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Good Counsel: 5 Lobbying Compliance Tips for 2019
Run down this checklist of lobbying compliance tips before you begin this year’s advocacy activities.
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Association Agenda: Advocates Hit the Hill
On American Associations Day, association professionals take their message to Congress.
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Landscape Architecture Coalition: We Need More Walkable Streets
A new report from an American Society of Landscape Architects-affiliated coalition notes that streets have gotten deadlier in…
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Business Groups Aim to Change Mindset on Hiring Ex-Convicts
Working with prominent political donor Charles Koch, a number of major trade groups threw their support behind an…
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ASAE Joins Chamber, Other Groups Calling for End to Shutdown
In a letter to lawmakers and President Trump, hundreds of organizations representing the business community urged an immediate…
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Hospital Coalition: Let’s Make Our Tech More Interoperable
A coalition of major hospital groups, led by the American Hospital Association, is making the case that improved…
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Nonprofit Alliance Seeks Amendment to California Data Privacy Law
Nonprofits are concerned about negative effects that could come from a new California law regulating how organizations collect…
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Furloughed Federal Workers Get Help from Associations
Associations around the spectrum are encouraging their members to offer aid to furloughed federal employees—as are some event…
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Five Steps to Productive Legislator Relationships
Any advocacy professional with more than a month’s experience on the job knows that authentic lawmaker relationships accelerate…
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Companies Put Big Support Behind Plastic Recycling Efforts
With large amounts of single-use plastics ending up in oceans and elsewhere, a new corporate-backed coalition, called the…
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IRS Issues Interim Guidance on Nonprofit Excise Tax
Last month, the IRS issued interim guidance on the 21 percent excise tax on tax-exempt executive compensation exceeding…
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Federal Employee Groups Go to Court as Shutdown Hits Fourth Week
Associations and unions representing federal employees last week turned to the courts, claiming in multiple lawsuits that the…
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Ad Compliance Efforts, Showing Success, Go Global
The Coalition for Better Ads, which has come up with a lengthy list of ad types that it…
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Aviation, Travel Groups Warn of Shutdown Ripple Effects
The impact of the federal government shutdown on air travel is being felt acutely this week at airport…
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Federal Contractor Groups Support Members Amid Shutdown
Associations representing federal contractors in the defense, aerospace, and professional services sectors are pressing for an end to…
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Amid Partial Shutdown, Groups Step In, Speak Up for National Parks
A number of national parks have suffered severe declines in service—and have faced closures—as a result of the…
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Coalition Files Amicus Brief Supporting Association Health Plan Rule
A coalition of associations, including ASAE, is supporting the government's request that a court dismiss a lawsuit challenging…
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In Case of Emergency: Financial Counselors’ New FEMA Collaboration
It's always better to prepare for the big one before it hits. A new collaboration between the Association…
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A Year of New Association Voices: 12 Groups That Launched in 2018
Whether brand-new trade groups, fresh-faced associations, revamps of existing organizations, or issue-driven coalitions, a lot of associations and…
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In “Digital Protest,” NAACP Urges Users to Boycott Facebook
The civil rights organization launched a weeklong boycott of Facebook Tuesday, saying it had failed to respond strongly…
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Aerospace Industry Responds to Pentagon Needs With New Cybersecurity Standards
With the Defense Department putting a tighter focus on cybersecurity when dealing with contractors, the Aerospace Industries Association…
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Groups Remain Optimistic About Brand USA’s Survival
With a potential government shutdown looming just before the end-of-year holidays, the U.S. Travel Association and other groups…
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Treasury Issues Guidance on Fringe Benefits Tax
New guidance from the Treasury Department provides some certainty to associations about how to handle their new tax…
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Hispanic Health Group Launches Association for Pharmacists
Emphasizing the growing need for pharmacists as a public health resource in the Hispanic community, the National Hispanic…
