Mostly on a whim, we decided this morning to look at what Ellison’s Oracle lobbies about, and how much the company throws at the Congress. [We will shortly have a follow-up item, about how it has treated the 10,000 to 15,000 employees it chose to lay off this year.]
And since — of late — Oracle has been more brutish with its workforce moves than even ugly Amazon… I thought we’d look at how it continues — like Amazon — to try to remove worker protections from the long standing federal law. Damn. Here’s what Larry’s company jaw-boned about in Q1 2026 (compared to Amazon, in the bottom graphic, and to mid-tier — or mega — pharma, at right):
…[On Budgeting:] Issues related to Defense Appropriations, specifically IT modernization and oversight at the Department of War; Issues related to government-wide IT modernization and cloud adoption, including issues related to modernization of Department of War business systems; Issues related to government certification and cybersecurity standards for Cloud Service Providers; Issues and provisions related to Appropriations for electronic health records systems and implementation of Department of Veterans Affairs and Indian Health Service electronic health record systems….
[US House & Senate:] E.O. 14306 – Sustaining Select Efforts to Strengthen the Nation’s Cybersecurity and Amending Executive Order 13694 and Executive Order 14144; E.O. 14320 – Promoting the Export of the American AI Technology Stack; E.O. 14318 – Accelerating Federal Permitting of Data Center Infrastructure; E.O. 14363 – Launching the Genesis Mission; H.R. 5885/S. 3150 – Guaranteeing Access and Innovation for National Artificial Intelligence Act of 2025 (GAIN AI Act of 2025); H.R. 2683 – Remote Access Security Act; H.R. 6875 – AI Overwatch; Issues related to IT modernization, procurement, services, trade, licensing and security and cybersecurity standards in the software development and hardware industry; Issues related to Artificial Intelligence Action Plan; Issues related to global competitiveness and the roles of government agencies in these issues; Issues related to cloud computing and cloud security, adoption, and migration; Issues related to data centers; Issues related to government cloud security standards; Issues related to technology platforms, including consumer data privacy and protection, data transfer, interoperability, portability, and data valuation; Issues related to data governance; Issues relating to telecommunications and network security; Issues relating to supply chain security, privacy, and the Internet of Things; Issues related to Artificial Intelligence and machine learning innovation policy, research, development, and related export controls; Issues related to government procurement and standards for multi-cloud acquisition; Issues related to Rare Earths supply chain….
[US Defense:] Issues relating to IT procurement, modernization, acquisition, oversight and transparency; Issues related to cloud adoption; Issues related to Artificial Intelligence Action Plan; Issues related to defense, information systems, information security, and government cybersecurity regulations; Issues related to Department of War and veteran health facilities; Issues related to Department of War adoption of electronic health records, veteran’s health and population health; Issues related to supply chain security and semiconductors; Issues related to Artificial Intelligence and machine learning innovation policy, research, and development; Issues related to Airspace Management….
[At 1600 Penn.:] E.O. 14306 – Sustaining Select Efforts to Strengthen the Nation’s Cybersecurity and Amending Executive Order 13694 and Executive Order 14144; E.O. 14179 – Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence; Issues related to government IT modernization, procurement, and workforce; Issues related to policy, cybersecurity, and security standards related to IT and cloud services procurement by government agencies; Issues related to government software development and licensing; Issues related to Artificial Intelligence Action Plan; Issues relating to Artificial Intelligence and machine learning innovation policy, research, development, and related export controls….
[At Homeland Security:] Issues related to IT modernization, software development, procurement, cloud adoption, and security; Issues related to global competitiveness in IT software, hardware, services, and other online services and the roles of government agencies and industry in these issues; Issues related to Artificial Intelligence and machine learning innovation policy, research, and development; Issues related to Airspace Management….
[At US Dept. of State:] Issues relating to government cloud procurement and adoption, IT and data center modernization, software assurance, artificial intelligence, and IT supply chain security; Issues relating to Artificial Intelligence and machine learning innovation policy, research, development, and related export controls….
[On Foreign Trade Policy:] E.O. 14320 – Promoting the Export of the American AI Technology Stack; Issues related to trade relations, including digital trade, data governance, tariffs, and intellectual property policy in trade agreements; Issues relating to Artificial Intelligence and related export controls….
[On Veterans’ Affairs:] H.R. 7280 – Veteran Data Accountability for Third-party Actors Act (Veteran DATA Act); Issues related to Department of Veterans Affairs adoption and oversight of Electronic Health Records; Issues related to Electronic Health Record modernization and implementation; Issues related to IT and supply chain modernization….
[At US Dept. of Justice:] Issues related to Indian Health Services modernization of [nationwide offender] electronic health records systems….
[At Dept. of Education:] Issues related to the implementation of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. . . .
[At The EPA:] Issues related to Artificial Intelligence data centers; Issues related to Artificial Intelligence Action Plan….
As you can readily see — Oracle has its hands all over the federal government machinery — bending the same to its will. Dammit. Onward, resolutely, just the same — on a sunny crisp Spring Monday — lakeside bike riding next!
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