion profit-shifting (beps) project and implementations; h.r. 1393 mobile workforce state income tax simplification act and s. 540, mobile workforce state income tax simplification act, the senate companion bill ; bilateral income tax treaties with focus on u.s.-spain and u.s. - chile
computer industry: legislative & regulatory issues related to technology policy, including r&d, cybersecurity, privacy, health it & technology procurement:; s. 990 and h.r. 2227, modernizing government technology act (mgt act) 2017; concepts for modernizing federal it infrastructure, generally; buy america act; s. 760 and h.r. 1770, open government data act.; s. 1691 internet of things cybersecurity improvement act of 2017;; emerging technologies: blockchain technology, cloud, ai, iot; federal advisory committee on the development and implementation of ai (draft) ; implementation of h.r. 6, 21st century cures act; s. 1693 stop enabling sex traffickers act of 2017
labor issues/antitrust/workplace: legislative & regulatory issues related to labor, workplace & benefits policy:; deferred action for childhood arrivals (daca) program; ; h.r. 1468 - recognizing america's children act; h.r. 3440 - dream act; s. 1852 - succeed act;
copyright/patent/trademark: legislative & regulatory issues related to intellectual property, including patents, copyright, and trademarks:; patentable subject matter eligibility legislation; draft trade secret legislation; ptab reform
budget/appropriations: legislative & regulatory issues related to budget & appropriations matters:; ; h.r. 601, emergency supplemental/fy17 cr extension/and debt limit: dod/cognitive; data center consolidation; hybrid cloud data centers; dod public/private partnerships; dod fy2018 appropriations - it procurement; disa commercial cloud; army talent & engagement programs; distributed common ground system -army; doe office of science; fy 2018 defense appropriations - dcgs-a, fy 2018 dha appropriations - fema riskamp funding, the america first budget blueprint 2018, issues regarding dhs- fema risk map program, noaa, nasa and nsf funding.; ; recommendations for more efficient government operations, generally. commerce, justice, science appropriations act, fy2018: fbi it, uspto funding.

Filing 103 of 250
2017, 3rd quarter (july 1 - sep 30)

Amount

$30,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Oct 20 2017 10:03:12 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	mehlman castagnetti rosen & thomas, inc.
Description	government affairs consulting services
Address	1341 g street, nw; suite 1100; washington, dc 20005 usa

Client

Name	red hat inc
Contact	solveig monson
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyists

rosen, dean

thomas, david r

finley pickering, elise

castagnetti, david

mehlman, bruce

wooters, charles

gupta, sohini

eastman, sage

aronson, lauren

robinson, michael

collins, michael

hingson, constantine

Government Entities

executive office of the president (eop)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

computer industry: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement; procurement reform.; promoting open-source innovation.; fy 2017 appropriations
copyright/patent/trademark: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement.; promoting open-source innovation.; modernizing u.s. government information technology.

Filing 104 of 250
2017, 3rd quarter (july 1 - sep 30)

Amount

$50,000.00 USD

Date Received

Thu Oct 19 2017 13:10:08 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	kamins consulting
Description	government and public relations consulting
Address	6825 cherry lane; annandale, va 20003 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	technology, software & services
Contact	scott kamins
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyist

Name	kamins, scott a
Position	deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state

Government Entities

house of representatives
senate
white house office

Issues

taxation/internal revenue code: comprehensive tax reform proposals; proposals relating to potential changes to the tax treatment of foreign earnings.
copyright/patent/trademark: patent reform; provisions relating to software patents
education: h.r. 2353, reauthorization of the carl d. perkins perkins cte act to improve the supply of workforce-ready graduates, align cte programs to local, state, and regional market needs, and support collaboration between secondary and post-secondary institutions and employers.
trade (domestic/foreign): provisions that would protect the ability to move data across borders freely and that limit government requirements to store data on servers within national boundaries. potential renegotiation of the north american free trade agreement.
computer industry: h.r. 1770/s. 760, the open government data act; s.1671, the international communications privacy act, proposals that would enhance digital privacy protections while imposing legal safeguards on government access to data; h.r. 589, exascale computing research program. s.1693/h.r. 1865, stop enabling sex traffickers act, provisions to to prevent new technologies and online services from being abused by criminals.

Filing 105 of 250
2017, 3rd quarter (july 1 - sep 30)

Amount

$10,000.00 USD

Date Received

Thu Oct 05 2017 13:18:48 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	cavarocchi ruscio dennis associates, l.l.c.
Description	consultant firm
Address	600 maryland avenue, sw; suite 835w; washington, dc 20024 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	global information systems, consulting and technology services.
Contact	katina pierce
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

ruscio, domenic

van deusen, karl j

Government Entities

defense, dept of (dod)
health & human services, dept of (hhs)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

defense: defense appropriations bill, fy 2017, hr 5293, s. 3000; national defense authorization, fy 2017; hr 4909, s. 2943, health and intelligence programs, distributed command ground system, education programs.
budget/appropriations: defense appropriations bill, fy 2018, hr 3219; national defense authorization, fy 2018; hr 2810 s. 2943, health and intelligence programs, distributed command ground system, education programs.; h.r.3354 - interior and environment, agriculture and rural development, commerce, justice, science, financial services and general government, homeland security, labor, health and human services, education, state and foreign operations, transportation, housing and urban development, defense, military construction and veterans affairs, legislative branch, and energy and water development appropriations act, 2018

Filing 106 of 250
2017, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$1,660,000.00 USD

Date Received

Thu Jul 20 2017 12:21:48 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	international business machines corporation
Address	600 14th street, nw; suite 300; washington, dc 20005-2012 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Contact	jill caiazzo
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

sheehy, timothy j

mcculloch, edgar h iii

stewart, steven w

rhone, adrienne g

williams, marcus p

evans, linda c

docktor, roslyn

marks, debra l

bruner, cheryl

singer, meredith

ignaszewski, katie

dipaula-coyle, michael

bury, craig e

vaynberg, yelena

walsh, kevin

Government Entities

commerce, dept of (doc)
education, dept of
energy, dept of
executive office of the president (eop)
health & human services, dept of (hhs)
house of representatives
labor, dept of (dol)
natl economic council (nec)
natl institute of standards & technology (nist)
natl security council (nsc)
natl telecommunications & information administrati
office of management & budget (omb)
office of the vice president of the united states
patent & trademark office (pto)
senate
state, dept of (dos)
treasury, dept of
u.s. trade representative (ustr)
white house office

Issues

copyright/patent/trademark: legislative & regulatory issues related to intellectual property, including patents, copyright, and trademarks:; software patent eligibility; indonesia patent law implementation; amendment of patent at ptab.
labor issues/antitrust/workplace: legislative & regulatory issues related to labor, workplace & benefits policy:; high-skilled immigration reform (generally); h.r. 5801: protect & grow american jobs act; hj res 37 - cra on blacklisting rule; h.r. 392 - fairness for high-skilled immigrants act; healthcare reconciliation bills, including american health care act of 2017 (h.r. 1628); paid family leave
defense: legislative & regulatory issues related to defense matters:; h.r. 2810, s. 1519, the national defense authorization act fy 2018, distributed common ground system, data centers and analytics, disa commercial cloud, army talent and engagement programs, and dod it procurement.
budget/appropriations: legislative & regulatory issues related to budget & appropriations matters:; h.r. 2028, hj res 99, fy 2017 continuing resolution, h.r. 244, fy 2017 omnibus appropriations: dod/cognitive; data center consolidation; dod pubic/private partnerships; dod fy 2018 appropriations - it procurement; disa commercial cloud; army talent & engagement programs; distributed common ground system -army; doe office of science; fy 2018 defense appropriations - dcgs-a, fy 2018 dha appropriations - fema riskamp funding, national flood insurance program, the america first budget blueprint 2018, issues regarding dhs- fema risk map program, noaa, nasa and nsf funding.; labor, hhs, and education appropriations act, fy2017, h.r. 2028, continuing resolution; consolidated appropriations act, fy2016, labor, hhs, and education appropriations act, fy2016: center for medicare and medicaid services program integrity, and cognitive computing for health care and research. ; recommendations for more efficient government operations, generally. commerce, justice, science appropriations act, fy2018: fbi it (draft), uspto funding.
computer industry: legislative & regulatory issues related to technology policy, including r&d, cybersecurity, privacy, health it & technology procurement:; s. 990 and h.r. 2227, modernizing government technology act (mgt act) 2017; concepts for modernizing federal it infrastructure, generally; implementation of buy america act; s. 760 and h.r. 1770, open government data act.; policy on internet of things and security.; s. 1157 and h.r. 2481, patch act of 2017.; emerging technologies: blockchain technology, cloud, ai, iot.; shared services legislation (draft).; implementation of h.r. 6, 21st century cures act.; h.r. 589, department of energy research and innovation act.
education: legislative & regulatory issues related to education, workforce training & related matters:; workforce development initiative -- ideas for apprenticeships, career-focused education, and certification programs. ; h.r. 2353 - the strengthening career and technical education for the 21st century act.
trade (domestic/foreign): legislative & regulatory issues related to international trade including multilateral & bilateral trade agreements:; digital trade; cfius.; bilateral trade issues: china, india, nigeria ict guidelines and kenya (including tax issue).; proposed renegotiation of nafta.
taxation/internal revenue code: legislative & regulatory issues related to domestic and international tax, including tax treaties:; fundamental corporate tax reform based on the house gop tax reform blueprint, "a better way for tax reform".; u.s. treasury guidelines and related regulations on oecd base erosion profit-shifting (beps) project and implementations.; h.r. 1393, s. 540 mobile workforce state income tax simplification act.; bilateral income tax treaties with focus on u.s.-spain and u.s. - chile.

Filing 107 of 250
2017, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$30,000.00 USD

Date Received

Thu Jul 20 2017 10:58:42 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	mehlman castagnetti rosen & thomas, inc.
Description	government affairs consulting services
Address	1341 g street, nw; suite 1100; washington, dc 20005 usa

Client

Name	red hat inc
Contact	solveig monson
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyists

rosen, dean

thomas, david r

finley pickering, elise

castagnetti, david

mehlman, bruce

wooters, charles

gupta, sohini

eastman, sage

aronson, lauren

robinson, michael

collins, michael

hingson, constantine

Government Entities

executive office of the president (eop)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

copyright/patent/trademark: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement.; promoting open-source innovation.; modernizing u.s. government information technology.
computer industry: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement; procurement reform.; promoting open-source innovation.; fy 2017 appropriations
taxation/internal revenue code: comprehensive tax reform.

Filing 108 of 250
2017, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$10,000.00 USD

Date Received

Mon Jul 17 2017 13:35:01 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	cavarocchi ruscio dennis associates, l.l.c.
Description	consultant firm
Address	600 maryland avenue, sw; suite 835w; washington, dc 20024 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	global information systems, consulting and technology services.
Contact	katina pierce
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

ruscio, domenic

van deusen, karl j

Government Entities

defense, dept of (dod)
health & human services, dept of (hhs)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

budget/appropriations: defense appropriations bill, fy 2017, hr 5293, s. 3000; national defense authorization, fy 2017; hr 4909, s. 2943, health and intelligence programs, distributed command ground system, education programs.
defense: defense appropriations bill, fy 2017, hr 5293, s. 3000; national defense authorization, fy 2017; hr 4909, s. 2943, health and intelligence programs, distributed command ground system, education programs.

Filing 109 of 250
2017, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$50,000.00 USD

Date Received

Wed Jul 12 2017 16:41:41 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	kamins consulting
Description	government and public relations consulting
Address	6825 cherry lane; annandale, va 20003 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	technology, software & services
Contact	scott kamins
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyist

Name	kamins, scott a
Position	deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state

Government Entities

house of representatives
senate
white house office

Issues

computer industry: h.r. 1770/s. 760, the open government data act; proposals that would enhance digital privacy protections while imposing legal safeguards on government access to data; h.r. 589, exascale computing research program
education: h.r. 2353, reauthorization of the carl d. perkins perkins cte act to improve the supply of workforce-ready graduates, align cte programs to local, state, and regional market needs, and support collaboration between secondary and post-secondary institutions and employers.
trade (domestic/foreign): provisions that would protect the ability to move data across borders freely and that limit government requirements to store data on servers within national boundaries. potential renegotiation of the north american free trade agreement.
taxation/internal revenue code: comprehensive tax reform proposals; proposals relating to potential changes to the tax treatment of foreign earnings.
copyright/patent/trademark: patent reform; provisions relating to software patents

Filing 110 of 250
2017, 1st quarter (jan 1 - mar 31)

Amount

$50,000.00 USD

Date Received

Thu Apr 20 2017 19:42:12 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	kamins consulting
Description	government and public relations consulting
Address	6825 cherry lane; annandale, va 20003 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	technology, software & services
Contact	scott kamins
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyist

Name	kamins, scott a
Position	deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state

Government Entities

house of representatives
senate

Issues

trade (domestic/foreign): provisions that would protect the ability to move data across borders freely and that limit government requirements to store data on servers within national boundaries.
education: reauthorization of the carl d. perkins perkins cte act to improve the supply of workforce-ready graduates, align cte programs to local, state, and regional market needs, and support collaboration between secondary and post-secondary institutions and employers.
taxation/internal revenue code: comprehensive tax reform proposals; proposals relating to potential changes to the tax treatment of foreign earnings.
copyright/patent/trademark: patent reform; provisions relating to software patents
computer industry: proposals that would enhance digital privacy protections while imposing legal safeguards on government access to data; exascale computing research program

Filing 111 of 250
2017, 1st quarter (jan 1 - mar 31)

Amount

$1,130,000.00 USD

Date Received

Thu Apr 20 2017 16:41:40 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	international business machines corporation
Address	600 14th street, nw; suite 300; washington, dc 20005-2012 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Contact	jill caiazzo
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

sheehy, timothy j

mcculloch, edgar h iii

stewart, steven w

rhone, adrienne g

williams, marcus p

evans, linda c

docktor, roslyn

marks, debra l

bruner, cheryl

singer, meredith

ignaszewski, katie

dipaula-coyle, michael

bury, craig e

vaynberg, yelena

Name	walsh, kevin
Position	special assistant to senator mccaskill special assistant to senator mccaskill

Government Entities

army, dept of (other)
commerce, dept of (doc)
defense, dept of (dod)
energy, dept of
homeland security, dept of (dhs)
house of representatives
labor, dept of (dol)
natl institute of standards & technology (nist)
natl telecommunications & information administrati
office of management & budget (omb)
office of science & technology policy (ostp)
patent & trademark office (pto)
senate
treasury, dept of
u.s. trade representative (ustr)
vice president of the u.s.
white house office

Issues

computer industry: legislative & regulatory issues related to technology policy, including r&d, cybersecurity, privacy, health it & technology procurement:; modernizing government technology act (mgt act) 2017 (draft). ; s. 88 and h.r. 686, developing innovation and growing the internet of things act or the digit act; policy on internet of things and security; draft cyber shield act of 2017; government policy on encryption technology. ; h.r. 1224 cybersecurity assessment and audit act of 2017; s. 770 main street cybersecurity act; draft active cyber defense certainty act. ; emerging technologies: blockchain technology, cloud, ai, iot.; shared services legislation (draft).; implementation of h.r. 6, 21st century cures act.; h.r. 589, department of energy research and innovation act.; concepts for modernizing federal it infrastructure, generally.
copyright/patent/trademark: legislative & regulatory issues related to intellectual property, including patents, copyright, and trademarks:; software patent eligibility; indonesia patent law implementation.
labor issues/antitrust/workplace: legislative & regulatory issues related to labor, workplace & benefits policy:; high-skilled immigration reform (generally); h.r. 5801: protect & grow american jobs act; hj res 37 - cra on blacklisting rule; h.r. 392 - fairness for high-skilled immigrants act; healthcare reconciliation bills, including american health care act of 2017 (h.r. 1628).
budget/appropriations: legislative & regulatory issues related to budget & appropriations matters:; h.r. 2028, fy 2017 continuing resolution: dod/cognitive; data center consolidation;dod pubic/private partnerships; dod it procurement; disa commercial cloud; army talent & engagement programs; distributed common ground system -army; doe office of science; the america first budget blueprint 2018, issues regarding dhs-fema risk map program, noaa, nasa and nsf funding.; labor, hhs, and education appropriations act, fy2017, h.r. 2028, continuing resolution; consolidated appropriations act, fy2016, labor, hhs, and education appropriations act, fy2016: center for medicare and medicaid services program integrity, and cognitive computing for health care and research.; recommendations for more efficient government operations, generally. ; commerce, justice, science appropriations act, fy2018: fbi it (draft).
trade (domestic/foreign): legislative & regulatory issues related to international trade including multilateral & bilateral trade agreements:; digital trade; cfius.; bilateral trade issues: china, india, nigeria ict guidelines and kenya (including tax issue).; proposed renegotiation of nafta.
taxation/internal revenue code: legislative & regulatory issues related to domestic and international tax, including tax treaties:; fundamental corporate tax reform based on the house gop tax reform blueprint, "a better way for tax reform".; u.s. treasury guidelines and related regulations on oecd base erosion profit-shifting (beps) project and implementations.; h.r. 1393 mobile workforce state income tax simplification act.; bilateral income tax treaties with focus on u.s.-spain and u.s.-chile.
education: legislative & regulatory issues related to education, workforce training & related matters:; workforce development initiative -- ideas for apprenticeships, career-focused education, and certification programs. ; the strengthening career and technical education for the 21st century act (draft).
defense: legislative & regulatory issues related to defense matters:; national defense authorization act 2018 (draft): distributed common ground system, data centers and analytics, disa commercial cloud, army talent and engagement programs, and dod it procurement.
homeland security: executive order 13769 on protecting the nation from foreign terrorist entry into the united states

Filing 112 of 250
2017, 1st quarter (jan 1 - mar 31)

Amount

$30,000.00 USD

Date Received

Wed Apr 19 2017 14:53:31 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	mehlman castagnetti rosen & thomas, inc.
Description	government affairs consulting services
Address	1341 g street, nw; suite 1100; washington, dc 20005 usa

Client

Name	red hat inc
Contact	solveig monson
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyists

rosen, dean

thomas, david r

finley pickering, elise

castagnetti, david

mehlman, bruce

wooters, charles

gupta, sohini

eastman, sage

aronson, lauren

robinson, michael

collins, michael

hingson, constantine

Government Entities

commerce, dept of (doc)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

copyright/patent/trademark: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement.; promoting open-source innovation.
computer industry: ensuring a level playing field for open-source software and services in government policy and procurement.; promoting open-source innovation.; fy 2017 appropriations
taxation/internal revenue code: comprehensive tax reform.

Filing 113 of 250
2017, 1st quarter (jan 1 - mar 31)

Amount

$10,000.00 USD

Date Received

Tue Apr 18 2017 15:25:48 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	cavarocchi ruscio dennis associates, l.l.c.
Description	consultant firm
Address	600 maryland avenue, sw; suite 835w; washington, dc 20024 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	global information systems, consulting and technology services.
Contact	katina pierce
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

ruscio, domenic

van deusen, karl j

Government Entities

defense, dept of (dod)
health & human services, dept of (hhs)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

defense: defense appropriations bill, fy 2017, hr 5293, s. 3000; national defense authorization, fy 2017; hr 4909, s. 2943, health and intelligence programs, distributed command ground system, education programs.
budget/appropriations: defense appropriations bill, fy 2017, hr 5293, s. 3000; national defense authorization, fy 2017; hr 4909, s. 2943, health and intelligence programs, distributed command ground system, education programs.

Filing 114 of 250
2016, 4th quarter (oct 1 - dec 31)

Amount

$820,000.00 USD

Date Received

Mon Jan 23 2017 17:03:44 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registrant

Name	international business machines corporation
Address	600 14th street, nw; suite 300; washington, dc 20005-2012 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Contact	jill caiazzo
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

sheehy, timothy j

mcculloch, edgar h iii

stewart, steven w

rhone, adrienne g

williams, marcus p

evans, linda c

docktor, roslyn

marks, debra l

bruner, cheryl

singer, meredith

ignaszewski, katie

dipaula-coyle, michael

bury, craig e

vaynberg, yelena

Government Entities

commerce, dept of (doc)
equal employment opportunity commission (eeoc)
house of representatives
internal revenue service (irs)
natl telecommunications & information administrati
senate
state, dept of (dos)
treasury, dept of
u.s. trade representative (ustr)

Issues

trade (domestic/foreign): legislative & regulatory issues related to international trade including multilateral & bilateral trade agreements:; trans pacific partnership agreement (tpp); trade in services agreement (tisa); transatlantic trade and investment partnership (ttip).; bilateral trade issues: china and india
copyright/patent/trademark: legislative & regulatory issues related to intellectual property, including patents, copyright, and trademarks:; software patent eligibility; india trade secrets reform; india computer-related invention examination guidelines; indonesia patent law implementation.
education: legislative & regulatory issues related to education, workforce training & related matters:; h.r. 5 student success act/s.1177 every child achieves act; h.r. 5587, the strengthening career and technical education for the 21st century act.
labor issues/antitrust/workplace: legislative & regulatory issues related to labor, workplace & benefits policy:; high-skilled immigration reform (generally); hr 5801: protect & grow american jobs act.
defense: legislative & regulatory issues related to defense matters:; national defense authorization act, fy2017, national defense authorization act, s. 2943; national defense authorization act, 2016: distributed common ground system - army (dcgs-a), data centers and analytics, disa commercial cloud, dod/va integrated electronic health records; provisions to block the fair pay & safe workplaces executive order.
taxation/internal revenue code: legislative & regulatory issues related to domestic and international tax, including tax treaties:; bilateral income tax treaties: u.s. - spain, u.s. - chile. ; oecd guidelines and u.s. treasury comments on taxation: base erosion profit-shifting (beps) project.; h.r. 2315/s. 386 mobile workforce state income tax simplification act.; fundamental corporate tax reform based on h.r. 1 tax reform act of 2014; house gop tax reform blueprint "a better way for tax reform".
budget/appropriations: legislative & regulatory issues related to budget & appropriations matters:; dod appropriations act, fy2017, hr 2028 fy 2017 continuing resolution; consolidated appropriations act, fy2016, and dod appropriations act, fy2016: air force health it , dod/va integrated electronic health records, data center consolidation, dod public/private partnerships, disa commercial cloud, and army talent & engagement program; provision to block the fair pay & safe workplaces executive order; dcgs.; labor, hhs, and education appropriations act, fy2017, hr2028, continuing resoltuoin; consolidated appropriations act, fy2016, labor, hhs, and education appropriations act, fy2016: center for medicare and medicaid services program integrity, and cognitive computing for health care and research. ; military construction/va appropriations act, fy2017, hr 2028 fy 2017 continuing resolution; consolidated appropriations act, fy2016, and military construction/va appropriations act, fy2016 (current year execution): dod/va integrated electronic health records, va disability claims processing and program integrity, va choice act implementation, and cognitive computing for health care and research.
computer industry: legislative & regulatory issues related to technology policy, including r&d, cybersecurity, privacy, health it & technology procurement:; s.1101 medical electronic data technology enhancement for consumers health (medtech) act; h.r. 6 21st century cures act/h.r. 2396 software act; vice president biden's cancer moonshot precision medicine initiative.; government policy on encryption technology.; h.r. 6004 modernizing government technology act (mgt act) 2016.; s. 2607 developing innovation and growing the internet of things act or the digit act; policy on internet of things and security.

Filing 115 of 250
2016, 4th quarter (oct 1 - dec 31)

Amount

$50,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Jan 20 2017 17:13:56 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registrant

Name	kamins consulting
Description	government and public relations consulting
Address	6825 cherry lane; annandale, va 20003 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	technology, software & services
Contact	scott kamins
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyist

Name	kamins, scott a
Position	deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state

Government Entities

house of representatives
senate

Issues

taxation/internal revenue code: comprehensive tax reform proposals; proposals relating to potential changes to the tax treatment of foreign earnings;
copyright/patent/trademark: patent reform; provisions relating to software patents;
computer industry: the leads act h.r. 1174, provisions that would enhance digital privacy protections while imposing legal safeguards on government access to data. s. 512; the software act, the medtech act; h.r. 1560, h.r. 6, the 21st century cures act, provisions that would enhance health care professionals access to it innovations by clarifying regulatory treatment of low-risk software technology. energy policy modernization act s. 2012, including the exascale research program.
trade (domestic/foreign): the trans-pacific partnership agreement, provisions that protect the ability to move data across borders freely and that limit government requirements to store data on servers within national boundaries.

Filing 116 of 250
2016, 4th quarter (oct 1 - dec 31)

Amount

$30,000.00 USD

Date Received

Thu Jan 19 2017 15:02:27 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registrant

Name	mehlman castagnetti rosen & thomas, inc.
Description	government affairs consulting services
Address	1341 g street, nw; suite 1100; washington, dc 20005 usa

Client

Name	red hat inc
Contact	solveig monson
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyists

rosen, dean

thomas, david r

finley pickering, elise

castagnetti, david

mehlman, bruce

wooters, charles

gupta, sohini

eastman, sage

aronson, lauren

robinson, michael

collins, michael

hingson, constantine

Government Entities

commerce, dept of (doc)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

computer industry: research and development; stem education; federal procurement of software and management of federal it systems.
taxation/internal revenue code: tax reform, especially as it relates to an innovation box as tax treatment of software services.
copyright/patent/trademark: issues relating to patent reform and intellectual property.; h.r. 9, the innovation act of 2015.; s. 1137, the patent act.
science/technology: issues relating to transparency and openness in government operations; open source software development and procurement; patent reform and intellectual property; global trade and investment.

Filing 117 of 250
2016, 4th quarter (oct 1 - dec 31)

Amount

$40,000.00 USD

Date Received

Wed Jan 11 2017 14:19:10 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registrant

Name	cavarocchi ruscio dennis associates, l.l.c.
Description	consultant firm
Address	600 maryland avenue, sw; suite 835w; washington, dc 20024 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	global information systems, consulting and technology services.
Contact	katina pierce
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

ruscio, domenic

jaquet, brent

van deusen, karl j

Government Entities

defense, dept of (dod)
health & human services, dept of (hhs)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

budget/appropriations: defense appropriations bill, fy 2017, hr 5293, s. 3000; national defense authorization, fy 2017; hr 4909, s. 2943, health and intelligence programs, distributed command ground system, education programs.
defense: defense appropriations bill, fy 2017, hr 5293, s. 3000; national defense authorization, fy 2017; hr 4909, s. 2943, health and intelligence programs, distributed command ground system, education programs.

Filing 118 of 250
2016, 3rd quarter (july 1 - sep 30)

Amount

$50,000.00 USD

Date Received

Thu Oct 20 2016 16:29:29 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	kamins consulting
Description	government and public relations consulting
Address	6825 cherry lane; annandale, va 20003 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	technology, software & services
Contact	scott kamins
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyist

Name	kamins, scott a
Position	deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state deputy assistant secretary of state

Government Entities

house of representatives
senate

Issues

taxation/internal revenue code: comprehensive tax reform proposals; proposals relating to potential changes to the tax treatment of foreign earnings;
computer industry: the leads act h.r. 1174, provisions that would enhance digital privacy protections while imposing legal safeguards on government access to data. s. 512; the software act, the medtech act; h.r. 1560, h.r. 6, the 21st century cures act, provisions that would enhance health care professionals access to it innovations by clarifying regulatory treatment of low-risk software technology. h.r. 1428, judicial redress act, provisions to extend certain privacy rights to citizens of u.s. allies relating to the flow of electronic data. s. 1890, defend trade secrets act, to provide federal jurisdiction over the theft of trade secrets. energy policy modernization act s. 2012, including the exascale research program.
copyright/patent/trademark: patent reform; h.r. 9, the innovation act; s. 1137, the patent act, provisions relating to software patents;
trade (domestic/foreign): the trans-pacific partnership agreement, provisions that protect the ability to move data across borders freely and that limit government requirements to store data on servers within national boundaries.

Filing 119 of 250
2016, 3rd quarter (july 1 - sep 30)

Amount

$870,000.00 USD

Date Received

Thu Oct 20 2016 13:38:11 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	international business machines corporation
Address	600 14th street, nw; suite 300; washington, dc 20005-2012 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Contact	jill caiazzo
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

sheehy, timothy j

mcculloch, edgar h iii

stewart, steven w

rhone, adrienne g

williams, marcus p

evans, linda c

marks, debra l

bruner, cheryl

singer, meredith

ignaszewski, katie

dipaula-coyle, michael

bury, craig e

Government Entities

commerce, dept of (doc)
house of representatives
intl trade administration (ita)
senate
state, dept of (dos)
treasury, dept of
u.s. trade representative (ustr)
white house office

Issues

defense: legislative & regulatory issues related to defense matters:; national defense authorization act, fy2017, national defense authorization act, fy2016 (current year execution): distributed common ground system - army (dcgs-a), data centers and analytics, disa commercial cloud, dod/va integrated electronic health records; provisions to block the fair pay & safe workplaces executive order.
copyright/patent/trademark: legislative & regulatory issues related to intellectual property, including patents, copyright, and trademarks:; s. 1890/h.r. 3326 defend trade secrets act; h.r. 9 innovation act; china anti-unfair competition law amendments; s. 1137 patent act; software patent eligibility; india computer-related invention examination guidelines.
labor issues/antitrust/workplace: legislative & regulatory issues related to labor, workplace & benefits policy:; s.153 immigration innovation act; high-skilled immigration reform; implementation of white house's executive action rule on h-4 spousal work authorization; uscis' l-1b guidance; h.r. 213 fairness for high-skilled immigrants act.
education: legislative & regulatory issues related to education, workforce training & related matters:; h.r. 5 student success act/s.1177 every child achieves act; h.r. 5587, "the strengthening career and technical education for the 21st century act".
taxation/internal revenue code: legislative & regulatory issues related to domestic and international tax, including tax treaties:; bilateral income tax treaties: u.s. - spain, u.s. - chile. ; oecd guidelines and u.s. treasury comments on taxation: base erosion profit-shifting (beps) project.; h.r. 2315/s. 386 mobile workforce state income tax simplification act.; fundamental corporate tax reform based on h.r. 1, "tax reform act of 2014" ; and the house gop tax reform blueprint " a better way for tax reform".
computer industry: legislative & regulatory issues related to technology policy, including r&d, cybersecurity, privacy, health it & technology procurement:; h.r. 874 american super computing leadership act; s. 454 exascale computing for science, competitiveness, advanced manufacturing, leadership and the economy act of 2015.; s.1101 medical electronic data technology enhancement for consumers health (medtech) act; h.r. 6 21st century cures act/h.r. 2396 software act; vice president biden 's cancer moonshot precision medicine initiative.; h.r. 4651 digital security commission act of 2016.; h.r. 1174/s. 512 law enforcement access to data stored abroad (leads) act.; government policy on encryption technology.; h.r. 6004 modernizing government technology act (mgt act) 2016.
trade (domestic/foreign): legislative & regulatory issues related to international trade including multilateral & bilateral trade agreements:; trans pacific partnership agreement (tpp); trade in services agreement (tisa); transatlantic trade and investment partnership (ttip).; bilateral trade issues: china and india.
budget/appropriations: legislative & regulatory issues related to budget & appropriations matters:; dod appropriations act, fy2017, consolidated appropriations act, fy2016, and dod appropriations act, fy2016 (current year execution): air force health it , dod/va integrated electronic health records, data center consolidation, dod public/private partnerships, disa commercial cloud, and army talent & engagement program; provision to block the fair pay & safe workplaces executive order.; labor, hhs, and education appropriations act, fy2017, consolidated appropriations act, fy2016, labor, hhs, and education appropriations act, fy2016 (current year execution): center for medicare and medicaid services program integrity, and cognitive computing for health care and research.; military construction/va appropriations act, fy2017, and consolidated appropriations act, fy2016, and military construction/va appropriations act, fy2016 (current year execution): dod/va integrated electronic health records, va disability claims processing and program integrity, va choice act implementation, and cognitive computing for health care and research.; s. 2837 commerce, justice, science, and related agencies appropriations act, 2017, section 515.

Filing 120 of 250
2016, 3rd quarter (july 1 - sep 30)

Amount

$30,000.00 USD

Date Received

Thu Oct 20 2016 09:39:41 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	mehlman castagnetti rosen & thomas, inc.
Description	government affairs consulting services
Address	1341 g street, nw; suite 1100; washington, dc 20005 usa

Client

Name	red hat inc
Contact	solveig monson
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyists

rosen, dean

thomas, david r

finley pickering, elise

castagnetti, david

mehlman, bruce

wooters, charles

gupta, sohini

eastman, sage

aronson, lauren

robinson, michael

collins, michael

hingson, constantine

Government Entities

commerce, dept of (doc)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

taxation/internal revenue code: tax reform, especially as it relates to an innovation box as tax treatment of software services.
science/technology: issues relating to transparency and openness in government operations; open source software development and procurement; patent reform and intellectual property; global trade and investment.
computer industry: research and development; stem education; federal procurement of software and management of federal it systems.
copyright/patent/trademark: issues relating to patent reform and intellectual property.; h.r. 9, the innovation act of 2015.; s. 1137, the patent act.

Filing 121 of 250
2016, 3rd quarter (july 1 - sep 30)

Amount

$40,000.00 USD

Date Received

Mon Oct 17 2016 15:34:43 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	cavarocchi ruscio dennis associates, l.l.c.
Description	consultant firm
Address	600 maryland avenue, sw; suite 835w; washington, dc 20024 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	global information systems, consulting and technology services.
Contact	katina pierce
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

ruscio, domenic

jaquet, brent

van deusen, karl j

Government Entities

defense, dept of (dod)
health & human services, dept of (hhs)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

budget/appropriations: defense appropriations bill, fy 2017, hr 5293, s. 3000; national defense authorization, fy 2017; hr 4909, s. 2943, health and intelligence programs, distributed command ground system, education programs.
defense: defense appropriations bill, fy 2017, hr 5293, s. 3000; national defense authorization, fy 2017; hr 4909, s. 2943, health and intelligence programs, distributed command ground system, education programs.

Filing 122 of 250
2016, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$50,000.00 USD

Date Received

Mon Jul 25 2016 16:03:02 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	kamins consulting
Description	government and public relations consulting
Address	6825 cherry lane; annandale, va 20003 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	technology, software & services
Contact	scott kamins
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyist

Name	kamins, scott a
Position	deputy assistant secretary of state

Government Entities

house of representatives
senate

Issues

trade (domestic/foreign): the trans-pacific partnership agreement, provisions that protect the ability to move data across borders freely and that limit government requirements to store data on servers within national boundaries.
computer industry: the leads act h.r. 1174, provisions that would enhance digital privacy protections while imposing legal safeguards on government access to data. s. 512; the software act, the medtech act; h.r. 1560, h.r. 6, the 21st century cures act, provisions that would enhance health care professionals access to it innovations by clarifying regulatory treatment of low-risk software technology. h.r. 1428, judicial redress act, provisions to extend certain privacy rights to citizens of u.s. allies relating to the flow of electronic data. s. 1890, defend trade secrets act, to provide federal jurisdiction over the theft of trade secrets. energy policy modernization act s. 2012, including the exascale research program.
taxation/internal revenue code: comprehensive tax reform proposals; proposals relating to potential changes to the tax treatment of foreign earnings;
copyright/patent/trademark: patent reform; h.r. 9, the innovation act; s. 1137, the patent act, provisions relating to software patents; s. 1890, the defend trade secrets act

Filing 123 of 250
2016, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$40,000.00 USD

Date Received

Wed Jul 20 2016 12:47:56 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	mehlman castagnetti rosen & thomas, inc.
Description	government affairs consulting services
Address	1341 g street, nw; suite 1100; washington, dc 20005 usa

Client

Name	red hat inc
Contact	solveig monson
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyists

rosen, dean

thomas, david r

finley pickering, elise

castagnetti, david

mehlman, bruce

wooters, charles

gupta, sohini

eastman, sage

Name	aronson, lauren
Position	director, office of legislation, centers for medicare & medicaid services (cms)professional staff member, committee on ways & means; policy director, white house; policy director, hhs office of health reform (detailed to the white house) ; ; policy advisor, rep. rahm emanuel; health la, rep. carolyn mccarthy

robinson, michael

collins, michael

Name	hingson, constantine
Position	chief of staff, senator dan coatscounsel/legislative director, senator judd gregggeneral counsel, senator elizabeth dole

Government Entities

commerce, dept of (doc)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

science/technology: issues relating to transparency and openness in government operations; open source software development and procurement; patent reform and intellectual property; global trade and investment.
taxation/internal revenue code: tax extenders and tax reform, especially as it relates to an innovation box as tax treatment of software services.
copyright/patent/trademark: issues relating to patent reform and intellectual property.; h.r. 9, the innovation act of 2015.; s. 1137, the patent act.
computer industry: research and development; stem education; federal procurement of software and management of federal it systems.

Filing 124 of 250
2016, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$1,520,000.00 USD

Date Received

Tue Jul 19 2016 16:27:54 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	international business machines corporation
Address	600 14th street, nw; suite 300; washington, dc 20005-2012 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Contact	jill caiazzo
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

sheehy, timothy j

mcculloch, edgar h iii

stewart, steven w

rhone, adrienne g

williams, marcus p

evans, linda c

docktor, roslyn

marks, debra l

bruner, cheryl

singer, meredith

ignaszewski, katie

dipaula-coyle, michael

bury, craig e

vaynberg, yelena

Government Entities

army, dept of (other)
commerce, dept of (doc)
education, dept of
energy, dept of
executive office of the president (eop)
federal bureau of investigation (fbi)
federal trade commission (ftc)
house of representatives
justice, dept of (doj)
natl economic council (nec)
natl security agency (nsa)
office of management & budget (omb)
office of science & technology policy (ostp)
senate
state, dept of (dos)
treasury, dept of
u.s. trade representative (ustr)
white house office

Issues

copyright/patent/trademark: legislative & regulatory issues related to intellectual property, including patents, copyright, and trademarks:; s. 1890/h.r. 3326 defend trade secrets act; h.r. 9 innovation act; china anti-unfair competition law amendments; s. 1137 patent act; software patent eligibility; india computer-related invention examination guidelines.
defense: legislative & regulatory issues related to defense matters:; language regarding distributed common ground system - army (dcgs-a) h.r. 4904/s. 2943 fy17 ndaa (national defense authorization act). national defense authorization act (ndaa), fy2017), h.r. 1735/s. 1376 national defense authorization act, fy2016 pub. l. no. 114-92) (current year execution): distributed common ground system - army (dcgs-a), data centers and analytics, disa commercial cloud security level designation, dha data center rfp, dod/va integrated electronic health records, section 1083 report on certain information technology systems and technology and critical national security infrastructure, and dod enterprise-level it procurement, development, and implementation; provision to block the fair pay & safe workplaces executive order.
budget/appropriations: legislative & regulatory issues related to budget & appropriations matters:; president's fy2017 budget request, h.r. 5293 and s. 3000, dod appropriations act, fy2017, h.r. 2029 consolidated appropriations act, fy2016 (pub. l. no. 114-113), and h.r. 2685/s. 1558 dod appropriations act, fy2016 (current year execution): air force it , dod/va integrated electronic health records, data center consolidation, and dod public/private partnerships, disa commercial cloud security level designation, and dod enterprise-level it procurement, development, and implementation. provision to block the fair pay & safe workplaces executive order.; president's fy2017 budget request, h.r. xxx and s. 3040, labor, hhs, and education appropriations act (not yet intoduced in house), h.r. 2029 consolidated appropriations act, fy2016 (pub. l. no. 114-113), s. 1695/ house draft labor, hhs, and education appropriations act, fy2016 (current year execution): center for medicare and medicaid services program integrity, cognitive computing for health care and research, and samhsa it support.; president's budget request, h.r. 4974 and s. 2806 military construction/va appropriations act, fy2017 (plus h.r. 2577, consolidated mil con/va, transportation, and zika supplemental appropriations), and h.r. 2029 consolidated appropriations act, fy2016 (pub. l. no. 114-113) and senate draft military construction/va appropriations act, fy2016 (current year execution): dod/va integrated electronic health records, va disability claims processing and program integrity, va choice act implementation, and cognitive computing for health care and research.; s. 2837 commerce, justice, science, and related agencies appropriations act, 2017, section 515.
labor issues/antitrust/workplace: legislative & regulatory issues related to labor, workplace & benefits policy:; s.153 immigration innovation act; high-skilled immigration reform; implementation of white house's executive action rule on h-4 spousal work authorization; uscis' l-1b guidance; h.r. 213 fairness for high-skilled immigrants act.; fair labor standards act regulatory review; policy issues regarding h1b visa usage.
computer industry: legislative & regulatory issues related to technology policy, including r&d, cybersecurity, privacy, health it & technology procurement:; h.r. 874 american super computing leadership act; s. 454 exascale computing for science, competitiveness, advanced manufacturing, leadership and the economy act of 2015.; s.1101 medical electronic data technology enhancement for consumers health (medtech) act; h.r. 6 21st century cures act/h.r. 2396 software act; vice president biden's cancer moonshot precision medicine initiative.; s. 2604/h.r. 4651 digital security commission act of 2016; s. 2607 digit act; senate draft cyber hygiene bill; cybersecurity information sharing act interim guidance.; h.r. 1174/s. 512 law enforcement access to data stored abroad (leads) act.; government policy on encryption technology.
education: legislative & regulatory issues related to education, workforce training & related matters:; h.r. 5 student success act/s.1177 every child achieves act; h.r. 5587, "the strengthening career and technical education for the 21st century act".
trade (domestic/foreign): legislative & regulatory issues related to international trade including multilateral & bilateral trade agreements:; trans pacific partnership agreement (tpp); trade in services agreement (tisa); transatlantic trade and investment partnership (ttip).; bilateral trade issues: china and india.; export controls - commerce department-proposed cyber rule/wassenaar renegotiation.
taxation/internal revenue code: legislative & regulatory issues related to domestic and international tax, including tax treaties:; bilateral income tax treaties: u.s. - spain, u.s. - chile.; oecd guidelines and u.s. treasury comments on taxation: base erosion profit-shifting (beps) project.; h.r. 2315/s. 386 mobile workforce state income tax simplification act.; fundamental corporate tax reform based on h.r. 1, "tax reform act of 2014"; and the house gop tax reform blueprint "a better way for tax reform."

Filing 125 of 250
2016, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$40,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Jul 15 2016 13:55:52 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	cavarocchi ruscio dennis associates, l.l.c.
Description	consultant firm
Address	600 maryland avenue, sw; suite 835w; washington, dc 20024 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	global information systems, consulting and technology services.
Contact	katina pierce
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

ruscio, domenic

jaquet, brent

van deusen, karl j

Government Entities

defense, dept of (dod)
health & human services, dept of (hhs)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

defense: defense appropriations bill, fy 2017, hr 5293, s. 3000; national defense authorization, fy 2017; hr 4909, s. 2943, health and intelligence programs, distributed command ground system, education programs.
budget/appropriations: defense appropriations bill, fy 2017, hr 5293, s. 3000; national defense authorization, fy 2017; hr 4909, s. 2943, health and intelligence programs, distributed command ground system, education programs.

Filing 126 of 250
2016, 1st quarter (jan 1 - mar 31)

Amount

$50,000.00 USD

Date Received

Wed Apr 20 2016 19:14:57 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	kamins consulting
Description	government and public relations consulting
Address	6825 cherry lane; annandale, va 20003 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	technology, software & services
Contact	scott kamins
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyist

Name	kamins, scott a
Position	deputy assistant secretary of state

Government Entities

house of representatives
senate

Issues

computer industry: the leads act h.r. 1174, provisions that would enhance digital privacy protections while imposing legal safeguards on government access to data. s. 512; the software act, the medtech act; h.r. 1560, h.r. 6, the 21st century cures act, provisions that would enhance health care professionals access to it innovations by clarifying regulatory treatment of low-risk software technology. the protecting cyber networks act, h.r. 1731, the national cybersecurity protection advancement act, s. 754, the cybersecurity information sharing act; provisions to provide a legal framework through which organizations can voluntarily share cyber threat information while protecting individuals, 2016 omnibus appropriations bill. h.r. 1428, judicial redress act, provisions to extend certain privacy rights to citizens of u.s. allies relating to the flow of electronic data. s. 1890, defend trade secrets act, to provide federal jurisdiction over the theft of trade secrets.
copyright/patent/trademark: patent reform; h.r. 9, the innovation act; s. 1137, the patent act, provisions relating to software patents; s. 1890, the defend trade secrets act
trade (domestic/foreign): the trans-pacific partnership agreement, provisions that protect the ability to move data across borders freely and that limit government requirements to store data on servers within national boundaries.
taxation/internal revenue code: comprehensive tax reform proposals; proposals relating to potential changes to the tax treatment of foreign earnings; permanent extension of the tax credit for research and development

Filing 127 of 250
2016, 1st quarter (jan 1 - mar 31)

Amount

$40,000.00 USD

Date Received

Mon Apr 18 2016 16:51:24 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	mehlman castagnetti rosen & thomas, inc.
Description	government affairs consulting services
Address	1341 g street, nw; suite 1100; washington, dc 20005 usa

Client

Name	red hat inc
Contact	solveig monson
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyists

rosen, dean

thomas, david r

finley pickering, elise

castagnetti, david

mehlman, bruce

wooters, charles

gupta, sohini

eastman, sage

aronson, lauren

robinson, michael

collins, michael

Government Entities

commerce, dept of (doc)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

taxation/internal revenue code: tax extenders and tax reform, especially as it relates to an innovation box as tax treatment of software services.
computer industry: research and development; stem education; federal procurement of software and management of federal it systems.
science/technology: issues relating to transparency and openness in government operations; open source software development and procurement; patent reform and intellectual property; global trade and investment.
copyright/patent/trademark: issues relating to patent reform and intellectual property.; h.r. 9, the innovation act of 2015.; s. 1137, the patent act.

Filing 128 of 250
2016, 1st quarter (jan 1 - mar 31)

Amount

$830,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Apr 15 2016 12:10:27 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	international business machines corporation
Address	600 14th street, nw; suite 300; washington, dc 20005-2012 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Contact	jill caiazzo
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

sheehy, timothy j

mcculloch, edgar h iii

stewart, steven w

rhone, adrienne g

williams, marcus p

evans, linda c

marks, debra l

bruner, cheryl

gray, dana

singer, meredith

ignaszewski, katie

dipaula-coyle, michael

bury, craig e

vaynberg, yelena

Government Entities

commerce, dept of (doc)
education, dept of
federal trade commission (ftc)
homeland security, dept of (dhs)
house of representatives
justice, dept of (doj)
labor, dept of (dol)
natl economic council (nec)
office of management & budget (omb)
office of science & technology policy (ostp)
patent & trademark office (pto)
senate
state, dept of (dos)
treasury, dept of
u.s. trade representative (ustr)
white house office

Issues

trade (domestic/foreign): legislative & regulatory issues related to international trade including multilateral & bilateral trade agreements:; trans pacific partnership agreement (tpp); trade in services agreement (tisa); transatlantic trade and investment partnership (ttip).; bilateral trade issues: china, brazil, india, h.r. 1891 african growth and opportunities act of 2015 (agoa) - extension and expansion agoa and nigeria ict guidelines.
labor issues/antitrust/workplace: legislative & regulatory issues related to labor, workplace & benefits policy:; s.153 immigration innovation act; high-skilled immigration reform; implementation of white house's executive action rule on h-4 spousal work authorization; uscis' l-1b guidance; h.r. 213 fairness for high-skilled immigrants act.; fair labor standards act regulatory review; fair pay and safe workplaces executive order; policy issues regarding h1b visa usage.
defense: legislative & regulatory issues related to defense matters:; language regarding distributed common ground system - army (dcgs-a) in the yet to be released fy17 ndaa (national defense authorization act). national defense authorization act (ndaa), fy2017), h.r. 1735/s. 1376 national defense authorization act, fy2016 pub. l. no. 114-92) (current year execution): distributed common ground system - army (dcgs-a), data centers and analytics, disa commercial cloud security level designation, dha data center rfp, dod/va integrated electronic health records, section 1083 report on certain information technology systems and technology and critical national security infrastructure, and dod enterprise-level it procurement, development, and implementation.
copyright/patent/trademark: legislative & regulatory issues related to intellectual property, including patents, copyright, and trademarks:; s. 1890/h.r. 3326 defend trade secrets act; h.r. 9 innovation act; china anti-unfair competition law amendments; s. 1137 patent act; software patent eligibility; india computer-related invention examination guidelines.
computer industry: legislative & regulatory issues related to technology policy, including r&d, cybersecurity, privacy, health it & technology procurement:; h.r. 874 american super computing leadership act; s. 454 exascale computing for science, competitiveness, advanced manufacturing, leadership and the economy act of 2015.; s.1101 medical electronic data technology enhancemt for consumers health (medtech) act; h.r. 6 21st century cures act/h.r. 2396 software act.; h.r. 2205 data security act of 2015; s. 2604/h.r. 4651 digital security commission act of 2016; h.r. 1770 data security and breach notification act of 2015.; h.r. 1174/s. 512 law enforcement access to data stored abroad (leads) act.; government policy on encryption technology. h.r. 1428/s. 1600 judicial redress act.
taxation/internal revenue code: legislative & regulatory issues related to domestic and international tax, including tax treaties:; bilateral income tax treaties: u.s. - spain, u.s. - chile. ; oecd guidelines and u.s. treasury comments on taxation: base erosion profit-shifting (beps) project.; h.r. 2315/s. 386 mobile workforce state income tax simplification act.; fundamental corporate tax reform based on h.r. 1, tax reform act of 2014.
education: legislative & regulatory issues related to education, workforce training & related matters:; reauthorization of perkins cte act, h.r. 5 student success act/s.1177 every child achieves act, implementation of career and technical training and education programs.
budget/appropriations: legislative & regulatory issues related to budget & appropriations matters:; president's fy2017 budget request, h.r. xxx and s. xxx, dod appropriations act, fy2017 (not yet introduced), h.r. 2029 consolidated appropriations act, fy2016 (pub. l. no. 114-113), and h.r. 2685/s. 1558 dod appropriations act, fy2016 (current year execution), fy 16 dod reprogramming request: socom r&d, air force it , dha data center rfp, dod/va integrated electronic health records, data center consolidation, and dod public/private partnerships, disa commercial cloud security level designation, and dod enterprise-level it procurement, development, and implementation.; president's fy2017 budget request, h.r. xxx and s. xxx, hhs, and education appropriations act (not yet introduced), h.r. 2029 consolidated appropriations act, fy2016 (pub. l. no. 114-113), s. 1695/ house draft labor, hhs, and education appropriations act, fy2016 (current year execution): center for medicare and medicaid services program integrity, and cognitive computing for health care and research.; president's budget request, h.r. xxx and s. xxx military construction/va appropriations act, fy2017 (not yet introduced), and h.r. 2029 consolidated appropriations act, fy2016 (pub. l. no. 114-113) and senate draft military construction/va appropriations act, fy2016 (current year execution): dod/va integrated electronic health records, va disability claims processing and program integrity, va choice act implementation, and cognitive computing for health care and research.

Filing 129 of 250
2016, 1st quarter (jan 1 - mar 31)

Date Received

Tue Apr 12 2016 14:50:07 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	cavarocchi ruscio dennis associates, l.l.c.
Description	consultant firm
Address	600 maryland avenue, sw; suite 835w; washington, dc 20024 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	global information systems, consulting and technology services.
Contact	katina pierce
State	district of columbia, usa

Filing 130 of 250
2015, 4th quarter (oct 1 - dec 31)

Amount

$50,000.00 USD

Date Received

Wed Jan 20 2016 15:58:58 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registrant

Name	kamins consulting
Description	government and public relations consulting
Address	6825 cherry lane; annandale, va 20003 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	technology, software & services
Contact	scott kamins
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyist

Name	kamins, scott a
Position	deputy assistant secretary of state

Government Entities

house of representatives
senate

Issues

computer industry: the leads act h.r. 1174, provisions that would enhance digital privacy protections while imposing legal safeguards on government access to data. s. 512; the software act, the medtech act; h.r. 1560, h.r. 6, the 21st century cures act, provisions that would enhance health care professionals access to it innovations by clarifying regulatory treatment of low-risk software technology. the protecting cyber networks act, h.r. 1731, the national cybersecurity protection advancement act, s. 754, the cybersecurity information sharing act; provisions to provide a legal framework through which organizations can voluntarily share cyber threat information while protecting individuals, 2016 omnibus appropriations bill. h.r. 1428, judicial redress act, provisions to extend certain privacy rights to citizens of u.s. allies relating to the flow of electronic data. s. 1890, defend trade secrets act, to provide federal jurisdiction over the theft of trade secrets.
trade (domestic/foreign): the trans-pacific partnership agreement, provisions that protect the ability to move data across borders freely and that limit government requirements to store data on servers within national boundaries.
copyright/patent/trademark: patent reform; h.r. 9, the innovation act; s. 1137, the patent act, provisions relating to software patents
taxation/internal revenue code: comprehensive tax reform proposals; proposals relating to potential changes to the tax treatment of foreign earnings; permanent extension of the tax credit for research and development, 2016 omnibus appropriations bill

Filing 131 of 250
2015, 4th quarter (oct 1 - dec 31)

Amount

$30,000.00 USD

Date Received

Wed Jan 20 2016 10:34:34 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registrant

Name	mehlman castagnetti rosen & thomas, inc.
Description	government affairs consulting services
Address	1341 g street, nw; suite 1100; washington, dc 20005 usa

Client

Name	red hat inc
Contact	solveig monson
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyists

rosen, dean

thomas, david r

finley pickering, elise

castagnetti, david

mehlman, bruce

wooters, charles

gupta, sohini

eastman, sage

aronson, lauren

Name	robinson, michael
Position	member services and coalitions director, house appropriations committee; policy advisor/dep. chief of staff, house majority leader/rep.tom delay; leg dir, rep. hal rogers; sr leg assistant, rep. ralph regula ; ; sr leg assistant, rep. bob franks; leg assistant, rep. hal rogers; special projects assistant, house transportation and infrastructure committee; staff assistant, rep. bud shuster

Name	collins, michael
Position	chief of staff, senator tom udalllegislative director, senator tom udalllegislative director, representative tom udalllegislative assistant, representative tom udallstaff assistant/legislative correspondent, representative tom udall

Government Entities

commerce, dept of (doc)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

computer industry: research and development; stem education; federal procurement of software.
science/technology: issues relating to transparency and openness in government operations; open source software development and procurement; patent reform and intellectual property; global trade and investment.
copyright/patent/trademark: issues relating to patent reform and intellectual property.; h.r. 9, the innovation act of 2015.; s. 1137, the patent act.
taxation/internal revenue code: tax extenders and tax reform, especially as it relates to an innovation box as tax treatment of software services.

Filing 132 of 250
2015, 4th quarter (oct 1 - dec 31)

Amount

$960,000.00 USD

Date Received

Mon Jan 18 2016 10:31:38 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registrant

Name	international business machines corporation
Address	600 14th street, nw; suite 300; washington, dc 20005-2012 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Contact	jill caiazzo
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

sheehy, timothy j

mcculloch, edgar h iii

stewart, steven w

rhone, adrienne g

williams, marcus p

evans, linda c

docktor, roslyn

marks, debra l

bruner, cheryl

gray, dana

singer, meredith

ignaszewski, katie

dipaula-coyle, michael

bury, craig e

vaynberg, yelena

underweiser, marian

Government Entities

commerce, dept of (doc)
defense, dept of (dod)
federal trade commission (ftc)
house of representatives
justice, dept of (doj)
labor, dept of (dol)
natl economic council (nec)
natl security council (nsc)
office of science & technology policy (ostp)
senate
state, dept of (dos)
treasury, dept of
u.s. trade representative (ustr)
white house office

Issues

copyright/patent/trademark: legislative & regulatory issues related to intellectual property, including patents, copyright, and trademarks:; s. 1890/h.r. 3326 defend trade secrets act; h.r. 9 innovation act; china patent regulations and amendments; china competition law; s. 1137 patent act; software patent eligibility.
labor issues/antitrust/workplace: legislative & regulatory issues related to labor, workplace & benefits policy:; s.153 immigration innovation act; high-skilled immigration reform; implementation of white house's executive action rule on h-4 spousal work authorization; uscis' l-1b guidance; h.r. 213 fairness for high-skilled immigrants act.; fair labor standards act regulatory review; fair pay and safe workplaces executive order; policy issues regarding h1b visa usage.
computer industry: legislative & regulatory issues related to technology policy, including r&d, cybersecurity, privacy, health it & technology procurement:; h.r. 874 american super computing leadership act; s. 454 exascale computing for science, competitiveness, advanced manufacturing, leadership and the economy act of 2015. ; s.1101 medical electronic data technology enhancemt for consumers health (medtech) act; h.r. 6 21st century cures act/h.r. 2396 software act.; h.r. 2205 data security act of 2015; h.r. 22 fast act, removal of cybersecurity and privacy provisions.; h.r. 1174/s. 512 law enforcement access to data stored abroad (leads) act; h.r. 1428/s. 1600 judicial redress act.
taxation/internal revenue code: legislative & regulatory issues related to domestic and international tax, including tax treaties:; bilateral income tax treaties: u.s. - spain, u.s. - chile. ; oecd guidelines and u.s. treasury comments on taxation: base erosion profit-shifting (beps) project.; h.r. 2315/s. 386 mobile workforce state income tax simplification act.; renewal of various tax extenders including h.r. 880 american research and competitiveness act on r&d tax credit, h.r. 1430 and h.r. 961 on subpart f exemptions regarding cfc look-through for related party payments and active financing, protecting americans from tax hikes act (amendment to h.r. 2029 approps bill).
defense: legislative & regulatory issues related to defense matters:; h.r. 1735/s. 1376 national defense authorization act, fy2016 pub. l. no. 114-92): distributed common ground system - army (dcgs-a), data centers and analytics, disa commercial cloud security level designation, dha data center rfp, dod/va integrated electronic health records, section 1083 report on certain information technology systems and technology and critical national security infrastructure.
trade (domestic/foreign): legislative & regulatory issues related to international trade including multilateral & bilateral trade agreements:; trans pacific partnership agreement (tpp); trade in services agreement (tisa); transatlantic trade and investment partnership (ttip); h.r. 1314 trade act of 2015.; bilateral trade issues: china, brazil, india, h.r. 1891 african growth and opportunities act of 2015 (agoa) - extension and expansion agoa and nigeria ict guidelines.
budget/appropriations: legislative & regulatory issues related to budget & appropriations matters:; h.r. 2029 consolidated appropriations act, fy2016 (pub. l. no. 114-113), h.r. 4870 dod appropriations act, fy2015, h.r. 83 omnibus and further continuing appropriations act, fy2015 (pub. l. no. 113-235) and h.r. 2685/s. 1558 dod appropriations act, fy2016: distributed common ground system (dcgs-a), socom r&d, air force it (jstars program), dha data center rfp, dod/va integrated electronic health records, data center consolidation, and dod public/private partnerships, disa commercial cloud security level designation and president's fy2016 budget for dcgs-a.; h.r. 2029 consolidated appropriations act, fy2016 (pub. l. no. 114-113), labor, hhs, and education appropriations act, fy2015 (incorporated into h.r. 83), h.r. 83 omnibus and further continuing appropriations act, fy2015 (pub. l. no. 113-235) and s. 1695/ house draft labor, hhs, and education appropriations act, fy2016: center for medicare and medicaid services program integrity funds, social security administration - program integrity, ssa & ssi disability claims processing.; h.r. 4486 military construction/va appropriations act, fy2015, h.r. 83 omnibus and further continuing appropriations act, fy2015 (pub. l. no. 113-235) and h.r. 2029 consolidated appropriations act, fy2016 (pub. l. no. 114-113) and senate draft military construction/va appropriations act, fy2016: dod/va integrated electronic health records, va disability claims processing and program integrity.
education: legislative & regulatory issues related to education, workforce training & related matters:; reauthorization of perkins cte act, h.r. 5 student success act/s.1177 every child achieves act, implementation of career and technical training and education programs.

Filing 133 of 250
2015, 4th quarter (oct 1 - dec 31)

Amount

$40,000.00 USD

Date Received

Wed Jan 13 2016 11:15:33 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registrant

Name	cavarocchi ruscio dennis associates, l.l.c.
Description	consultant firm
Address	600 maryland avenue, sw; suite 835w; washington, dc 20024 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	global information systems, consulting and technology services.
Contact	katina pierce
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

ruscio, domenic

jaquet, brent

van deusen, karl j

Government Entities

centers for medicare and medicaid services (cms)
defense, dept of (dod)
health & human services, dept of (hhs)
house of representatives
senate
social security administration (ssa)

Issues

defense: military construction/veterans appropriations bill, fy 2016, hr 2029 and senate bill; defense appropriations bill, fy 2016, hr 2685 and s 1558; national defense authorization, fy 2016, hr 1735 and s 1118; health programs, data center consolidation, and distributed command ground system.
health issues: labor, health & human services, education appropriations bill for fy 2016, hr 3020 and s. 1695; military construction and veterans affairs appropriations bill 2016, hr 2029 and senate bill, health care reform, health it, predictive analytics and program integrity programs at hhs and social security administration, electronic health records; department of defense appropriations bill 2016, hr 2685 and s 1558.; 21st century cures act, hr 6
budget/appropriations: military construction/veterans appropriations bill, fy 2016, hr 2029 and senate bill; defense appropriations bill, fy 2016, hr 2685 and s 1558; national defense authorization, fy 2016; hr 1735 and s. 1118, health programs, data center consolidation,and distributed command ground system.

Filing 134 of 250
2015, 3rd quarter (july 1 - sep 30)

Amount

$50,000.00 USD

Date Received

Tue Oct 20 2015 16:21:26 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	kamins consulting
Description	government and public relations consulting
Address	6825 cherry lane; annandale, va 20003 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	technology, software & services
Contact	scott kamins
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyist

Name	kamins, scott a
Position	deputy assistant secretary of state

Government Entities

house of representatives
senate

Issues

computer industry: the leads act h.r. 1174, provisions that would enhance digital privacy protections while imposing legal safeguards on government access to data. s. 512; the software act, the medtech act; h.r. 1560, h.r. 6, the 21st century cures act, provisions that would enhance health care professionals access to it innovations by clarifying regulatory treatment of low-risk software technology. the protecting cyber networks act, h.r. 1731, the national cybersecurity protection advancement act, s. 754, the cybersecurity information sharing act; provisions to provide a legal framework through which organizations can voluntarily share cyber threat information while protecting individuals'
taxation/internal revenue code: comprehensive tax reform proposals; proposals relating to potential changes to the tax treatment of foreign earnings;
trade (domestic/foreign): h.r. 1890, the bipartisan congressional trade priorities and accountability act of 2015; trade promotion authority legislation
copyright/patent/trademark: patent reform; h.r. 9, the innovation act; s. 1137, the patent act, provisions relating to software patents

Filing 135 of 250
2015, 3rd quarter (july 1 - sep 30)

Amount

$860,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Oct 16 2015 16:14:55 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	international business machines corporation
Address	600 14th street, nw; suite 300; washington, dc 20005-2012 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Contact	jill caiazzo
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

sheehy, timothy j

mcculloch, edgar h iii

stewart, steven w

rhone, adrienne g

williams, marcus p

evans, linda c

docktor, roslyn

marks, debra l

gray, dana

singer, meredith

ignaszewski, katie

dipaula-coyle, michael

bury, craig e

vaynberg, yelena

Government Entities

bureau of arms control
commerce, dept of (doc)
education, dept of
house of representatives
labor, dept of (dol)
natl economic council (nec)
natl security council (nsc)
senate
state, dept of (dos)
treasury, dept of
u.s. trade representative (ustr)
white house office

Issues

trade (domestic/foreign): legislative & regulatory issues related to international trade including multilateral & bilateral trade agreements:; trans pacific partnership agreement (tpp); trade in services agreement (tisa); transatlantic trade and investment partnership (ttip); h.r. 1314 trade act of 2015, trade promotion authority (tpa).; bilateral trade issues: china, brazil, india, h.r. 1891 african growth and opportunities act of 2015 (agoa) - extension and expansion agoa and nigeria ict guidelines.
education: legislative & regulatory issues related to education, workforce training & related matters:; reauthorization of perkins cte act, h.r. 5 student success act/s.1177 every child achieves act, implementation of career and technical training and education programs.
computer industry: legislative & regulatory issues related to technology policy, including r&d, cybersecurity, privacy, health it & technology procurement:; h.r. 874 american super computing leadership act; s. 454 exascale computing for science, competitiveness, advanced manufacturing, leadership and the economy act of 2015. ; s.1101 medical electronic data technology enhancement for consumers health (medtech) act; h.r. 6 21st century cures act/h.r. 2396 software act.; s. 754 cybersecurity information sharing act (cisa) of 2015; h.r. 1560 protecting cyber networks act; h.r. 1731 national cybersecurity protection and advancement act of 2015; s. 1869 a bill to improve federal network security and authorize and enhance an existing intrusion detection and prevention system for civilian federal networks; s. 1990 federal computer security act.; h.r. 1174/s. 512 law enforcement access to data stored abroad (leads) act; h.r. 1428/s. 1600 judicial redress act.
defense: legislative & regulatory issues related to defense matters:; h.r. 3979/h.r. 4435/s. 2410 national defense authorization act, fy2015 (pub. l. no. 113-291) and h.r. 1735/s. 1376 national defense authorization act, fy2016: distributed common ground system - army (dcgs-a), data centers and analytics, defense healthcare management system modernization (dhmsm), dod/va integrated electronic health records, section 1083 report on certain information technology systems and technology and critical national security infrastructure.
labor issues/antitrust/workplace: legislative & regulatory issues related to labor, workplace & benefits policy:; s.153 immigration innovation act; high-skilled immigration reform; implementation of white house's executive action rule on h-4 spousal work authorization; uscis' l-1b guidance; h.r. 213 fairness for high-skilled immigrants act.; fair labor standards act regulatory review; fair pay and safe workplaces executive order; policy issues regarding h1b visa usage.
taxation/internal revenue code: legislative & regulatory issues related to domestic and international tax, including tax treaties:; bilateral income tax treaties: u.s. - spain, u.s. - chile. ; oecd guidelines and u.s. treasury comments on taxation: base erosion profit-shifting (beps) project.; h.r. 2315/s. 386 mobile workforce state income tax simplification act.; renewal of various tax extenders including h.r. 880 american research and competitiveness act on r&d tax credit, h.r. 1430 and h.r. 961 on subpart f exemptions regarding cfc look-through for related party payments and active financing.
budget/appropriations: legislative & regulatory issues related to budget & appropriations matters:; h.r. 4870 dod appropriations act, fy2015, h.r. 83 omnibus and further continuing appropriations act, fy2015 (pub. l. no. 113-235) and h.r. 2685/s. 1558 dod appropriations act, fy2016: distributed common ground system (dcgs-a), socom r&d, air force it (jstars program), defense health management system modernization (dhmsm), dod/va integrated electronic health records, data center consolidation, and dod public/private partnerships and president's fy2016 budget for dcgs-a.; labor, hhs, and education appropriations act, fy2015 (incorporated into h.r. 83), h.r. 83 omnibus and further continuing appropriations act, fy2015 (pub. l. no. 113-235) and s. 1695/ house draft labor, hhs, and education appropriations act, fy2016: center for medicare and medicaid services program integrity funds, social security administration - program integrity, ssa & ssi disability claims processing.; h.r. 4486 military construction/va appropriations act, fy2015, h.r. 83 omnibus and further continuing appropriations act, fy2015 (pub. l. no. 113-235) and h.r. 2029 and senate draft military construction/va appropriations act, fy2016: dod/va integrated electronic health records, va disability claims processing and program integrity.; h.r. 2578 commerce and related agencies, justice, science appropriations act, fy2016, section - assessment of supply chain risk in acquisition of ict products.
copyright/patent/trademark: legislative & regulatory issues related to intellectual property, including patents, copyright, and trademarks:; s. 1890/h.r. 3326 defend trade secrets act; h.r. 9 innovation act; s. 1137 patent act; software patent eligibility.

Filing 136 of 250
2015, 3rd quarter (july 1 - sep 30)

Amount

$40,000.00 USD

Date Received

Thu Oct 15 2015 11:20:59 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	cavarocchi ruscio dennis associates, l.l.c.
Description	consultant firm
Address	600 maryland avenue, sw; suite 835w; washington, dc 20024 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	global information systems, consulting and technology services.
Contact	katina pierce
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

ruscio, domenic

jaquet, brent

van deusen, karl j

Government Entities

centers for medicare and medicaid services (cms)
defense, dept of (dod)
health & human services, dept of (hhs)
house of representatives
senate
social security administration (ssa)

Issues

health issues: labor, health & human services, education appropriations bill for fy 2016, hr 3020 and s. 1695; military construction and veterans affairs appropriations bill 2016, hr 2029 and senate bill, health care reform, health it, predictive analytics and program integrity programs at hhs and social security administration, electronic health records; department of defense appropriations bill 2016, hr 2685 and s 1558.; 21st century cures act, hr 6
budget/appropriations: military construction/veterans appropriations bill, fy 2016, hr 2029 and senate bill; defense appropriations bill, fy 2016, hr 2685 and s 1558; national defense authorization, fy 2016; hr 1735 and s. 1118, health programs, data center consolidation, micro electronics, electronic health records and distributed command ground system.
defense: military construction/veterans appropriations bill, fy 2016, hr 2029 and senate bill; defense appropriations bill, fy 2016, hr 2685 and s 1558; national defense authorization, fy 2016, hr 1735 and s 1118; health programs, data center consolidation, micro electronics, electronic health records and distributed command ground system.

Filing 137 of 250
2015, 3rd quarter (july 1 - sep 30)

Amount

$30,000.00 USD

Date Received

Thu Oct 08 2015 18:12:30 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	mehlman castagnetti rosen & thomas, inc.
Description	government affairs consulting services
Address	1341 g street, nw; suite 1100; washington, dc 20005 usa

Client

Name	red hat inc
Contact	solveig monson
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyists

rosen, dean

bingel, kelly rucker

castagnetti, david

mehlman, bruce

wooters, charles

gupta, sohini

eastman, sage

aronson, lauren

Name	robinson, michael
Position	member services and coalitions director, house appropriations committee; policy advisor/dep. chief of staff, house majority leader/rep.tom delay; leg dir, rep. hal rogers; sr leg assistant, rep. ralph regula ; ; sr leg assistant, rep. bob franks; leg assistant, rep. hal rogers; special projects assistant, house transportation and infrastructure committee; staff assistant, rep. bud shuster

Name	collins, michael
Position	chief of staff, senator tom udalllegislative director, senator tom udalllegislative director, representative tom udalllegislative assistant, representative tom udallstaff assistant/legislative correspondent, representative tom udall

Government Entities

commerce, dept of (doc)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

copyright/patent/trademark: issues relating to patent reform and intellectual property.; h.r. 9, the innovation act of 2015.; s. 1137, the patent act.
science/technology: issues relating to transparency and openness in government operations; open source software development and procurement; patent reform and intellectual property; global trade and investment.
computer industry: research and development; stem education; federal procurement of software.

Filing 138 of 250
2015, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$50,000.00 USD

Date Received

Tue Jul 21 2015 11:45:18 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	kamins consulting
Description	government and public relations consulting
Address	6825 cherry lane; annandale, va 20003 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	technology, software & services
Contact	scott kamins
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyist

Name	kamins, scott a
Position	deputy assistant secretary of state

Government Entities

house of representatives
senate

Issues

computer industry: the leads act h.r. 1174, provisions that would enhance digital privacy protections while imposing legal safeguards on government access to data. s. 512; the software act, the medtech act; h.r. 1560, h.r. 6, the 21st century cures act, provisions that would enhance health care professionals access to it innovations by clarifying regulatory treatment of low-risk software technology. the protecting cyber networks act, h.r. 1731, the national cybersecurity protection advancement act, s. 754, the cybersecurity information sharing act; provisions to provide a legal framework through which organizations can voluntarily share cyber threat information while protecting individuals'
taxation/internal revenue code: comprehensive tax reform proposals; proposals relating to potential changes to the tax treatment of foreign earnings;
copyright/patent/trademark: patent reform; h.r. 9, the innovation act; s. 1137, the patent act, provisions relating to software patents
trade (domestic/foreign): h.r. 1890, the bipartisan congressional trade priorities and accountability act of 2015; trade promotion authority legislation

Filing 139 of 250
2015, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$1,810,000.00 USD

Date Received

Mon Jul 20 2015 17:21:59 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	international business machines corporation
Address	600 14th street, nw; suite 300; washington, dc 20005-2012 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Contact	jill caiazzo
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

sheehy, timothy j

mcculloch, edgar h iii

stewart, steven w

rhone, adrienne g

williams, marcus p

evans, linda c

docktor, roslyn

marks, debra l

bruner, cheryl

gray, dana

singer, meredith

ignaszewski, katie

dipaula-coyle, michael

bury, craig e

vaynberg, yelena

underweiser, marian

Government Entities

bureau of citizenship & immigration services (bcis
commerce, dept of (doc)
defense, dept of (dod)
education, dept of
homeland security, dept of (dhs)
house of representatives
intl trade administration (ita)
labor, dept of (dol)
natl economic council (nec)
natl security council (nsc)
office of management & budget (omb)
office of science & technology policy (ostp)
patent & trademark office (pto)
senate
state, dept of (dos)
treasury, dept of
u.s. immigration & customs enforcement (ice)
u.s. trade representative (ustr)
white house office

Issues

computer industry: legislative & regulatory issues related to technology policy, including r&d, cybersecurity, privacy, health it & technology procurement:; h.r. 874 american super computing leadership act; s. 454 exascale computing for science, competitiveness, advanced manufacturing, leadership and the economy act of 2015.; h.r. 6 21st century cures act/h.r. 2396 software act.; s. 754 cybersecurity information sharing act of 2015; h.r. 1560 protecting cyber networks act; h.r. 1731 national cybersecurity protection and advancement act of 2015; s. 1101 data breach security and notification act of 2015.; h.r. 1174/s. 512 law enforcement access to data stored abroad (leads) act; h.r. 1428/s. 1600 judicial redress act.
copyright/patent/trademark: legislative & regulatory issues related to intellectual property, including patents, copyright, and trademarks:; china patent regulations and amendments; china competition law; china technology import and export regulations. ; h.r. 9 innovation act; s. 1137 patent act; software patent eligibility; h.r. 2045 targeting rogue and opaque letters (trol) act of 2015.
labor issues/antitrust/workplace: legislative & regulatory issues related to labor, workplace & benefits policy: ; s. 153 immigration innovation act; high-skilled immigration reform; implementation of white house's executive action rule on h-4 spousal work authorization; uscis' l-1b guidance; h.r. 213 fairness for high-skilled immigrants act.; fair labor standards act regulatory review; fair pay and safe workplaces executive order; policy issues regarding h1b visa usage.
taxation/internal revenue code: legislative & regulatory issues related to domestic and international tax, including tax treaties:; bilateral income tax treaties: u.s. - spain, u.s. - chile.; oecd guidelines and u.s. treasury comments on taxation: base erosion profit-shifting (beps) project.; h.r. 2315/s. 386 mobile workforce state income tax simplification act.; renewal of various tax extenders including h.r. 880 american research and competitiveness act on r&d tax credit, h.r. 1430 and h.r. 961 on subpart f exemptions regarding cfc look-through for related party payments and active financing.
trade (domestic/foreign): legislative & regulatory issues related to international trade including multilateral & bilateral trade agreements:; trans pacific partnership agreement (tpp); trade in services agreement (tisa); transatlantic trade and investment partnership (ttip); h.r. 1314 trade act of 2015, trade promotion authority (tpa).; bilateral trade issues: china, brazil, india, h.r. 1891 african growth and opportunities act of 2015 (agoa) - extension and expansion agoa and nigeria ict guidelines.
defense: legislative & regulatory issues related to defense matters:; h.r. 3979/h.r. 4435/s. 2410 national defense authorization act, fy2015 (pub. l. no. 113-291) and h.r. 1735/s. 1376 national defense authorization act, fy2016: distributed common ground system - army (dcgs-a), data centers and analytics, defense healthcare management system modernization (dhmsm), dod/va integrated electronic health records, section 1083 report on certain information technology systems and technology and critical national security infrastructure.
environment/superfund: legislative & regulatory issues related to environmental policy matters:; s. 697 frank r. lautenberg chemical safety for the 21st century act.
education: legislative & regulatory issues related to education, workforce training & related matters:; reauthorization of perkins cte act, h.r. 5 student success act/s. 1177 every child achieves act, implementation of career and technical training and education programs.
budget/appropriations: legislative & regulatory issues related to budget & appropriations matters:; h.r. 4870 dod appropriations act, fy2015, h.r. 83 omnibus and further continuing appropriations act, fy2015 (pub. l. no. 113-235) and h.r. 2685/s. 1558 dod appropriations act, fy2016: distributed common ground system (dcgs-a), socom r&d, air force it (jstars program), defense health management system modernization (dhmsm), dod/va integrated electronic health records, data center consolidation, and dod public/private partnerships and president's fy2016 budget for dcgs-a.; labor, hhs, and education appropriations act, fy2015 (incorporated into h.r. 83), h.r. 83 omnibus and further continuing appropriations act, fy2015 (pub. l. no. 113-235) and s. 1695/house draft labor, hhs, and education appropriations act, fy2016: center for medicare and medicaid services program integrity funds, social security administration - program integrity, ssa & ssi disability claims processing.; h.r. 4486 military construction/va appropriations act, fy2015, h.r. 83 omnibus and further continuing appropriations act, fy2015 (pub. l. no. 113-235) and h.r. 2029 and senate draft military construction/va appropriations act, fy2016: dod/va integrated electronic health records, va disability claims processing and program integrity.; draft financial services and general government appropriations act, fy 2016: h.r. 4870 dod appropriations act, fy2015, h.r. 4486 military construction/va appropriations act, fy2015: prohibition of funds for contractors that have dispositions related to the fair labor standards act.; h.r. 2578 commerce and related agencies, justice, science appropriations act, fy2016, section - assessment of supply chain risk in acquisition of ict products.

Filing 140 of 250
2015, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$30,000.00 USD

Date Received

Mon Jul 13 2015 16:21:29 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	mehlman castagnetti rosen & thomas, inc.
Description	government affairs consulting services
Address	1341 g street, nw; suite 1100; washington, dc 20005 usa

Client

Name	red hat inc
Contact	solveig monson
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyists

rosen, dean

bingel, kelly rucker

castagnetti, david

mehlman, bruce

wooters, charles

gupta, sohini

zook, susan

eastman, sage

Name	aronson, lauren
Position	professional staff member, committee on ways & means; policy director, white house; policy director, hhs office of health reform (detailed to the white house); policy advisor, rep. rahm emanuel; health la, rep. carolyn mccarthy

Government Entities

commerce, dept of (doc)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

computer industry: research and development; stem education; federal procurement of software.
science/technology: issues relating to transparency and openness in government operations; open source software development and procurement; patent reform and intellectual property; global trade and investment.
copyright/patent/trademark: issues relating to patent reform and intellectual property.; h.r. 9, the innovation act of 2015.; s. 1137, the patent act.

Filing 141 of 250
2015, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$40,000.00 USD

Date Received

Thu Jul 09 2015 11:26:51 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	cavarocchi ruscio dennis associates, l.l.c.
Description	consultant firm
Address	600 maryland avenue, sw; suite 835w; washington, dc 20024 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	global information systems, consulting and technology services.
Contact	katina pierce
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

ruscio, domenic

jaquet, brent

van deusen, karl j

Government Entities

centers for medicare and medicaid services (cms)
defense, dept of (dod)
health & human services, dept of (hhs)
house of representatives
senate
social security administration (ssa)

Issues

health issues: labor, health & human services, education appropriations bill for fy 2016, house bill and s. 1695; military construction and veterans affairs appropriations bill 2016, hr 2029 and senate bill, health care reform, health it, predictive analytics and program integrity programs at hhs and social security administration, electronic health records; department of defense appropriations bill 2016, hr 2685 and s 1558.; 21st century cures act, hr 6
defense: military construction/veterans appropriations bill, fy 2016, hr 2029 and senate bill; defense appropriations bill, fy 2016, hr 2685 and s 1558; national defense authorization, fy 2016, hr 1735 and s 1118; health programs, data center consolidation, micro electronics, electronic health records and distributed command ground system.
budget/appropriations: military construction/veterans appropriations bill, fy 2016, hr 2029 and senate bill; defense appropriations bill, fy 2016, hr 2685 and s 1558; national defense authorization, fy 2016; hr 1735 and s. 1118, health programs, data center consolidation, micro electronics, electronic health records and distributed command ground system.

Filing 142 of 250
2015, 1st quarter (jan 1 - mar 31)

Amount

$50,000.00 USD

Date Received

Mon Apr 20 2015 15:41:56 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	kamins consulting
Description	government and public relations consulting
Address	6825 cherry lane; annandale, va 20003 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	technology, software & services
Contact	scott kamins
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyist

Name	kamins, scott a
Position	deputy assistant secretary of state

Government Entities

house of representatives
senate

Issues

copyright/patent/trademark: patent reform; the innovation act
computer industry: the leads act h.r. 1174, s. 512; the software act, the medtech act; cybersecurity information sharing proposals;
taxation/internal revenue code: comprehensive tax reform proposals; a territorial tax system

Filing 143 of 250
2015, 1st quarter (jan 1 - mar 31)

Amount

$30,000.00 USD

Date Received

Mon Apr 20 2015 09:52:44 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	mehlman castagnetti rosen & thomas, inc.
Description	government affairs consulting services
Address	1341 g street, nw; suite 1100; washington, dc 20005 usa

Client

Name	red hat inc
Contact	solveig monson
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyists

rosen, dean

bingel, kelly rucker

castagnetti, david

mehlman, bruce

wooters, charles

gupta, sohini

zook, susan

eastman, sage

Government Entities

commerce, dept of (doc)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

computer industry: research and development; stem education; federal procurement of software.
copyright/patent/trademark: issues relating to patent reform and intellectual property.; h.r. 9, the innovation act of 2015.
science/technology: issues relating to transparency and openness in government operations; open source software development and procurement; patent reform and intellectual property; global trade and investment.

Filing 144 of 250
2015, 1st quarter (jan 1 - mar 31)

Amount

$1,000,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Apr 17 2015 13:35:51 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	international business machines corporation
Address	600 14th street, nw; suite 300; washington, dc 20005-2012 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Contact	jill caiazzo
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

sheehy, timothy j

mcculloch, edgar h iii

stewart, steven w

rhone, adrienne g

williams, marcus p

evans, linda c

docktor, roslyn

marks, debra l

bruner, cheryl

gray, dana

singer, meredith

ignaszewski, katie

dipaula-coyle, michael

bury, craig e

vaynberg, yelena

Government Entities

bureau of citizenship & immigration services (bcis
council of economic advisers (cea)
education, dept of
energy, dept of
federal trade commission (ftc)
homeland security, dept of (dhs)
house of representatives
justice, dept of (doj)
labor, dept of (dol)
natl economic council (nec)
natl security council (nsc)
office of management & budget (omb)
office of science & technology policy (ostp)
patent & trademark office (pto)
senate
state, dept of (dos)
treasury, dept of
u.s. trade representative (ustr)
white house office

Issues

education: legislative & regulatory issues related to education, workforce training & related matters:; reauthorization of perkins cte act, elementary and secondary education act, workforce investment act and other career and technical training and education programs.
defense: legislative & regulatory issues related to defense matters:; h.r. 3979/h.r. 4435/s. 2410 national defense authorization act, fy2015 (pub. l. no. 113-291); and draft national defense authorization act, fy2016: distributed common ground system - army (dcgs-a), data centers and analytics, defense healthcare management system modernization (dhmsm), dod/va integrated electronic health records, section 1083 report on certain information technology systems and technology and critical national security infrastructure.
labor issues/antitrust/workplace: legislative & regulatory issues related to labor, workplace & benefits policy:; s.153 immigration innovation act; high-skilled immigration reform; implementation of white house's executive action rule on h-4 spousal work authorization; uscis' l-1b guidance; h.r. 213 fairness for high-skilled immigrants act.; fair labor standards act regulatory review; fair pay and safe workplaces executive order.
trade (domestic/foreign): legislative & regulatory issues related to international trade including multilateral & bilateral trade agreements:; trans pacific partnership agreement (tpp); trade in services agreement (tisa); transatlantic trade and investment partnership (ttip); trade promotion authority (tpa).; bilateral trade issues: china, brazil, india, vietnam.; basel convention on transboundary movement of e-waste.
budget/appropriations: legislative & regulatory issues related to budget & appropriations matters:; h.r. 4870 dod appropriations act, fy2015/s. rept. 113-211, h.r. 83 omnibus and further continuing appropriations act, fy2015 (pub. l. no. 113-235) and draft dod appropriations act, fy2016: distributed common ground system (dcgs-a), socom r&d, air force it (jstars program), defense health management system modernization (dhmsm), dod/va integrated electronic health records, data center consolidation, and dod public/private partnerships; president's fy2016 budget for dcgs-a.; labor, hhs, and education appropriations act, fy2015 (incorporated into h.r. 83), h.r. 83 omnibus and further continuing appropriations act, fy2015 (pub. l. no. 113-235) and draft labor, hhs, and education appropriations act, fy2016: center for medicare and medicaid services program integrity funds, social security administration - program integrity, ssa & ssi disability claims processing.; h.r. 4486 military construction/va appropriations act, fy2015, h.r. 83 omnibus and further continuing appropriations act, fy2015 (pub. l. no. 113-235) and draft military construction/va appropriations act, fy2016: dod/va integrated electronic health records, va disability claims processing and program integrity.
taxation/internal revenue code: legislative & regulatory issues related to domestic and international tax, including tax treaties:; bilateral income tax treaties: u.s. - spain, u.s. - india.; oecd guidelines and u.s. treasury comments on taxation: base erosion profit-shifting (beps) project.; draft mobile workforce state income tax simplification act.; draft expire act of 2015, draft tax increase prevention act of 2015 - "tax extenders".; draft american research and competitiveness act of 2015; draft permanent cfc look -through act of 2015; draft permanent active financing act of 2015.
computer industry: legislative & regulatory issues related to technology policy, including r&d, cybersecurity, privacy, health it & technology procurement:; h.r. 874 american super computing leadership act; s. 454 exascale computing for science, competitiveness, advanced manufacturing, leaderships and the economy act of 2015.; draft software act (house); draft medtech act (senate). ; s. 754 cybersecurity information sharing act of 2015; s. 456 cyber threat sharing act of 2015; h.r. 1560 protecting cyber networks act; draft national cybersecurity protection and advancement act of 2015; draft data breach security and notification act of 2015.; h.r. 1174/s. 512 law enforcement access to data stored abroad (leads) act.
copyright/patent/trademark: legislative & regulatory issues related to intellectual property, including patents, copyright, and trademarks:; china patent regulations and amendments; china competition law.; h.r. 9 innovation act; s. 632 strong patents act of 2015; software patent eligibility; abusive demand letters; draft trade secret legislation.
financial institutions/investments/securities: legislative & regulatory issues related to financial investments & securities: ; h.r. 26 terrorism risk insurance program reauthorization act of 2015.

Filing 145 of 250
2015, 1st quarter (jan 1 - mar 31)

Date Received

Tue Apr 14 2015 14:26:03 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	prime policy group
Description	government relations and public affairs
Address	1110 vermont avenue, nw; suite 1000; washington, dc 20005 usa

Client

Name	ibm corporation
Description	multinational technology and consulting firm
Contact	kathleen sanzaro
State	district of columbia, usa

Filing 146 of 250
2015, 1st quarter (jan 1 - mar 31)

Amount

$40,000.00 USD

Date Received

Tue Apr 14 2015 13:56:02 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	cavarocchi ruscio dennis associates, l.l.c.
Description	consultant firm
Address	600 maryland avenue, sw; suite 835w; washington, dc 20024 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	global information systems, consulting and technology services.
Contact	katina pierce
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

ruscio, domenic

jaquet, brent

van deusen, karl j

Government Entities

centers for medicare and medicaid services (cms)
defense, dept of (dod)
health & human services, dept of (hhs)
house of representatives
senate
social security administration (ssa)

Issues

defense: military construction/veterans appropriations bill, fy 2016 and senate bill; defense appropriations bill, fy 2016 and senate bill; national defense authorization, fy 2016; health programs, data center consolidation, micro electronics, electronic health records and distributed command ground system.
health issues: labor, health & human services, education appropriations bill for fy 2016, house and senate.; military construction and veterans affairs appropriations bill 2016, health care reform, health it, predictive analytics and program integrity programs at hhs and social security administration, electronic health records; department of defense appropriations bill 2016 and senate bill.
budget/appropriations: military construction/veterans appropriations bill, fy 2016 and senate bill; defense appropriations bill, fy 2016 and senate bill; national defense authorization, fy 2016; health programs, data center consolidation, micro electronics, electronic health records and distributed command ground system.

Filing 147 of 250
2014, 4th quarter (oct 1 - dec 31)

Amount

$50,000.00 USD

Date Received

Thu Jan 22 2015 15:51:31 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registrant

Name	kamins consulting
Description	government and public relations consulting
Address	6825 cherry lane; annandale, va 20003 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	technology, software & services
Contact	scott kamins
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyist

Name	kamins, scott a
Position	deputy assistant secretary of state

Government Entities

house of representatives
senate

Issues

computer industry: the leads act; the medtech act; the software act;the cybersecurity enhancement act
copyright/patent/trademark: patent troll reform; the innovation act
taxation/internal revenue code: tax extenders legislation; research and development tax credit; comprehensive tax reform proposals

Filing 148 of 250
2014, 4th quarter (oct 1 - dec 31)

Amount

$30,000.00 USD

Date Received

Tue Jan 20 2015 17:25:20 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registrant

Name	prime policy group
Description	government relations and public affairs
Address	1110 vermont avenue, nw; suite 1000; washington, dc 20005 usa

Client

Name	ibm corporation
Description	multinational technology and consulting firm
Contact	kathleen sanzaro
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyist

paone, martin

Government Entity

senate

Issues

defense: dod procurement - defense health management system modernization ("dim-sum")
health issues: dod procurement - defense health management system modernization ("dim-sum")

Filing 149 of 250
2014, 4th quarter (oct 1 - dec 31)

Amount

$1,150,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Jan 16 2015 16:21:16 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registrant

Name	international business machines corporation
Address	600 14th street, nw; suite 300; washington, dc 20005-2012 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Contact	jill caiazzo
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

sheehy, timothy j

mcculloch, edgar h iii

stewart, steven w

rhone, adrienne g

williams, marcus p

evans, linda c

docktor, roslyn

marks, debra l

bruner, cheryl

gray, dana

singer, meredith

ignaszewski, katie

dipaula-coyle, michael

bury, craig e

vaynberg, yelena

Government Entities

commerce, dept of (doc)
education, dept of
energy, dept of
executive office of the president (eop)
homeland security, dept of (dhs)
house of representatives
labor, dept of (dol)
natl economic council (nec)
office of management & budget (omb)
patent & trademark office (pto)
senate
state, dept of (dos)
treasury, dept of
u.s. architectural & transportation barriers compl
u.s. trade representative (ustr)
white house office

Issues

taxation/internal revenue code: legislative & regulatory issues related to domestic and international tax, including tax treaties:; ; bilateral income tax treaties: u.s. - spain, u.s. - india. ; ; oecd guidelines and u.s. treasury comments on taxation: base erosion profit-shifting (beps) project.; ; s. 1625/h.r. 1129 mobile workforce state income tax simplification act.; ; s. 2260 expire act of 2014; h.r. 5771 tax increase prevention act of 2014 - "tax extenders".; ; h.r. 4438 american research and competitiveness act of 2014; h.r. 4464 permanent cfc look - through act of 2014; h.r. 4429 permanent active financing act of 2014.
financial institutions/investments/securities: legislative & regulatory issues related to financial investments & securities:; ; s. 2976/h.r. 5471 derivatives end-users clarification act; h.r. 634 business risk mitigation and price stablization act of 2013; s. 2244 terrorism risk insurance program reauthorization act of 2014.
computer industry: legislative & regulatory issues related to technology policy, including r&d, cybersecurity, privacy, health it & technology procurement:; ; h.r. 2495/s. 733 american super computing leadership act. ; ; h.r. 3303 software act; s. 2007 protect act. ; ; s. 2588 cybersecurity information sharing act of 2014; s. 1353 cybersecurity enhancement act of 2014; s. 2521 federal information security modernization act of 2014.; ; section 508 accessibility guidelines.; ; s. 2871 law enforcement access to data stored abroad (leads) act.
defense: legislative & regulatory issues related to defense matters:; ; disa data centers, ngen program, joint land attack cruise elevated nettled sensor system (jlens).; ; h.r. 3979/h.r. 4435/s. 2410 national defense authorization act, fy2015 (pub. l. no. 113-291): distributed common ground system - army (dcgs-a), data centers and analytics, defense healthcare mangagement system modernization, dod/va integrated electronic health records, section 1083 report on certain information technology systems and technology and critical national security infrastructure.
budget/appropriations: legislative & regulatory issues related to budget & appropriations matters:; ; h.r. 4870 dod appropriations act, fy2015/s. rept. 113-211 and h.r. 83 omnibus and further continuing appropriations act, fy2015 (pub. l. no. 113-235): distributed common ground system (dcgs-a), socom r&d, air force it (jstars program), defense health management system modernization, dod/va integrated electronic health records, data center consolidation, and dod public/private partnerships.; ; labor, hhs, and education appropriations act, fy2015 (incorporated into h.r. 83) and h.r. 83 omnibus and further continuing appropriations act, fy2015 (pub. l. no. 113-235): center for medicare and medicaid services program integrity funds, social security administration - program integrity, ssa & ssi disability claims processing.; ; h.r. 4486 military construction/va appropriations act, fy2015 and h.r. 83 omnibus and further continuing appropriations act, fy2015 (pub. l. no. 113-235): dod/va integrated electronic health records, va disability claims processing and program integrity.; ; h.r. 5016 financial services and general government appropriations act, fy2015, h.r. 4870 dod appropriations act, fy2015/s. rept. 113-211, h.r. 4745/s. 2438 transportation, hud appropriations act, fy2015, h.r. 4923 energy and water development appropriations act, fy2015 and h.r. 83 omnibus and further continuing appropriations act, fy2015 (pub. l.no. 113-235): prohibition of funds for contractors that have dispositions related to the fair labor standards act.
labor issues/antitrust/workplace: legislative & regulatory issues related to labor, workplace & benefits policy:; ; h.r. 2131 skills visa act; h.r. 3344 fraudulent overseas recruitment and trafficking elimination act of 2013; proposed executive order on immigration.; ; fair labor standards act regulatory review; fair pay and safe workplaces executive order; advancing pay equality through compensation data collection presidential memorandum.
education: legislative & regulatory issues related to education, workforce training & related matters:; ; reauthorization of perkins cte act, elementary and secondary education act, workforce investment act and other career and technical training and education programs; h.r. 803 workforce innovation and opportunity act.
copyright/patent/trademark: legislative & regulatory issues related to intellectual property, including patents, copyright, and trademarks:; ; china patent regulations and amendments; china competition law. ; ; s. 2267 defend trade secrets act of 2014; h.r. 5233 trade secrets protection act of 2014.
trade (domestic/foreign): legislative & regulatory issues related to international trade including multilateral & bilateral trade agreements:; ; h.r. 3830/s. 1900 bipartisan congressional trade priorities act of 2014; trans pacific partnership agreement (tpp); trade in services agreement (tisa); transatlantic trade and investment partnership (ttip); trade promotion authority (tpa).; ; bilateral trade issues: china, brazil, india, vietnam.; ; s. 1788 digital trade act of 2013.

Filing 150 of 250
2014, 4th quarter (oct 1 - dec 31)

Amount

$30,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Jan 09 2015 13:41:16 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registrant

Name	mehlman castagnetti rosen & thomas, inc.
Description	government affairs consulting services
Address	1341 g street, nw; suite 1100; washington, dc 20005 usa

Client

Name	red hat inc
Contact	solveig monson
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyists

rosen, dean

bingel, kelly rucker

castagnetti, david

mehlman, bruce

wild, brian

wooters, charles

gupta, sohini

zook, susan

Name	eastman, sage
Position	strategy director, cmte on ways & means ; ; dep staff dir (maj), cmte on ways & means ; ; senior advisor, cmte on ways & means ; ; communications director, rep. dave camp

Government Entities

commerce, dept of (doc)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

copyright/patent/trademark: issues relating to patent reform and intellectual property.; h.r. 3309, innovation act of 2013.; s. 1720, patent transparency and improvements act.; s. 1013, the patent abuse reduction act. s. 866, the patent quality improvement act of 2013.
science/technology: issues relating to: transparency and openness in government operations; open source software development and procurement; patent reform and intellectual property; global trade and investment.
computer industry: research and development; stem education; federal procurement of software.; h.r. 1232, federal it acquisition reform act

Filing 151 of 250
2014, 4th quarter (oct 1 - dec 31)

Amount

$40,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Jan 09 2015 09:07:45 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registrant

Name	cavarocchi ruscio dennis associates, l.l.c.
Description	consultant firm
Address	600 maryland avenue, sw; suite 835w; washington, dc 20024 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	global information systems, consulting and technology services.
Contact	katina pierce
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

ruscio, domenic

jaquet, brent

van deusen, karl j

Government Entities

centers for medicare and medicaid services (cms)
defense, dept of (dod)
health & human services, dept of (hhs)
house of representatives
senate
social security administration (ssa)

Issues

defense: hr 4486 military construction/veterans appropriations bill, fy 2015 and senate bill; hr 4870 defense appropriations bill, fy 2015 and senate bill; hr 83, the consolidated and further continuing appropriations act of 2015; hr 4435/s 2410, national defense authorization, fy 2015; health programs, data center consolidation, micro electronics, electronic health records and distributed command ground system.
health issues: labor, health & human services, education appropriations bill for fy 2015, house and senate, hr 4486, military construction and veterans affairs appropriations bill 2015, health care reform, health it, predictive analytics and program integrity programs at hhs and social security administration, electronic health records; hr 4870 department of defense appropriations bill 2015 and senate bill.; hr 83, the consolidated & further continuing appropriations act of 2015
budget/appropriations: hr 4486 military construction/veterans appropriations bill, fy 2015 and senate bill; hr 4870 defense appropriations bill, fy 2015 and senate bill; hr 83, the consolidated and further continuing appropriations act of 2015; hr 4435/s 2410, national defense authorization, fy 2015; health programs, data center consolidation, micro electronics, electronic health records and distributed command ground system.

Filing 152 of 250
2014, 3rd quarter (july 1 - sep 30)

Amount

$50,000.00 USD

Date Received

Mon Oct 20 2014 19:58:20 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	kamins consulting
Description	government and public relations consulting
Address	6825 cherry lane; annandale, va 20003 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	technology, software & services
Contact	scott kamins
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyist

kamins, scott a

Government Entities

house of representatives
senate

Issues

taxation/internal revenue code: tax extenders legislation, s. 2260: expiring provisions improvement reform and efficiency (expire) act; corporate tax reform
computer industry: law enforcement access to data stored abroad (leads) act; preventing regulatory overreach to enhance care technology (protect) act; sensible oversight for technology which advances regulatory efficiency (software) act
copyright/patent/trademark: the patent transparency and improvements act

Filing 153 of 250
2014, 3rd quarter (july 1 - sep 30)

Amount

$850,000.00 USD

Date Received

Mon Oct 20 2014 17:10:56 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	international business machines corporation
Address	600 14th street, nw; suite 300; washington, dc 20005-2012 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Contact	jill caiazzo
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

sheehy, timothy j

mcculloch, edgar h iii

stewart, steven w

rhone, adrienne g

williams, marcus p

evans, linda c

docktor, roslyn

marks, debra l

bruner, cheryl

gray, dana

singer, meredith

ignaszewski, katie

dipaula-coyle, michael

bury, craig e

vaynberg, yelena

underweiser, marian

Government Entities

commerce, dept of (doc)
commodity futures trading commission (cftc)
education, dept of
executive office of the president (eop)
homeland security, dept of (dhs)
house of representatives
intl trade administration (ita)
labor, dept of (dol)
navy, dept of
office of science & technology policy (ostp)
patent & trademark office (pto)
senate
state, dept of (dos)
treasury, dept of
u.s. trade representative (ustr)
white house office

Issues

defense: legislative & regulatory issues related to defense matters:; disa data centers, ngen program, joint land attack cruise elevated nettled sensor system (jlens).; h.r. 4435/s. 2410 national defense authorization act, fy2015: distributed common ground system - army (dcgs-a), data centers and analytics, defense healthcare management system modernization, dod/va integrated electronic health records,section 1083 report on certain information technology systems and technology and critical national security infrastructure.
education: legislative & regulatory issues related to education, workforce training & related matters:; reauthorization of perkins cte act, elementary and secondary education act, workforce investment act and other career and technical training and education programs; h.r. 803 workforce innovation and opportunity act.
copyright/patent/trademark: legislative & regulatory issues related to intellectual property, including patents, copyright, and trademarks:; china patent regulations and amendments; china competition law; china copyright law amendments.; s. 2267 defend trade secrets act of 2014; h.r. 5233 trade secrets protection act of 2014; draft targeting rogue and opaque letters act of 2014 (trol act).
taxation/internal revenue code: legislative & regulatory issues related to domestic and international tax, including tax treaties:; bilateral income tax treaties: u.s.-spain, u.s.-india.; oecd guidelines and u.s. treasury comments on taxation: base erosion profit-shifting (beps) project.; s. 1625/h.r. 1129 mobile workforce state income tax simplification act.s. 2260 expire act of 2014.; h.r. 4438 american research and competitiveness act of 2014; h.r. 4464 permanent cfc look-through act of 2014; ; h.r. 4429 permanent active financing act of 2014.; s. 2717 cyber information sharing tax credit act.
labor issues/antitrust/workplace: legislative & regulatory issues related to labor, workplace & benefits policy:; h.r. 2131 skills visa act; h.r. 3344 fraudulent overseas recruitment and trafficking elimination act of 2013; proposed executive order on immigration.fair labor standards act regulatory review; fair pay and safe workplaces executive order; advancing pay equality through compensation data collection presidential memorandum.
financial institutions/investments/securities: legislative & regulatory issues related to financial investments & securities:; the federal reserve system re-proposal on margin requirements for derivatives transactions.
trade (domestic/foreign): legislative & regulatory issues related to international trade including multilateral & bilateral trade agreements:; h.r. 3830/s. 1900 bipartisan congressional trade priorities act of 2014; trans pacific partnership agreement (tpp); trade in services agreement (tisa); transatlantic trade and investment partnership (ttip); trade promotion authority (tpa).; bilateral trade issues: china, brazil, indonesia, india, vietnam.s. 1788 digital trade act of 2013.
computer industry: legislative & regulatory issues related to technology policy, including r&d, cybersecurity, privacy, health it & technology procurement:; h.r. 2495/s. 733 american super computing leadership act.; h.r. 3303 software act; s. 2007 protect act.h.r. 3696 national cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection act of 2014; s. 2577 cybersecurity information sharing act of 2014.
budget/appropriations: legislative & regulatory issues related to budget & appropriations matters:; h.r. 4870 dod appropriations act, fy2015/s. rept. 113-211 and omnibus appropriations act, fy2014 (pub. l. no. 113-076): distributed common ground system (dcgs-a), socom r&d, air force it (jstars program), defense health management system modernization, dod/va integrated electronic health records, data center consolidation and dod public/privatepartnerships.; labor, hhs, and education appropriations act, fy2015 (not yet introduced) and omnibus appropriations act, fy2014 (pub. l. no. 113-076): center for medicare and medicaid services program integrity funds, social security administration - program integrity, ssa & ssi disability claims processing.; h.r. 4923 energy and water development appropriations act, fy2015 and omnibus appropriations act, fy2014 (pub. l. no. 113-076): army corps of engineers it.; h.r. 4486 military construction/va appropriations act, fy2015 and omnibus appropriations act, fy2014 (pub. l. no. 113-076): dod/va integrated electronic health records, va disability claims processing and program integrity.; h.r. 5016 financial services and general government appropriations act, fy2015, h.r. 4870 dod appropriations act, fy 2015/s. rept. 113-211, h.r. 4745/s. 2438 transportation, hud appropriations act, fy2015, and h.r. 4923 energy and water development approriations act, fy2015: prohibition of funds for contractors that have dispositions related to the fair labor standards act.

Filing 154 of 250
2014, 3rd quarter (july 1 - sep 30)

Amount

$30,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Oct 17 2014 15:45:20 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	prime policy group
Description	government relations and public affairs
Address	1110 vermont avenue, nw; suite 1000; washington, dc 20005 usa

Client

Name	ibm corporation
Description	multinational technology and consulting firm
Contact	kathleen sanzaro
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyist

paone, martin

Government Entity

senate

Issues

health issues: dod procurement - defense health management system modernization ("dim-sum")
defense: dod procurement - defense health management system modernization ("dim-sum")

Filing 155 of 250
2014, 3rd quarter (july 1 - sep 30)

Amount

$40,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Oct 10 2014 13:50:01 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	cavarocchi ruscio dennis associates, l.l.c.
Description	consultant firm
Address	600 maryland avenue, sw; suite 835w; washington, dc 20024 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	global information systems, consulting and technology services.
Contact	katina pierce
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

ruscio, domenic

jaquet, brent

van deusen, karl j

Government Entities

centers for medicare and medicaid services (cms)
defense, dept of (dod)
health & human services, dept of (hhs)
house of representatives
senate
social security administration (ssa)

Issues

health issues: labor, health & human services, education appropriations bill for fy 2015, house and senate, hr 4486, military construction and; veterans affairs appropriations bill 2015 and senate bill, healthcare reform, health it, predictive analytics and program integrity; programs at hhs and social security administration, electronic health records; hr 4870 department of defense appropriations bill 2015 and senate bill.
budget/appropriations: hr 4486 military construction/veterans appropriations bill, fy 2015 and senate bill; hr 4870 defense appropriations bill, fy 2015 and senate bill; hr 4435/s 2410, national defense authorization, fy 2015; health programs, data center consolidation, micro electronics, electronic; health records and distributed command ground system.
defense: hr 4486 military construction/veterans appropriations bill, fy 2015 and senate bill; hr 4870 defense appropriations bill, fy 2015 and senate bill; hr 4435/s 2410, national defense authorization, fy 2015; health programs, data center consolidation, micro electronics, electronic; health records and distributed command ground system.

Filing 156 of 250
2014, 3rd quarter (july 1 - sep 30)

Amount

$30,000.00 USD

Date Received

Thu Oct 09 2014 14:58:30 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	mehlman castagnetti rosen & thomas, inc.
Description	government affairs consulting services
Address	1341 g street, nw; suite 1100; washington, dc 20005 usa

Client

Name	red hat inc
Contact	solveig monson
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyists

rosen, dean

bingel, kelly rucker

castagnetti, david

mehlman, bruce

wild, brian

wooters, charles

gupta, sohini

zook, susan

Government Entities

commerce, dept of (doc)
executive office of the president (eop)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

science/technology: issues relating to: transparency and openness in government operations; open source software development and procurement; patent reform and intellectual property; global trade and investment.
computer industry: research and development; stem education; federal procurement of software.; h.r. 1232, federal it acquisition reform act
copyright/patent/trademark: issues relating to patent reform and intellectual property.; h.r. 3309, innovation act of 2013.; s. 1720, patent transparency and improvements act.; s. 1013, the patent abuse reduction act. s. 866, the patent quality improvement act of 2013.

Filing 157 of 250
2014, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$1,690,000.00 USD

Date Received

Mon Jul 21 2014 16:33:21 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	international business machines corporation
Address	600 14th street, nw; suite 300; washington, dc 20005-2012 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Contact	jill caiazzo
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

sheehy, timothy j

mcculloch, edgar h iii

stewart, steven w

rhone, adrienne g

williams, marcus p

evans, linda c

docktor, roslyn

marks, debra l

bruner, cheryl

gray, dana

singer, meredith

ignaszewski, katie

dipaula-coyle, michael

bury, craig e

vaynberg, yelena

underweiser, marian

Government Entities

commerce, dept of (doc)
council of economic advisers (cea)
defense, dept of (dod)
executive office of the president (eop)
federal trade commission (ftc)
house of representatives
labor, dept of (dol)
office of management & budget (omb)
senate
state, dept of (dos)
treasury, dept of
u.s. trade representative (ustr)

Issues

labor issues/antitrust/workplace: legislative & regulatory issues related to labor, workplace & benefits policy:; h.r. 2131 skills visa act; h.r. 3344 fradulent overseas recruitment and trafficking elimination act of 2013; ofccp rulemaking on people with disabilities employment; fair labor standards act regulatory review
taxation/internal revenue code: legislative & regulatory issues related to domestic and international tax, including tax treaties:; bilateral income tax treaties: u.s.-spain, u.s.-india ; oecd guidelines and u.s. treasury comments on taxation: base erosion profit-shifting (beps) project; s. 1625/h.r. 1129 mobile workforce state income tax simplification acts. 2260 expire act of 2014; h.r. 4438 american research and competitiveness act of 2014; h.r. 4464 permanent cfc look-through act of 2014; h.r. 4429 permanent active financing act of 2014
defense: legislative & regulatory issues related to defense matters:; disa data centers, ngen program, joint land attack cruise elevated nettled sensor system (jlens); h.r. 4435/s. 2410 national defense authorization act, fy2015: distributed common ground system - army (dcgs-a), data centers and analytics, dod/va integrated electronic health records
copyright/patent/trademark: legislative & regulatory issues related to intellectual property, including patents, copyright, and trademarks:; china patent regulations and amendments; china competition law; china copyright law amendments; s. 1720 patent transparency and improvements act of 2013; s. 1013 patent abuse reduction act of 2013; s. 1612 patent litigation integrity act of 2013; s. 866 patent quality improvement act of 2013; s. 2049 transparency in assertion of patents act;s. 2267 defend trade secrets act of 2014; patent ownership transparency; draft targeting rogue and opaque letters act of 2014 (trol act); software patentability
trade (domestic/foreign): legislative & regulatory issues related to international trade including multilateral & bilateral trade agreements:; h.r. 3830/s. 1900 bipartisan congressional trade priorities act of 2014; trans pacific partnership agreement (tpp); trade in services agreement (tisa); transatlantic trade and investment partnership (ttip); trade promotion authority (tpa); bilateral trade issues: china, brazil, indonesia, indiaexport regulation of radiation hardened integrated circuits; export regulation of high performance computers; un treaty for people with disabilities act; s. 1788 digital trade act of 2013
budget/appropriations: legislative & regulatory issues related to budget & appropriations matters:; h.r. 3547 omnibus appropriation act, fy2014 and h.r. 4870 dod appropriations act, fy2015: distributed common ground system (dcgs-a), socom r&d, air force it, dod/va integrated electronic health records, data center consolidation and dod public/private partnershipsh.r. 3547 omnibus appropriations act, fy2014 and labor, hhs, and education appropriations act, fy2015 (not yet introduced): center for medicare and medicaid services program integrity funds; social security administration - program integrity, ssa & ssi disability claims processing; h.r. 3547 omnibus appropriations act, fy2014 and energy and water development appropriations act, fy2015 (not yet introduced): army corps of engineers it; h. r. 3547 omnibus appropriations act, fy2014 and h.r. 4486 military construction/va appropriations act, fy2015: dod/va integrated electronic health records, va disability claims processing and program integrity; h.r. 4660/s. 2437 commerce, justice, science and related agencies appropriations act, fy2015: section 515 - asssesment of supply chain risk in acquisition of ict products
education: legislative & regulatory issues related to education, workforce training & related matters:; reauthorization of perkins cte act, elementary and secondary education act, workforce investment act and other career and technical training and education programs; h.r. 803 workforce innovation and opportunity act
computer industry: legislative & regulatory issues related to technology policy, including r&d, cybersecurity, privacy, health it & technology procurement:; h.r. 2495/s. 733 american super computing leadership act ; h.r. 3303 software act; s. 2007 protect actdraft cybersecurity information sharing act of 2014

Filing 158 of 250
2014, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$50,000.00 USD

Date Received

Mon Jul 21 2014 12:54:03 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	kamins consulting
Description	government and public relations consulting
Address	6825 cherry lane; annandale, va 20003 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	technology, software & services
Contact	scott kamins
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyist

kamins, scott a

Government Entities

house of representatives
senate

Issues

copyright/patent/trademark: h.r. 3309, the innovation act, s.1720, the patent transparency and improvements act
trade (domestic/foreign): the bipartisan congressional trade priorities act of 2014
health issues: h.r. 3303, the software act, s. 2007, the protect act
immigration: h.r. 2131, the skills visa act
taxation/internal revenue code: corporate tax reform and extenders
computer industry: h.r. 2495, the department of energy high-end computing act

Filing 159 of 250
2014, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$20,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Jul 18 2014 15:46:13 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	prime policy group
Description	government relations and public affairs
Address	1110 vermont avenue, nw; suite 1000; washington, dc 20005 usa

Client

Name	ibm corporation
Description	multinational technology and consulting firm
Contact	kathleen sanzaro
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyist

paone, martin

Government Entity

senate

Issues

taxation/internal revenue code: corporate tax reform
computer industry: s. 2007 - preventing regulatory overreach to enhance care technology act of 2014

Filing 160 of 250
2014, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$20,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Jul 18 2014 15:42:59 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	prime policy group
Description	government relations and public affairs
Address	1110 vermont avenue, nw; suite 1000; washington, dc 20005 usa

Client

Name	ibm corporation
Description	multinational technology and consulting firm
Contact	kathleen sanzaro
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

paone, martin

graefe dorton, erin

Government Entities

house of representatives
senate

Issues

health issues: h.r. 3303 - sensible oversight for technology which advances regulatory efficiency act of 2013
taxation/internal revenue code: corporate tax reform
computer industry: s. 2007 - preventing regulatory overreach to enhance care technology act of 2014

Filing 161 of 250
2014, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$30,000.00 USD

Date Received

Tue Jul 15 2014 11:29:07 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	mehlman castagnetti rosen & thomas, inc.
Description	government affairs consulting services
Address	1341 g street, nw; suite 1100; washington, dc 20005 usa

Client

Name	red hat inc
Contact	solveig monson
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyists

rosen, dean

bingel, kelly rucker

castagnetti, david

vogel, alex

mehlman, bruce

thompson, allen l iii

wild, brian

wooters, charles

Name	gupta, sohini
Position	health and social policy counsel, sen. bayh

zook, susan

Government Entities

commerce, dept of (doc)
executive office of the president (eop)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

computer industry: research and development; stem education; federal procurement of software.; h.r. 1232, federal it acquisition reform act
science/technology: issues relating to: transparency and openness in government operations; open source software development and procurement; patent reform and intellectual property; global trade and investment.
copyright/patent/trademark: issues relating to patent reform and intellectual property.; h.r. 3309, innovation act of 2013.; s. 1720, patent transparency and improvements act.; s. 1013, the patent abuse reduction act. s. 866, the patent quality improvement act of 2013.

Filing 162 of 250
2014, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$40,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Jul 11 2014 09:35:37 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	cavarocchi ruscio dennis associates, l.l.c.
Description	consultant firm
Address	600 maryland avenue, sw; suite 835w; washington, dc 20024 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	global information systems, consulting and technology services.
Contact	katina pierce
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

ruscio, domenic

jaquet, brent

van deusen, karl j

Government Entities

centers for medicare and medicaid services (cms)
defense, dept of (dod)
health & human services, dept of (hhs)
house of representatives
senate
social security administration (ssa)

Issues

health issues: labor, health & human services, education appropriations bill for fy 2015, house and senate, hr 4486, military construction and veterans affairs appropriations bill 2015 and senate bill, healthcare reform, health it, predictive analytics and program integrity programs at hhs and social security administration, electronic health records; hr 4870 department of defense appropriations bill 2015 and senate bill.
defense: hr 4486 military construction/veterans appropriations bill, fy 2015 and senate bill; hr 4870 defense appropriations bill, fy 2015 and senate bill; hr 4435/s 2410, national defense authorization, fy 2015; health programs, data center consolidation, micro electronics, electronic health records and distributed command ground system.
budget/appropriations: hr 4486 military construction/veterans appropriations bill, fy 2015 and senate bill; hr 4870 defense appropriations bill, fy 2015 and senate bill; hr 4435/s 2410, national defense authorization, fy 2015; health programs, data center consolidation, micro electronics, electronic health records and distributed command ground system.

Filing 163 of 250
2014, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$30,000.00 USD

Date Received

Tue Jul 01 2014 08:49:54 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	mcallister & quinn, llc
Description	grants and government relations consulting firm
Address	1030 15th street, nw; suite 590 west; washington, dc 20005 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	intelligence and investigation management software provider.
Contact	brandon declet
State	virginia, usa

Lobbyist

declet, brandon d

Government Entities

house of representatives
senate

Issues

science/technology: s. 1720, patent transparency and improvements act army procurement (dcgs-a)
copyright/patent/trademark: s. 1720, patent transparency and improvements act army procurement (dcgs-a)

Filing 164 of 250
2014, 1st quarter (jan 1 - mar 31)

Amount

$40,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Apr 18 2014 18:25:48 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	kamins consulting
Description	government and public relations consulting
Address	6825 cherry lane; annandale, va 20003 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	technology, software & services
Contact	scott kamins
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyist

Name	kamins, scott a
Position	deputy assistant secretary of state

Government Entities

house of representatives
senate

Issues

taxation/internal revenue code: corporate tax reform
health issues: fostering innovation in health it. hr 3303, the software act, s 2007, the protect act
computer industry: hr 2495 - department of energy high-end computing act
copyright/patent/trademark: patent troll reform, hr 3309, the innovation act, s. 1720 the patent transparency and improvements act
trade (domestic/foreign): trade promotion authority
immigration: immigration reform - hr 2131 the skills visa act

Filing 165 of 250
2014, 1st quarter (jan 1 - mar 31)

Amount

$1,260,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Apr 18 2014 15:38:05 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	international business machines corporation
Address	600 14th street, nw; suite 300; washington, dc 20005-2012 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Contact	jill caiazzo
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

sheehy, timothy j

mcculloch, edgar h iii

stewart, steven w

rhone, adrienne g

williams, marcus p

evans, linda c

docktor, roslyn

marks, debra l

bruner, cheryl

gray, dana

singer, meredith

ignaszewski, katie

dipaula-coyle, michael

bury, craig e

vaynberg, yelena

Government Entities

commerce, dept of (doc)
education, dept of
federal trade commission (ftc)
house of representatives
intl trade administration (ita)
justice, dept of (doj)
labor, dept of (dol)
natl economic council (nec)
office of science & technology policy (ostp)
office of the vice president of the united states
patent & trademark office (pto)
senate
state, dept of (dos)
treasury, dept of
u.s. trade representative (ustr)
white house office

Issues

copyright/patent/trademark: legislative & regulatory issues related to intellectual property, including patents, copyright, and trademarks:; china patent regulations and amendments; china competition law; s. 1720 patent transparency and improvements act of 2013; s. 1013 patent abuse reduction act of 2013; s. 1612 patent litigation integrity act of 2013; s. 866 patent quality improvement act of 2013; s. 2049 transparency in assertion of patent act;coons/hatch draft trade secret legislation; administration high-tech patent recommendations; patent ownership transparency; abusive demand letters; software patentability
trade (domestic/foreign): legislative & regulatory issues related to international trade including multilateral & bilateral trade agreements:; h.r. 3830/s. 1900 bipartisan congressional trade priorities act of 2014; trans pacific partnership agreement (tpp); trade in services agreement (tisa); transatlantic trade and investment partnership (ttip); trade promotion authority (tpa); bilateral trade issues: china, brazil, indonesia, indiaexport regulation of radiation hardened integrated circuits; export regulation of high performance computers; un treaty for people with disabilities act; s. 1788 digital trade act of 2013
labor issues/antitrust/workplace: legislative & regulatory issues related to labor, workplace & benefits policy:; h.r. 2131 skills visa act; ofccp rulemaking on people with disabilities employment; trade adjustment assistance
education: legislative & regulatory issues related to education, workforce training & related matters:; reauthorization of perkins cte act, elementary and secondary education act, workforce investment act and other career and technical training and education programs
computer industry: legislative & regulatory issues related to technology policy, including r&d, cybersecurity, privacy, health it & technology procurement:; h.r. 2495 american super computing leadership act ; h.r. 3303 software act; s. 2007 protect acth.r. 3696 national cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection act of 2013; national defense authorization act, fy2015 (not yet introduced): software assurance provisions, network penetration reporting requirements, supply chain provisions, cyber weapons language modification
taxation/internal revenue code: legislative & regulatory issues related to domestic and international tax, including tax treaties:; bilateral income tax treaties: u.s.-spain, u.s.-india ; oecd guidelines and u.s. treasury comments on taxation; s. 3485/h.r. 1129 mobile workforce state income tax simplification acts. 1859 tax extenders to extend for one year several tax extenders
budget/appropriations: legislative & regulatory issues related to budget & appropriations matters:; h.r. 3547 omnibus appropriation act, fy2014 and dod appropriations act, fy2015 (not yet introduced): distributed common ground system (dcgs-a), socom r&d, air force it, dod/va integrated electronic health recordsh.r. 3547 omnibus appropriations act, fy2014 and labor, hhs, and education appropriations act, fy2015 (not yet introduced): center for medicare and medicaid services program integrity funds; social security administration - program integrity, ssa & ssi disability claims processing; h.r. 3547 omnibus appropriations act, fy2014 nd energy and water development appropriations act, fy 2015 (not yet introduced): army corps of engineers it; h. r. 3547 omnibus appropriations act, fy2014 and military construction/va appropriations act, fy2015 (not yet introduced): dod/va integrated electronic health records, va disability claims processing and program integrity
defense: legislative & regulatory issues related to defense matters:; disa data centers, ngen program, joint land attack cruise elevated nettled sensor system (jlens); national defense authorization act, fy2015 (not yet introduced): distributed common ground system - army (dcgs-a), data centers and analytics, dod/va integrated electronic health records

Filing 166 of 250
2014, 1st quarter (jan 1 - mar 31)

Amount

$20,000.00 USD

Date Received

Tue Apr 15 2014 10:49:01 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	prime policy group
Description	government relations and public affairs
Address	1110 vermont avenue, nw; suite 1000; washington, dc 20005 usa

Client

Name	ibm corporation
Description	multinational technology and consulting firm
Contact	kathleen sanzaro
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

paone, martin

graefe dorton, erin

Government Entities

house of representatives
senate

Issues

taxation/internal revenue code: corporate tax reform
health issues: h.r. 3303 - sensible oversight for technology which advances regulatory efficiency act of 2013
computer industry: h.r.624 - cyber intelligence sharing and protection act (cispa); s. 2007 - preventing regulatory overreach to enhance care technology act of 2014; lenovo purchase of ibm's x86 server business

Filing 167 of 250
2014, 1st quarter (jan 1 - mar 31)

Amount

$40,000.00 USD

Date Received

Mon Apr 14 2014 14:53:24 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	cavarocchi ruscio dennis associates, l.l.c.
Description	consultant firm
Address	600 maryland avenue, sw; suite 835w; washington, dc 20024 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	global information systems, consulting and technology services.
Contact	katina pierce
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

ruscio, domenic

Name	jaquet, brent
Position	appropriations fellow, chmn c. w. bill youngappropriations fellow, chmn c.w. bill young

Name	van deusen, karl j
Position	captain, us navy, retired

Government Entities

centers for medicare and medicaid services (cms)
defense, dept of (dod)
health & human services, dept of (hhs)
house of representatives
senate
social security administration (ssa)

Issues

health issues: labor, health & human services, education appropriations bills for fy 2015; military construction and veterans affairs appropriations bills 2015; healthcare reform, health it, program integrity programs at hhs and social security administration, electronic health records; department of defense appropriations bills 2015
defense: military construction/veterans appropriations bills, fy 2015; defense appropriations bills, fy 2015 and senate bill; national defense authorization, fy 2015; health programs, data center consolidation, micro electronics, cyber demo site, electronic health records and distributed command ground system.
budget/appropriations: military construction/veterans appropriations bills, fy 2015; defense appropriations bills, fy 2015; national defense authorizations, fy 2015; health programs, data center consolidation, micro electronics, cyber demo site, electronic health records and distributed command ground system.

Filing 168 of 250
2014, 1st quarter (jan 1 - mar 31)

Amount

$30,000.00 USD

Date Received

Thu Apr 10 2014 15:33:06 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	mehlman castagnetti rosen & thomas, inc.
Description	government affairs consulting services
Address	1341 g street, nw; suite 1100; washington, dc 20005 usa

Client

Name	red hat inc
Contact	solveig monson
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyists

rosen, dean

bingel, kelly rucker

rampy, stacey

castagnetti, david

vogel, alex

mehlman, bruce

thompson, allen l iii

wild, brian

wooters, charles

zook, susan

Government Entities

commerce, dept of (doc)
executive office of the president (eop)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

science/technology: issues relating to: transparency and openness in government operations; open source software development and procurement; patent reform and intellectual property; global trade and investment.
computer industry: research and development; stem education; federal procurement of software.; h.r. 1232, federal it acquisition reform act
copyright/patent/trademark: issues relating to patent reform and intellectual property.; h.r. 3309, innovation act of 2013.; s. 1720, patent transparency and improvements act.; s. 1013, the patent abuse reduction act. s. 866, the patent quality improvement act of 2013.

Filing 169 of 250
2014, 1st quarter (jan 1 - mar 31)

Amount

$30,000.00 USD

Date Received

Thu Apr 03 2014 12:01:30 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	mcallister & quinn, llc
Description	grants and government relations consulting firm
Address	1030 15th street, nw; suite 590 west; washington, dc 20005 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	intelligence and investigation management software provider.
Contact	brandon declet
State	virginia, usa

Lobbyist

declet, brandon d

Government Entities

house of representatives
senate

Issues

copyright/patent/trademark: s. 1720, patent transparency and improvements act army procurement (dcgs-a
budget/appropriations: s. 1720, patent transparency and improvements act army procurement (dcgs-a)
science/technology: s. 1720, patent transparency and improvements act army procurement (dcgs-a

Filing 170 of 250
2013, 4th quarter (oct 1 - dec 31)

Amount

$30,000.00 USD

Date Received

Thu Jan 23 2014 13:00:33 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registrant

Name	kamins consulting
Description	government and public relations consulting
Address	6825 cherry lane; annandale, va 20003 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	technology, software & services
Contact	scott kamins
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

Name	kamins, scott a
Position	deputy assistant secretary of state

Name	burton, jeff
Position	director of outreach - minority whip eric cantor

Government Entities

house of representatives
senate

Issues

copyright/patent/trademark: hr 3309 - the innovation act
taxation/internal revenue code: general tax reform
budget/appropriations: fiscal year 2014 consolidated appropriations package - commerce, justice state portion

Filing 171 of 250
2013, 4th quarter (oct 1 - dec 31)

Amount

$1,530,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Jan 17 2014 17:30:00 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registrant

Name	international business machines corporation
Address	600 14th street, nw; suite 300; washington, dc 20005-2012 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Contact	jill caiazzo
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

sheehy, timothy j

mcculloch, edgar h iii

stewart, steven w

rhone, adrienne g

williams, marcus p

evans, linda c

docktor, roslyn

marks, debra l

edington, pj

o'riley, mark

bruner, cheryl

barnes, david neil

gray, dana

singer, meredith

padilla, christopher a

ignaszewski, katie

dipaula-coyle, michael

bury, craig e

vaynberg, yelena

underweiser, marian

Government Entities

army, dept of (other)
commerce, dept of (doc)
defense information systems agency
education, dept of
energy, dept of
health & human services, dept of (hhs)
house of representatives
intl trade administration (ita)
justice, dept of (doj)
labor, dept of (dol)
natl economic council (nec)
natl institute of standards & technology (nist)
natl security council (nsc)
office of management & budget (omb)
office of science & technology policy (ostp)
patent & trademark office (pto)
securities & exchange commission (sec)
senate
state, dept of (dos)
treasury, dept of
u.s. trade representative (ustr)
white house office

Issues

copyright/patent/trademark: legislative & regulatory issues related to intellectual property, including patents, copyright, and trademarks:; china patent regulations and amendments; h.r. 3309 the innovation act; s. 1720 patent transparency and improvements act of 2013; s. 1013 patent abuse reduction act of 2013; s. 1612 patent litigation integrity act of 2013; s. 866 patent quality improvement act of 2013; administration high-techpatent recommendations; patent ownership transparency; abusive demand letters; software patentability
education: legislative & regulatory issues related to education, workforce training & related matters:; reauthorization of perkins cte act, elementary and secondary education act, workforce investment act and other career and technical training and education programs
trade (domestic/foreign): legislative & regulatory issues related to international trade including multilateral & bilateral trade agreements:; trans pacific partnership agreement (tpp); trade in services agreement (tisa); transatlantic trade and investment partnership (ttip); trade promotion authority (tpa); bilateral trade issues: china, brazil, indonesia, indiaexport regulation of radiation hardened integrated circuits; export regulation of high performance computers; un treaty for people with disabilities act; s. 1788 digital trade act of 2013
labor issues/antitrust/workplace: legislative & regulatory issues related to labor, workplace & benefits policy:; h.r. 2131 skills visa act; ofccp rulemaking on people with disabilities employment; h.r. 1135 burdensome data collection relief act (pay ratio section 953(b))
computer industry: legislative & regulatory issues related to technology policy, including r&d, cybersecurity, privacy, health it & technology procurement:; h.r. 2495 american super computing leadership act; h.r. 3303 software acth.r. 3696 national cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection act of 2013; h.r. 3304 (s. 1197/h.r. 1960) national defense authorization act, fy2014: software assurance provisions, network penetration reporting requirements, supply chain provisions, cyber weapons language modification; s. 783/h.r. 527 helium stewardship act of 2013
taxation/internal revenue code: legislative & regulatory issues related to domestic and international tax, including tax treaties:; s. 250 corporate tax dodging prevention act; h.r. 694 the corporate tax fairness act; s. 268 cutting unjustified tax (cut) loopholes act; bilateral income tax treaties: u.s.-spain, u.s.-indiaoecd guidelines and u.s. treasury comments on taxation; s. 3485/h.r. 1129 mobile workforce state income tax simplification act; s. 1859 tax extenders to extend for one year several tax extenders
budget/appropriations: legislative & regulatory issues related to budget & appropriations matters:; trusted foundry funding; s.1429/h.r.2397 dod appropriations act, fy2014: distributed common ground system (dcgs-a), socom r&d, air force it, dod/va integrated electronic health recordss.1284/house draft labor, hhs, education appropriations act, fy2014: center for medicare and medicaid services program integrity funds; social security administration - program integrity, ssa & ssi disability claims processing; s. 1245 energy and water appropriations act, fy2014: army corps of engineers it; h.r. 2216 house/senate versions, military construction and veterans affairs appropriations act, fy2014: dod/va integrated electronic health records, va disability claims processing and program integrity
defense: legislative & regulatory issues related to defense matters:; disa data centers, ngen program, joint land attack cruise elevated nettled sensor system (jlens); h.r. 3304 (s. 1197/h.r. 1960) national defense authorization act, fy2014: distributed common ground system - army (dcgs-a), data centers and analytics, dod/va integrated electronic health recordsint cloud, intelligence community

Filing 172 of 250
2013, 4th quarter (oct 1 - dec 31)

Amount

$20,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Jan 17 2014 15:00:46 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registrant

Name	prime policy group
Description	government relations and public affairs
Address	1110 vermont avenue, nw; suite 1000; washington, dc 20005 usa

Client

Name	ibm corporation
Description	multinational technology and consulting firm
Contact	kathleen sanzaro
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyist

paone, martin

Government Entity

senate

Issues

immigration: s.169, i-squared act of 2013 and general immigration issues.
taxation/internal revenue code: corporate tax reform
computer industry: cispa, h.r.624

Filing 173 of 250
2013, 4th quarter (oct 1 - dec 31)

Amount

$30,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Jan 17 2014 10:18:00 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registrant

Name	mehlman castagnetti rosen & thomas, inc.
Description	government affairs consulting services
Address	1341 g street, nw; suite 1100; washington, dc 20005 usa

Client

Name	red hat inc
Contact	solveig monson
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyists

rosen, dean

bingel, kelly rucker

rampy, stacey

castagnetti, david

vogel, alex

mehlman, bruce

thompson, allen l iii

wild, brian

wooters, charles

zook, susan

Government Entities

commerce, dept of (doc)
executive office of the president (eop)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

defense: national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2014.
science/technology: issues relating to: transparency and openness in government operations; open source software development and procurement; patent reform and intellectual property; global trade and investment.
computer industry: research and development; stem education; federal procurement of software.; h.r. 1232, federal it acquisition reform act
copyright/patent/trademark: issues relating to patent reform and intellectual property.; h.r. 3309, innovation act of 2013.; s. 1720, patent transparency and improvements act.

Filing 174 of 250
2013, 4th quarter (oct 1 - dec 31)

Amount

$45,000.00 USD

Date Received

Tue Jan 14 2014 08:39:12 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registrant

Name	mcallister & quinn, llc
Description	grants and government relations consulting firm
Address	1030 15th street, nw; suite 590 west; washington, dc 20005 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	intelligence and investigation management software provider.
Contact	brandon declet
State	virginia, usa

Lobbyist

declet, brandon d

Government Entities

house of representatives
senate

Issue

budget/appropriations: hr 1960, the national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2014; s 1034, national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2014.

Filing 175 of 250
2013, 4th quarter (oct 1 - dec 31)

Amount

$50,000.00 USD

Date Received

Thu Jan 09 2014 15:21:21 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Registrant

Name	cavarocchi ruscio dennis associates, l.l.c.
Description	consultant firm
Address	600 maryland avenue, sw; suite 835w; washington, dc 20024 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	global information systems, consulting and technology services.
Contact	katina pierce
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

ruscio, domenic

Name	jaquet, brent
Position	appropriations fellow, chmn c. w. bill youngappropriations fellow, chmn c.w. bill young

Name	van deusen, karl j
Position	captain, us navy, retired

Government Entities

centers for medicare and medicaid services (cms)
defense, dept of (dod)
health & human services, dept of (hhs)
house of representatives
senate
social security administration (ssa)

Issues

health issues: s. 1284, labor, health & human services, education appropriations bill for fy 2014 and house bill; hr 2216 military construction and veterans affairs appropriations bill 2014 and senate bill; healthcare reform, health it, program integrity programs and predictive analytics at hhs and social security administration, electronic health records.hr 2397 department of defense appropriations bill 2014 and senate bill.
budget/appropriations: hr 2216 military construction/veterans appropriations bill, fy 2014 and senate bill; hr 2397 defense appropriations bill, fy 2014 and senate bill; hr 1960/s 1197, national defense authorization, fy 2014; health programs, tuition assistance programs, data center consolidation, micro electronics, cyber demo site, electronic health records and distributed common ground system.
defense: hr 2216 military construction/veterans appropriations bill, fy 2014 and senate bill; hr 2397 defense appropriations bill, fy 2014 and senate bill; hr 1960/s 1197, national defense authorization, fy 2014; health programs, tuition assistance programs, data center consolidation, micro electronics, cyber demo site, electronic health records and distributed common ground system.

Filing 176 of 250
2013, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$1,880,000.00 USD

Date Received

Mon Oct 21 2013 16:56:03 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	international business machines corporation
Address	600 14th street, nw; suite 300; washington, dc 20005-2012 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Contact	jill caiazzo
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

sheehy, timothy j

mcculloch, edgar h iii

stewart, steven w

rhone, adrienne g

williams, marcus p

evans, linda c

docktor, roslyn

marks, debra l

edington, pj

o'riley, mark

bruner, cheryl

barnes, david neil

perry, edmund f

gray, dana

singer, meredith

padilla, christopher a

ignaszewski, katie

dipaula-coyle, michael

bury, craig e

Government Entities

army, dept of (other)
centers for disease control & prevention (cdc)
commerce, dept of (doc)
commodity futures trading commission (cftc)
defense information systems agency
energy, dept of
house of representatives
intl trade administration (ita)
justice, dept of (doj)
labor, dept of (dol)
library of congress (loc)
natl economic council (nec)
natl security council (nsc)
office of management & budget (omb)
office of science & technology policy (ostp)
patent & trademark office (pto)
senate
state, dept of (dos)
treasury, dept of
u.s. trade representative (ustr)
white house office

Issues

copyright/patent/trademark: china patent regulations and amendments. patent litigation reform: goodlatte patent discussion draft; h.r. 845 saving high-tech innovators from egregious legal disputes (shield) act of 2013; s.1013 patent abuse reduction act of 2013; h.r.2024 end anonymous patents act; administration high-tech patent recommendations; patent ownership transparency; software patentability. copyright: data analytics; first sale doctrine and software licensing.
trade (domestic/foreign): trade agreements: trans pacific partnership agreement (tpp); trade in services agreement (tisa); wto information technology agreement (ita); transatlantic trade and investment partnership (ttip); trade and investment framework agreement (tifa) with nigeria. bilateral trade issues and policy: china, brazil, indonesia, india, vietnam. export/import regulation: radiation hardened integrated circuits; regulation of high performance computers. disability policy: un treaty for people with disabilities act.india's preferential market access policy. trade in used electronics.
computer industry: cybersecurity-implications for international trade: section 516 of pl 113-6 consolidated and further continuing appropriations act for fy13; s. 884 deter cyber theft act; hr 1960 fy14 ndaa (desantis amendment). cloud computing. re-authorization of the 2004 high performance computing act: hr 6454 "to amend the department of energy high-end computing revitalization act of 2004 to improve the high-end computing research and development program of the department of energy";s.733 exascale computing for science, competitiveness, advanced manufacturing, leadership, and the economy act. clinical decision support software and mobile medical devices. cybersecurity: s. 21 cybersecurity and american cyber competiveness act of 2013; h.r. 624 cyber intelligence sharing and protection act (cispa) of 2013; h.r. 1163 federal information security amendments act of 2013; h.r. 756 cybersecurity enhancement act of 2013; house judiciary cybercrime bill discussion draft; draft of national cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection act of 2013; h.r. 2881/s.1111 cyber economic espionage accountability act. fy 2014 commerce, justice, science appropriations: acquisition of ict products from entities "owned, directed or subsidized" by china.
budget/appropriations: basic research funding for dept. of energy, office of science - high performance computing. trusted foundry. department of defense: fy2014 dod appropriations - distributed common ground system (dcgs-a), socom r&d, air force it. center for medicare and medicaid services program integrity funds; social security administration - program integrity, ssa & ssi disability claims processing. h.r. 8 american tax payer relief act, issues relating to sequestration.perkins appropriations, and high school redesign and other career and technical education training.
labor issues/antitrust/workplace: immigration reform: s. 169 comprehensive immigration innovation act of 2013; house high-skilled immigration reform; s.744 border security, economic opportunity, and immigration modernization act; h.r. 2131 - skills visa act. ofccp rulemaking on people with disabilities (pwd) employment. niosh health study. dodd-frank wall street reform: pay ratio repeal, h.r. 1135 burdensome data collection relief act. retirement: maintaining tax benefits for defined benefit plans and no change inpbgc premium levels.
financial institutions/investments/securities: dodd-frank wall street reform: h.r. 634/s.888 business risk mitigation and price stabilization act of 2013 (exempt end-users from margin); h.r. 677 inter-affiliate clarification act (exempt end-users from inter-company affiliate swaps).
taxation/internal revenue code: u.s. international tax including deferral, foreign tax credits: s.250 corporate tax dodging prevention act; h.r. 694 the corporate tax and fairness act. u.s. corporate tax reform: s.268 cutting unjustified tax (cut) loopholes act. bilateral income tax treaties: u.s.-spain income tax treaty; us-india income tax treaty. oecd guidelines and u.s. treasury comments on taxation. employee-related tax reform: h.r. 1129 mobile workforce state income tax simplification act.
education: reauthorization of perkins cte act, elementary and secondary education act, workforce investment act and other career and technical training and education programs.
defense: disa data centers, ngen program, jlens. h.r. 1960/s.1034 national defense authorization act (ndaa): language related to the distributed common ground system-army (dcgs-a); data centers and analytics; cybersecurity and software assurance provisions. int cloud, intelligence community

Filing 177 of 250
2013, 3rd quarter (july 1 - sep 30)

Amount

$1,180,000.00 USD

Date Received

Mon Oct 21 2013 16:53:29 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	international business machines corporation
Address	600 14th street, nw; suite 300; washington, dc 20005-2012 usa

Client

Name	international business machines corporation (ibm)
Contact	jill caiazzo
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

sheehy, timothy j

mcculloch, edgar h iii

stewart, steven w

rhone, adrienne g

williams, marcus p

evans, linda c

docktor, roslyn

marks, debra l

edington, pj

o'riley, mark

bruner, cheryl

barnes, david neil

gray, dana

singer, meredith

padilla, christopher a

ignaszewski, katie

dipaula-coyle, michael

bury, craig e

vaynberg, yelena

Government Entities

army, dept of (other)
bureau of land management (blm)
commerce, dept of (doc)
defense, dept of (dod)
education, dept of
energy, dept of
food & drug administration (fda)
homeland security, dept of (dhs)
house of representatives
labor, dept of (dol)
natl institute of standards & technology (nist)
natl science foundation (nsf)
office of management & budget (omb)
office of science & technology policy (ostp)
patent & trademark office (pto)
securities & exchange commission (sec)
senate
state, dept of (dos)
treasury, dept of
u.s. trade representative (ustr)
white house office

Issues

trade (domestic/foreign): legislative & regulatory issues related to international trade including multilateral & bilateral trade agreements:; trans pacific partnership agreement (tpp); trade in services agreement (tisa); wto information technology agreement (ita); transatlantic trade and investment partnership (ttip); trade promotion authority (tpa);; bilateral trade issues: china, brazil, indonesia, india, vietnam;export regulation of radiation hardened integrated circuits; export regulation of high performance computers;; un treaty for people with disabilities act.
budget/appropriations: legislative & regulatory issues related to budget & appropriations matters:; trusted foundry funding; s.1429/h.r.2397 dod appropriations act, fy2014: distributed common ground system (dcgs-a), socom r&d, air force its.1284/house draft labor, hhs, education appropriations act, fy2014: center for medicare and medicaid services program integrity funds; social security administration - program integrity, ssa & ssi disability claims processing.
copyright/patent/trademark: legislative & regulatory issues related to intellectual property, including patents, copyright, and trademarks:; china patent regulations and amendments;; goodlatte patent discussion draft; s. 1013 patent abuse reduction act of 2013; h.r. 2024 end anonymous patents act; h.r. 2766 stopping the offensive use of patents act;h.r. 2639 patent litigation and innovation act of 2013; changes to tariff act section 337; h.r. 1123 unlocking consumer choice and wireless competition act; administration high-tech patent recommendations; patent ownership transparency; software patentability.
labor issues/antitrust/workplace: legislative & regulatory issues related to labor, workplace & benefits policy:; s. 169 comprehensive immigration innovation act of 2013; house high -skilled immigration reform; s. 744 border security, economic opportunity, and immigration modernization act; h.r. 2278 safe act; h.r. 1417 border security results act of 2013; h.r. 2131 skills visa act;ofccp rulemaking on people with disabilities employment;; h.r. 1135 burdensome data collection relief act (pay ratio section 953(b)).
defense: legislative & regulatory issues related to defense matters: ; disa data centers, ngen program, joint land attack cruise elevated nettled sensor system (jlens) ; s. 1034/h.r. 1960 national defense authorization act: distributed common ground system - army (dcgs-a);; data centers and analyticsbenefits of cloud applications for government users including the intelligence community.
education: legislative & regulatory issues related to education, workforce training & related matters:; reauthorization of perkins cte act, elementary and secondary education act, workforce investment act and other career and technical training and education programsnew accessible technology research approaches for future national institute on diability and rehabilitation research (nidrr) consideration.
taxation/internal revenue code: legislative & regulatory issues related to domestic and international tax, including tax treaties:; s. 250 corporate tax dodging prevention act; h.r. 694 the corporate tax and fairness act;; s. 268 cutting unjustified tax (cut) loopholes act;; bilateral income tax treaties: u.s.-spain, u.s.-india;oecd guidelines and u.s. treasury comments on taxation;; s. 3485/h.r. 1129 mobile workforce state income tax simplification act.
computer industry: legislative & regulatory issues related to technology policy, including r&d, cybersecurity, privacy, health it & technology procurement:; h.r. 2495 american super computing leadership act;; clinical decision support software and mobile medical devices;s. 1329/h.r. 2787 commerce, justice, science, and related agencies appropriations act, fy2014 (section 515/516-acquisition of ict products from entities "owned, directed or subsidized " by china); draft of national cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection act of 2013; s. 1353 cybersecurity act of 2013; s. 1034/h.r. 1960 national defense authorization act (software assurance provisions); s. 884 deter cyber theft act; activities associated with implementation of executive order 13636:; s. 783/h.r. 527 helium stewardship act of 2013.

Filing 178 of 250
2013, 3rd quarter (july 1 - sep 30)

Amount

$45,000.00 USD

Date Received

Mon Oct 21 2013 12:22:59 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	mcallister & quinn, llc
Description	grants and government relations consulting firm
Address	1030 15th street, nw; suite 590 west; washington, dc 20005 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	intelligence and investigation management software provider.
Contact	brandon declet
State	virginia, usa

Lobbyist

declet, brandon d

Government Entities

house of representatives
senate

Issue

budget/appropriations: hr 1960, the national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2014; s 1034, national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2014

Filing 179 of 250
2013, 3rd quarter (july 1 - sep 30)

Amount

$30,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Oct 18 2013 11:27:58 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	mehlman castagnetti rosen & thomas, inc.
Description	government affairs consulting services
Address	1341 g street, nw; suite 1100; washington, dc 20005 usa

Client

Name	red hat inc
Contact	solveig monson
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyists

rosen, dean

bingel, kelly rucker

rampy, stacey

castagnetti, david

vogel, alex

mehlman, bruce

thompson, allen l iii

wild, brian

wooters, charles

Name	zook, susan
Position	legislative assistant, senator crapo ; ; legislative assistant, rep. charlie dent ; ; legislative correspondent, rep. tim murphy ; ; intern, rep. bill shuster

Government Entities

commerce, dept of (doc)
executive office of the president (eop)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

science/technology: issues relating to: transparency and openness in government operations; open source software development and procurement; patent reform and intellectual property; global trade and investment.
computer industry: research and development; stem education; federal procurement of software.; h.r. 1232, federal it acquisition reform act
copyright/patent/trademark: issues relating to patent reform and intellectual property.
defense: national defense authorization act

Filing 180 of 250
2013, 3rd quarter (july 1 - sep 30)

Amount

$30,000.00 USD

Date Received

Fri Oct 18 2013 11:13:42 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	kamins consulting
Description	government and public relations consulting
Address	6825 cherry lane; annandale, va 20003 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	technology, software & services
Contact	scott kamins
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

Name	kamins, scott a
Position	deputy assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs

Name	burton, jeff
Position	outreach director - republican whip eric cantor

Government Entities

house of representatives
senate

Issues

taxation/internal revenue code: comprehensive tax reform
trade (domestic/foreign): india market access issues and renewal of the generalized system of preferences
budget/appropriations: fiscal year 2014 commerce, justin, science (cjs) appropriations bill
computer industry: hr 624 - the cyber intelligence sharing and protection act

Filing 181 of 250
2013, 3rd quarter (july 1 - sep 30)

Amount

$20,000.00 USD

Date Received

Thu Oct 17 2013 14:37:47 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	prime policy group
Description	government relations and public affairs
Address	1110 vermont avenue, nw; suite 1000; washington, dc 20005 usa

Client

Name	ibm corporation
Description	multinational technology and consulting firm
Contact	kathleen sanzaro
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyist

paone, martin

Government Entity

senate

Issues

computer industry: cispa, h.r.624
taxation/internal revenue code: corporate tax reform
immigration: s.169, i-squared act of 2013 and general immigration issues.

Filing 182 of 250
2013, 3rd quarter (july 1 - sep 30)

Amount

$40,000.00 USD

Date Received

Wed Oct 09 2013 12:40:28 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	cavarocchi ruscio dennis associates, l.l.c.
Description	consultant firm
Address	600 maryland avenue, sw; suite 835w; washington, dc 20024 usa

Client

Name	ibm
Description	global information systems, consulting and technology services.
Contact	katina pierce
State	district of columbia, usa

Lobbyists

ruscio, domenic

Name	jaquet, brent
Position	appropriations fellow, chmn c. w. bill youngappropriations fellow, chmn c.w. bill young

Name	van deusen, karl j
Position	captain, us navy, retired

Government Entities

centers for medicare and medicaid services (cms)
defense, dept of (dod)
health & human services, dept of (hhs)
house of representatives
senate
social security administration (ssa)

Issues

defense: hr 2216 military construction/veterans appropriations bill, fy 2014 and senate bill; hr 2397 defense appropriations bill, fy 2014 and senate bill; hr 1960/s 1197, national defense authorization, fy 2014; health programs, tuition assistance programs, data center consolidation, micro electronics, cyber demo site, electronic health records and distributed command ground system.
budget/appropriations: hr 2216 military construction/veterans appropriations bill, fy 2014 and senate bill; hr 2397 defense appropriations bill, fy 2014 and senate bill; hr 1960/s 1197, national defense authorization, fy 2014; health programs, tuition assistance programs, data center consolidation, micro electronics, cyber demo site, electronic health records and distributed common ground system.
health issues: s. 1284, labor, health & human services, education appropriations bill for fy 2014 and house bill; hr 2216 military construction and veterans affairs appropriations bill 2014 and senate bill; healthcare reform, health it, program integrity programs at hhs and social security administration, electronic health records; hr 2397 department of defense appropriations bill 2014 and senate bill.

Filing 183 of 250
2013, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Amount

$30,000.00 USD

Date Received

Mon Jul 22 2013 12:40:33 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Registrant

Name	mehlman castagnetti rosen & thomas, inc.
Description	government affairs consulting services
Address	1341 g street, nw; suite 1100; washington, dc 20005 usa

Client

Name	red hat inc
Contact	solveig monson
State	north carolina, usa

Lobbyists

rosen, dean

bingel, kelly rucker

rampy, stacey

castagnetti, david

vogel, alex

mehlman, bruce

thompson, allen l iii

wild, brian

wooters, charles

Government Entities

commerce, dept of (doc)
executive office of the president (eop)
house of representatives
senate

Issues

homeland security: 2013 cybersecurity legislation
science/technology: issues relating to: transparency and openness in government operations; open source software development and procurement; patent reform and intellectual property; global trade and investment.
computer industry: cybersecurity; research and development; stem education; federal procurement of software.; h.r. 1232, federal it acquisition reform act
copyright/patent/trademark: issues relating to patent reform and intellectual property.
defense: national defense authorization act

Filing 184 of 250
2013, 2nd quarter (apr 1 - june 30)

Child Organizations (Excluding Grand-children and Below)

References

Received	Thu Jul 30 2020 11:45:51 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
Registrant	red hat inc 100 east davie street; raleigh, nc 27601 usa

Received	Wed Jul 29 2020 17:09:07 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
Registrant	international business machines corporation (ibm) 600 14th street, nw; suite 300; washington, dc 20005-2012 usa

Received	Tue Jul 28 2020 14:43:04 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
Registrant	international business machines corporation (ibm) 600 14th street, nw; suite 300; washington, dc 20005-2012 usa
Lobbyist Name:	bruner, cheryl

Received	Mon Jul 27 2020 22:19:36 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
Registrant	international business machines corporation (ibm) 600 14th street, nw; suite 300; washington, dc 20005-2012 usa
Lobbyist Name:	evans, linda c