• Advocacy for FY2024 and FY2025 funding of the Census Bureau; support for transparency and outsourcing of the Census Household Panel (formerly known as the Ask U.S. Panel).
• Support for comprehensive federal consumer data privacy legislation. Reforming the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) restrictions on autodialer calls to cell phones. Requiring white listing of legitimate market research callers from call blocking and labeling. General issues: consumer and data privacy; online behavioral tracking; data security and security breach notification; data brokers; Big Data; and replacing/reviving the US-EU Privacy Shield for data transfer.
• Support for transparency and outsourcing of the Census Household Panel (formerly known as the Ask U.S. Panel) and opposition to any similar efforts/programs that would compete with the insights industry. Opposition to amendments and legislation that would make response to the American Community Survey (ACS) voluntary instead of mandatory or do away with the ACS entirely; opposition to other legislation and amendments harming the conduct of the ACS and the decennial Census; and preparation for the 2030 Census. Urging OMB to recognize the validity of online market research. Support for the Yellow Pages test and competitive sourcing of government services and for the Freedom from Government Competition Act (H.R. 2744).
• Urging the appropriate classification of research subjects as independent contractors. Support for independent contractor status protections; opposition to the PRO Act unless amended to protect research subjects. Opposition to uncompensated noncompete agreements, for anyone but senior staff.
• Support for international trade agreements, like USMCA, that promote digital trade and combat data localization policies and cross-border restrictions on data privacy.
• Support for the Freedom to Invest in Tomorrows Workforce Act (S. 722, H.R. 1477), which would expand qualified expenses under 529 savings plans to include postsecondary training and credentialing, such as licenses and professional certifications and certificates.
• Support for legislation regulating artificial intelligence, focused on high risk.

Duration: November 1, 2007 to present

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV, Government Issues, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Computer Industry, Small Business, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Telecommunications, Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection, Health Issues, Transportation, Advertising, Homeland Security

Spending: about $387,691 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2007: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Bureau of the Census, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Labor - Dept of (DOL), White House Office, Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury - Dept of, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), House of Representatives,, U.S. Senate,, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Y Y House, Senate, FTC, FCC