House immigration reform
Privacy and data security, including:
s1193,Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2013
S 1897,Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2014
S 1927, Data Security Act of 2014
Email privacy, hr 1852, email privacy act;
Cyber security, Hr 3696, National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2013
Duration: May 20, 2013
to
October 1, 2016
General Issues: Immigration , Computer Industry , Science/Technology , Trade (Domestic & Foreign) , Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Spending: about $100,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)
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Agencies lobbied since 2013: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
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?
Joseph Rubin Legislative Director, Congressman George Gekas
Legislaaitve Director, George Gekas
Leg. Dir., Cong. George Gekas
Leg. Dir., Cong. Gekas
Leg. Dir. Cong Gekas
LD, Cong. George Gekas
LD, Cong. Gekas
Leg dir, cong George Gekas
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LD, Cong G. Gekas
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.
4th Quarter, 2016
Arnall Golden Gregory terminated an engagement in which they represented Technology Association of America on Feb. 6, 2017.
Original Filing: 300860013.xml
1st Quarter, 2014
Mr. Joseph Rubin terminated an engagement in which they represented Technology Association of America on March 27, 2015.
Original Filing: 300711984.xml
4th Quarter, 2013
Rubin Strategies terminated an engagement in which they represented Technology Association of America on Jan. 30, 2014.
Original Filing: 300629500.xml
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate
Lobbying Issues
Privacy and data security, including:
s1193,Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2013
S 1897,Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2014
S 1927, Data Security Act of 2014
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate
Lobbying Issues
Email privacy, hr 1852, email privacy act;
Cyber security, Hr 3696, National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2013
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate
4th Quarter, 2013
Rubin Strategies terminated an engagement in which they represented Technology Association of America on Jan. 26, 2014.
Original Filing: 300629128.xml
Lobbying Issues
Hearings and draft legislation: Benefits of information sharing; Privacy, data security and data breach
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives
Lobbying Issues
S. . 744, Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act, general provisions and provisions pretaining to high skilled immigration and visa, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathmatics) provisions, electronic verification ("E-Verify") and Department of Homeland Security electronic processing. Draft "Group of Seven" Legislation, on general provisions and provisions pretaining to high skilled immigration, STEM, and electronic verification provisions. H.R. 1722, the Legal Workforce Act
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives
Lobbying Issues
TransAtlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement- issues related to ICT and privacy
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives
Type of Issue
Trade (Domestic & Foreign)
Lobbying Issues
Protecting technology companies from frivolous patent litigation: H.R. 2639: Patent Litigation and Innovation Act of 2013, all provisions; S. 1013, Patent Abuse Reduction Act of 2013, all provisions;
Patent Quality Improvement Act of 2013, S 866; all provisions
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives
Type of Issue
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
3rd Quarter, 2013
In Q3, Rubin Strategies lobbied for Technology Association of America , earning $40,000. The report was filed on Jan. 26, 2014.
Original Filing: 300629127.xml
Lobbying Issues
Hearings and draft legislation: Benefits of information sharing; Privacy, data security and data breach
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives
Lobbying Issues
S. 744, Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act, general provisions and provisions pretaining to high skilled immigration and visa, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathmatics) provisions, electronic verification ("E-Verify") and Department of Homeland Security electronic processing. Draft "Group of Seven" Legislation, on general provisions and provisions pretaining to high skilled immigration, STEM, and electronic verification provisions. H.R. 1722, the Legal Workforce Act
all provisions.
H.R. 2131, the "Supplying Knowledge-based Immigrants and Lifting Levels of STEM Visas Act" (The SKILLS Visa Act), all provisions.
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives
Lobbying Issues
TransAtlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement- issues related to ICT and privacy
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives
Type of Issue
Trade (Domestic & Foreign)
Lobbying Issues
Protecting technology companies from frivolous patent litigation: H.R. 2639: Patent Litigation and Innovation Act of 2013, all provisions; S. 1013, Patent Abuse Reduction Act of 2013, all provisions;
Patent Quality Improvement Act of 2013, S 866; all provisions
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives
Type of Issue
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
2nd Quarter, 2013
In Q2, Rubin Strategies lobbied for Technology Association of America , earning $20,000. The report was filed on July 19, 2013.
Original Filing: 300579483.xml
Lobbying Issues
Hearings and draft legislation: Benefits of information sharing; Privacy, data security and data breach
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives
Lobbying Issues
S. 744, Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act, general provisions and provisions pretaining to high skilled immigration and visa, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathmatics) provisions, electronic verification ("E-Verify") and Department of Homeland Security electronic processing. Draft "Group of Seven" Legislation, on general provisions and provisions pretaining to high skilled immigration, STEM, and electronic verification provisions. H.R. 1722, the Legal Workforce Act all provisions.
H.R. 2131, the "Supplying Knowledge-based Immigrants and Lifting Levels of STEM Visas Act" (The SKILLS Visa Act), all provisions.
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives
Lobbying Issues
TransAtlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement- issues related to ICT and privacy
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives
Type of Issue
Trade (Domestic & Foreign)
Lobbying Issues
Protecting technology companies from frivolous patent litigation: H.R. 2639: Patent Litigation and Innovation Act of 2013, all provisions; S. 1013, Patent Abuse Reduction Act of 2013, all provisions;
Patent Quality Improvement Act of 2013, S 866; all provisions
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives
Type of Issue
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
2nd Quarter, 2013
Rubin Strategies filed a lobbying registration on May 22, 2013 to represent Technology Association of America, effective May 20, 2013.
Original Filing: 300567720.xml
Issue(s) they said they’d lobby about: Privacy, telecommunications, e-commerce .
2nd Quarter, 2013
Rubin Strategies filed a lobbying registration on May 21, 2013 to represent Tech America, effective May 20, 2013.
Original Filing: 300567640.xml
Issue(s) they said they’d lobby about: e-commerce, privacy, telecommunications .
Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate
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