Lobbying Relationship

Client

Ad Network Educational Consortium

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Lobbying firm

Heather Podesta + Partners, LLC

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  • Monitor legislative activity related to regulation of privacy and online behavioral advertising (H.R. 611, Best Practices Act; S. 799, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011; S. 913, Do-Not-Track Online Act of 2011; S. 1223, Location Privacy Protection Act of 2011; H.R. 654, Do Not Track Me Online Act; H.R. 1895, Do Not Track Kids Act of 2011; H.R. 1528, Consumer Privacy Protection Act of 2011; H.R. 2168 Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act).
  • Monitor legislative activity related to data security (S. 1207, Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2011; S. 1151, Emergency Mortgage Relief and Neighborhood Stabilization Programs Cost Recoupment Act of 2011; H.R. 1707, Data Accountability and Trust Act; H.R. 1841, Data Accountability and Trust Act (DATA) of 2011).
  • Monitor legislative activity related to online copyright infringement (S. 968, Detainee Security Act of 2011; S. 978, to amend the criminal penalty provision for criminal infringement of a copyright).

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General Issues: Advertising, Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection, Copyright/Patent/Trademark

Spending: about $560,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2009: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate

Affiliated organizations: Epic Advertising; Burst Media; 24/7 RealMedia; Collective Media; Exponential Interactive Inc; ValueClick

Bills mentioned

H.R.611: BEST PRACTICES Act

Sponsor: Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.)

S.799: Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011

Sponsor: John Kerry (D-Mass.)

S.913: Do-Not-Track Online Act of 2011

Sponsor: John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.)

S.1223: Location Privacy Protection Act of 2012

Sponsor: Al Franken (D-Minn.)

H.R.654: Do Not Track Me Online Act

Sponsor: Jackie Speier (D-Calif.)

H.R.1895: Do Not Track Kids Act of 2011

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

H.R.1528: Consumer Privacy Protection Act of 2011

Sponsor: Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.)

S.1207: Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2011

Sponsor: Mark Pryor (D-Ark.)

S.1151: Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2011

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

H.R.1707: Data Accountability and Trust Act

Sponsor: Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.)

H.R.1841: Data Accountability and Trust Act (DATA) of 2011

Sponsor: Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.)

S.968: PROTECT IP Act of 2011

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

S.978: A bill to amend the criminal penalty provision for criminal infringement...

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

H.R.5777: BEST PRACTICES Act

Sponsor: Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.)

S.3804: Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act

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

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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?
Heather Podesta Counsel, Representative Robert Matsui Counsel, Representative Earl Pomeroy Legislative Fellow, Senator Bill Bradley Research Assistant, Congressional Budget Office
Julian A. Haywood Staff Dir/Csl, House Govt Reform Subcomm on Info Policy Minority Counsel, House Committee on Government Reform Counsel, House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct Legislative Assistant & Counsel, Representative Steny Hoyer Law Intern, U.S. Attorneys Office, Southern District of NY Legislative Assistant, Representative Julian Dixon Min Counsel, House Govt Reform Comm Cnsl, House Comm on Stds of Official Conduct Legislative Asst & Counsel, Rep. Steny Hoyer Legislative Assistant, Rep. Julian Dixon Staff Dir/Counsel, House Govt Reform Subcomm Counsel,House Comm on Stds of Official Conduct Legislative Assistant & Counsel, Rep. Steny Hoyer
Benjamin Klein Legislative Director, Senator Byron Dorgan Legislative Assistant, Senator Byron Dorgan

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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