Lobbying Relationship

Client

Microsoft Corporation

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Lobbying firm

West Front Strategies LLC

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  • Issues related to consumer and children's privacy, including S. 1409, Kids Online Safety Act; S. 1418, Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection 2.0 Reform Act; and S. 2708, Deceptive Experiences To Online Users Reduction Act.
  • Issues related to emerging technologies; artificial intelligence; cloud computing; supply chain security; Section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934; and, privacy; legislative proposals related to government surveillance and data collection, including issues of transparency, FISA Section 702 reforms and ECPA reform.
  • Issues related to antitrust and competition policy.

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General Issues: Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection, Computer Industry, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Immigration, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Telecommunications, Science/Technology, Budget/Appropriations, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Spending: about $1,980,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2015: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives

Bills mentioned

S.1657: ECPA Modernization Act of 2017

Sponsor: Mike Lee (R-Utah)

S.1671: International Communications Privacy Act

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

S.356: Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2015

Sponsor: Mike Lee (R-Utah)

S.512: Law Enforcement Access to Data Stored Abroad Act

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

H.R.1174: Law Enforcement Access to Data Stored Abroad Act

Sponsor: Tom Marino (R-Pa.)

H.R.5323: International Communications Privacy Act

Sponsor: Tom Marino (R-Pa.)

S.2986: International Communications Privacy Act

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

H.R.9: Innovation Act

Sponsor: Robert W. Goodlatte (R-Va.)

S.2733: Venue Equity and Non-Uniformity Elimination Act of 2016

Sponsor: Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.)

S.153: I-Squared Act of 2015

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

S.1890: Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

S.754: To improve cybersecurity in the United States through enhanced sharing...

Sponsor: Richard M. Burr (R-N.C.)

H.R.2029: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016

Sponsor: Charlie Dent (R-Pa.)

H.R.2810: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018

Sponsor: William M. Thornberry (R-Texas)

S.2383: CLOUD Act

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

S.386: Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019

Sponsor: Mike Lee (R-Utah)

S.3398: EARN IT Act of 2020

Sponsor: Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)

S.1260: United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021

Sponsor: Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.)

H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

H.R.4346: Supreme Court Security Funding Act of 2022

Sponsor: Tim Ryan (D-Ohio)

S.1409: Kids Online Safety Act

Sponsor: Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)

S.1418: Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act

Sponsor: Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.)

S.2708: DETOUR Act

Sponsor: Mark Warner (D-Va.)

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Lobbyists

Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented twice here.

Lobbyist Covered positions?
Malloy McDaniel Policy Advisor, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell
Malloy McDaniel cont. Whip Liaison, Senate Majority Whip Mitch McConnell Floor Assistant, Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott Cloakroom Assistant, Office of the Republican Secretary
Kristi Remington Deputy Assistant Attorney General, US Department of Justice
Kristi Remington cont. Senior Counsel, House Government Reform Committee
Craig Kalkut Staff Director/Chief Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee; Analyst, Senate Budget Committee; Counsel, Legislative Assistant, Special Assistant to Chief Staff, Senator Kent Conrad

Disclosures Filed

Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.

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Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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