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Last week the California Legislative Black Caucus visited the eBay Inc. to hold a conversation with the Silicon Valley leadership Group and other regional stakeholders to discuss legislative priorities and issues impacting California's African-American community.

For the very first time, eBay Inc. participated in the European Health Forum in Gastein, Austria. The European Commission organized a session on the topic of stakeholder involvement in policymaking.

Congressman Michael McCaul (TX-10), Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, staff director Brendan Shields and chief of staff Hans Klingler met with Lynda Talgo, VP, Global Managed Marketplaces and Tod Cohen, VP and Deputy Counsel, Global Government Relations last week to discuss eBay Inc.'s business model and illustrate the ways in which omnichannel retailing, mobile and local are driving our key policy areas, such as trust/privacy, trade and digital payments.

Nathan Gisvold, a former small business owner in Nevada, recently sent a letter to the editor of the Las Vegas Review-Journal expressing his concerns with the Senate passed Marketplace Fairness Act.

In a recent letter to the editor, Virginia small business owner, John Feigenbaum, defends Congressman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) from critics that are saying that, as the Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, Goodlatte is hurting Virginia small businesses by failing to pass the Senate-passed Marketplace Fairness Act.

Last week, Sarah Davis, founder of Fashionphile, shared her stories of exporting to Brazil with the Internet Retailer. In the article, Davis explained that for a long time, she had made a business decision to not export any of her high-end designer handbags to Brazil.

David London, eBay Inc.’s Sr. Director of U.S. State Government Relations, participated in a panel discussion entitled “Cybersecurity and Technology: Public and Private Sector Opportunities in a Changing Landscape” during the 2014 Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference.

Last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee led by Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT), held a hearing to discuss the future of the Open Internet entitled “Why Net Neutrality Matters: Protecting Consumers and Competition Through Meaningful Open Internet Rules.” Read the opening remarks and highlights.

Last week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that it had received over 3 million comments regarding their Open Internet proceedings. The Internet Association, of which eBay Inc. is a member, officially filed comments with the FCC last week. In their comments, the Internet Association reiterated its support of strong non-discrimination and no-blocking rules to protect consumers, startups, and innovation.

Last week, eBay Inc., along with the Internet Association and other Internet companies, hosted Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Mark Doms to discuss the Commerce Department’s Data Strategic Plan. The Data Strategic Plan, released earlier this year by Commerce Secretary Pritzker, pledges to “improve government, business, and community decisions and knowledge by transforming Department data capabilities and supporting a data-enabled economy.”