Software & Information Industry Association

Based in DC

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AI Overview

With $15.6M in lobbying spend across 36 quarterly filings, Software & Information Industry Association is one of the biggest lobbying spenders in Washington. They deploy 15 individual lobbyists Their lobbying covers 11 issue areas. Active from 2018 to 2025.

$15.6M

Total Spend

Years Active

Firms Hired

Lobbyists Deployed

Issues Lobbied

Spending Trend

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Year	Lobbying Spend
2018	$880K
2019	$860K
2020	$773K
2021	$962K
2022	$1.1M
2023	$2.3M
2024	$4.0M
2025	$4.7M

Issues Lobbied

Law Enforcement Copyright/Patent Trade Postal Budget/Appropriations Government Issues Education Computer Industry Telecommunications Consumer Issues Science/Technology

Lobbying Firms

Siia

Lobbyists

David Leduc Mark Maccarthy Christopher Mohr Carl Schonander Sara Kloek Sara Depaul Jesse Spector Victoria Akosile Paul Lekas Divya Sridhar Morten Skroejer Anton Van Seventer Danny Bounds Bethany Abbate Nathanael Andrews

Government Agencies Targeted

These are the government entities that Software & Information Industry Association disclosed contacting in their lobbying filings.

Commerce, Dept of (DOC)Executive Office of the President (EOP)Federal Trade Commission (FTC)General Services Administration (GSA)HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJustice, Dept of (DOJ)Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)Office of Management & Budget (OMB)Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)SENATEState, Dept of (DOS)U.S. Copyright OfficeU.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA)Education, Dept ofU.S. Postal Service (USPS)Office of Technology Policy (OTP)Natl Security Council (NSC)+1 more

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What They Lobby About

These are actual descriptions from their quarterly lobbying disclosure filings, summarizing what they lobbied Congress and federal agencies about.Issue areas: Law Enforcement, Copyright/Patent, Trade, Postal, Budget/Appropriations and 6 more

Legislation to amend the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, including the the Email Privacy Act (H.R. 387, S. 1654); the International Communications Privacy Act (S.1671, H.R.3718); Clarifying Law

Patent litigation refor

International trade issues, including U.S. Government positions on data privacy, intellectual property protection, cloud computing, the Internet of Things, cross-border data flows, IT procurement and

Postal rates and service standards; legislation to reform and modernize the operations of the U.S. Postal Service, including the 2018 Postal Service Reform Act (S. 2629).

Federal funding for education, education technology, and teacher preparation and professional development:

FY 2018 Labor, HHS and Education Appropriations

FY 2019 Labor, HHS and Education Appropriatio