2016-05-16T16:44:18-05:00 2015-06-30 BDO USA LLP 8401 GREENSBORO DRIVE SUITE 800 MCLEAN VA 22102 990 2014-07-01 521329859 SOFTWARE PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION % TOM MELDRUM SOFT 2022897442 1090 VERMONT AVE NW 6TH FLOOR WASHINGTON DC 20005 KENNETH A WASCH PRESIDENT 7038930600 2016-05-16 true Joyce Underwood P00022361 7038930600 2014 2016-08-17 19:52:53Z SOFTWARE&INFORMATION INDUSTRY ASSOC KENNETH A WASCH 1090 VERMONT AVE NW 6TH FL WASHINGTON DC 20005 15479248 false X WWW.SIIA.NET X 1984 DC See Schedule O 20 19 72 200 0 0 0 12198227 11831698 1190975 810695 0 -281880 13389202 12360513 0 0 0 0 7504675 7147100 0 0 0 6566840 5587123 14071515 12734223 -682313 -373710 11249833 11805186 4851217 5767136 6398616 6038050 X TO REPRESENT THE COMMON BUSINESS AND PUBLIC POLICY INTERESTS OF THE COMPUTER SOFTWARE AND DIGITAL CONTENT INDUSTRIES. THE INDUSTRY MARKETS ITS PRODUCTS THROUGH SEVERAL DELIVERY VEHICLES, INCLUDING DISKS, THE INTERNET, PRIVATE AND PUBLIC NETWORKS, CABLE, WIRELESS, AND SATELLITE TRANSMISSION. THE INDUSTRY OPERATES IN A BORDERLESS WORLD AND THEREFORE MUST SERVE AN INTERNATIONAL CONSTITUENCY. THE CODE AND CONTENT INDUSTRY SEGMENTS SHARE PUBLIC POLICY OBJECTIVES IN STRONG INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION, A FAVORABLE TAX AND ELECTRONIC COMMERCE ENVIRONMENT, AND A FAVORABLE INVESTMENT CLIMATE. false false Divisions and Special Interest Groups - The Association sponsors divisions to focus on particular areas of interest for members, providing the opportunity to meet and network with professionals in the education technology, financial information services, online content, and software industries. The divisions sponsor targeted conference sessions, publish reports and white papers, and conduct special projects. Copyright Protection Fund - As the leading advocate for intellectual property protection, the Association champions the legal use of software and content through an extensive worldwide campaign of education and enforcement. Conferences - The Association sponsors several annual or biennial conferences that are among the largest and most comprehensive meetings in the industries. 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The industry markets it products through several delivery vehicles, including disks, the Internet, private and public networks, cable, wireless, and satellite transmission. The industry operates in a borderless world and therefore must serve an international constituency. The code and content industry segments share public policy objectives in strong intellectual property protection, a favorable tax and electronic commerce environment, and a favorable investment climate. Specifically, SIIA seeks to serve businesses that develop or market the following: - Technology that enables the learning process or provides instructional content in digital form - Software applications and services for horizontal and vertical markets - Enterprise resource planning, and other enterprise-wide software products - Software infrastructure, authoring, development tools, opera Form 990, Part III, Line 4d, Other Program Services: Government Affairs - As the strongest voice for the education technology, financial information services, online content and software industries on Capitol Hill, in state legislatures, and throughout the world, the Association provides member companies with access to lawmakers and a voice in developing the Association's legislative agenda, including policies on intellectual property protection, encryption, online privacy, electronic commerce, taxation, and education technology. Publications - The Association offers publications on subjects ranging from software marketing and public relations to financial profiling, drafting contracts, and attracting investors. Member Programs - Member programs represent the costs of providing additional member services to members. Public Relations - The Association promotes the interests of its members and the financial information services, education technology, online content, and software industries worldwide. Industry Programs - The Association provides the only peer recognition awards in the industry, the Codie Awards, enabling software, education, and content companies an opportunity to strengthen business relationships and increase sales Research - The Association is the most authoritative source in the industry for benchmarking reports and surveys, including detailed research information on industry salaries and benefits, finance allocation, and technical support practices. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6: Full Member Company, Associate Member Company. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7a: Full Member gets one vote, Associate Member for more than 2 years and annual dues>$10k, gets 0.5 vote. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11: 990 Reviewed by VP of Finance and Executive Director. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a: Annually the Executive Committee of the Board reviews the performance of the President for the past fiscal year. As part of that process, the Committee reviews and updates the employment contract. Periodically, but not every year, compensation data for chief executives of similar size and purpose trade associations is obtained from 990s for purpose of determining reasonability and comparability of President's compensation. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19: The Governing documents and Financial Statements are available upon request to the public. 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