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Microsoft Corporation

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Lobbying firm

The Gibson Group, LLC

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  • Competitiveness in the online advertising and software markets. Competitiveness and the high tech sector. Monitor issues related to government access to customer data. Monitor Cloud computing issues. Monitor STEM education legislation. Monitor issues relating to data breach legislation and data breaches. Monitor issues relating to facial recognition technology. Monitor issues relating election security technology. Monitor issues relating to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Issues relating to the proposed Activision merger. Issues relating to artificial intelligence. Monitor issues relating to the skills-based economy.
  • Monitor software piracy, counterfeiting, and protection of intellectual property rights. Monitor patent reform. Monitor issues relating to the structure of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
  • Monitor H1-B Visas. Monitor issues relating to high-skilled immigration.
  • Monitor cybersecurity legislation. Monitor privacy oversight issues. Monitor issues relating to use of TV white space spectrum. Issues relating to reauthorization of Section 702 of FISA.
  • Monitor issues relating to trade agreements.
  • Monitor postal reform.
  • Monitor possible legislation to provide state tax relief for employees stranded outside their home state by Covid.

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General Issues: Computer Industry, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Immigration, Telecommunications, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Postal, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Spending: about $1,610,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2011: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, White House Office

Bills mentioned

H.R.387: Email Privacy Act

Sponsor: Kevin Yoder (R-Kan.)

H.R.699: Email Privacy Act

Sponsor: Kevin Yoder (R-Kan.)

H.R.9: Innovation Act

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

S.1137: PATENT Act

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

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.3309: Innovation Act

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

S.1720: Patent Transparency and Improvements Act of 2013

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

H.R.2131: SKILLS Visa Act

Sponsor: Darrell Issa (R-Calif.)

H.R.3361: USA FREEDOM Act

Sponsor: F. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.)

H.R.5949: FISA Amendments Act Reauthorization Act of 2012

Sponsor: Lamar Smith (R-Texas)

H.R.3012: Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2011

Sponsor: Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah)

H.R.1981: Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011

Sponsor: Lamar Smith (R-Texas)

H.R.1860: Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2011

Sponsor: Lamar Smith (R-Texas)

H.R.3261: Stop Online Piracy Act

Sponsor: Lamar Smith (R-Texas)

S.23: America Invents Act

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

H.R.1249: Leahy-Smith America Invents Act

Sponsor: Lamar Smith (R-Texas)

H.R.4943: CLOUD Act

Sponsor: Doug Collins (R-Ga.)

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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?
Joseph Gibson Chief Minority Counsel, House Judiciary Committee 2007-2008 Chief of Staff, Rep. Lamar Smith 2005-2007 Chief Legislative Counsel & Parliamentarian, House Judiciary Committee 2003-2005 Deputy Asst Attorney General/Office of Leg Affairs 2002-2003 Counsel for Legislative & Intergovernmental Affairs Anti- Trust Division, DOJ 2001-2002 Chief Antitrust Counsel, House Judiciary Comm. 1997-2001 Counsel, House Judiciary Comm. 1995-1997 Chief Minority Counsel, House Judiciary Committee 2007-2008; Chief of Staff, Rep. Lamar Smith 2005-2007; Chief Legislative Counsel & Parliamentarian, House Judiciary Committee 2003-2005; Deputy Asst. Attorney General, Office of Leg. Affairs 2002-2003 Counsel for Legislative & Intergovernmental Affairs Anti-Trust Division, DOJ 2001-2002; Chief Antitrust Counsel, House Judiciary Committee 1997-2001; Counsel, House Judiciary Committee 1995-1997 Chief Minority Counsel, House Judiciary Comm. House Judiciary Comm. 2003-2005 Chief Anti-Trust Counsel, House Judiciary Counsel, House Judiciary Committee '95-'97

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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