Software & Information Industry Association
Based in DC
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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
8
Years Active
1
Firms Hired
15
Lobbyists Deployed
11
Issues Lobbied
Spending Trend
View as table
| 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
Lobbying Firms
Lobbyists
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
- •Copyright protection for software and digital information content (including enforcement);
- •Copyright registration of secure tests; sovereign immunity from patent infringement;
- •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
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Data Sources: Senate LDA Filings
Last updated: February 2026
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