Author
Ernie Smith
Ernie Smith is a former senior editor for Associations Now.
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Supplemental Testing: Natural Products Group Tackles Fraud Claims
With a high-profile attorney general taking aim at the nutritional supplements industry using a controversial type of testing,…
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Survey: Corporate Lawyers Fret Over Data Leaks and Patent Trolls
A new report from the Association of Corporate Counsel shows that issues of ethics and compliance remain supreme…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Nonprofits to Facebook: Don’t Limit Our Reach
Stuck between a rock and a hard place with Facebook pages that now require payments to ensure wide…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Report: In Wake of Sony Hack, Talk of MPAA Restructuring Surfaces
After a hacking scandal exposed some weaknesses in its governance model, the Motion Picture Association of America may…
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Don’t Try This at Home: Orthodontists Warn Against Home Remedies
Officials with the American Association of Orthodontists are strongly recommending that the public skip treatment advice on the…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Friday Buzz: The Taylor Swift School of Outreach
Pop megastar Taylor Swift doesn’t just have fans—she works hard to keep them. It’s a lesson that any…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Net Neutrality: Groups Respond to FCC Plans With Praise, Frustration
The FCC’s shift on open-internet regulations—coming after advocates criticized a plan released last year—won praise from advocacy groups,…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Don’t Worry, Do Construction: Study Ranks Happiest Workers
New research from the human resources startup TINYpulse finds that, no matter the industry, the happiest employees respond…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Thursday Buzz: How Twitter Solved Its Revenue Problem
Sometimes the solution to a revenue problem might seem obvious to you—but not so obvious to the outside…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Open Secrets: Lobbying Spend Declines Slightly in 2014
The Center for Responsive Politics’ watchdog site reports the amount spent on lobbying in 2014 continued a four-year…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Groups Boost Opposition Against Comcast Merger
With the company’s proposed $45 billion merger with Time Warner Cable under regulatory scrutiny, associations and advocacy groups…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
“Value-Based” Medicare Reimbursement Plan Wins Broad Support
A plan by the Obama Administration to tie Medicare reimbursements to value-based procedures, rather than higher volumes of…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Does the Americans with Disabilities Act Apply Online?
The Americans with Disabilities Act, which predated the rise of the internet, doesn't explicitly apply to the web.…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Game Over? Congress Takes Fresh Aim at NFL’s Nonprofit Status
Newly minted House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz wants NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to explain…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Tuesday Buzz: Meet a Micro-Volunteering All-Star
How one Wikipedia editor has improved the site’s grammar by focusing on one small change he’s made on…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
What We Learned from the FCC’s WiFi-Blocking Saga
The recent move by the FCC to enforce a ban on wireless blocking devices is a big win…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
TechAmerica Foundation Changes Hands Again
In a move that the associations claim represents a better fit for TechAmerica's legacy government-procurement offerings, CompTIA sold…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
.Bank on Security: Trade Groups Hope New Domains Boost Safe Banking
A coalition of financial-industry groups is about to launch what might be the most exclusive top-level domain on…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Friday Buzz: Should You Build That Online Community?
Why market research is important to do before you dive too deep into building that private hub for…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Milk Processors To Dairy Skeptics: “Get Real”
With the dairy industry facing higher levels of skepticism against its key product in recent years, the Milk…
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Study: Sustainability Becoming Priority for Corporate Travel Bookers
New research from the Global Business Travel Association finds that most European companies require some kind of sustainability…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Associations Refresh Regulatory Push After White House Drone Incident
While the optics of a drone crashing near the White House didn't exactly look all that great for…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
FCC Warns Hotels: Don’t Block Wireless Hot Spots
In an enforcement advisory released Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission emphasizes that the blocking of wireless signals at…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Pediatrics Group Revisits Marijuana Policy
While the American Academy of Pediatrics doesn’t support the legalization of pot, the group argues that the penalties…
