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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
One Cable to Rule Them All: Group Hopes to Standardize Laptop Plugs
Riding high on the success of its USB-based mobile standard, the International Electrotechnical Commission hopes to bring that…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
American Studies Association’s Israel Boycott Sparks Controversy
This week the American Studies Association voted in favor of an academic boycott of Israeli universities, one of…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Associations Keep Energy Focused on NSA Phone Phone Surveillance
With a court ruling that the National Security Agency's bulk phone data collection program is very likely unconstitutional,…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Share and Share-Alike: A Sharing Economy Nonprofit Builds Steam
With "sharing economy" companies such as Airbnb and Lyft under increasing scrutiny, it was only a matter of…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Study Reveals U.S. Cities With Best and Worst Travel Taxes
A new Global Business Travel Association study shows the impact taxes have on a traveler’s bill and ranks…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Court OKs Swipe-Fee Settlement, but Trade Groups Plan Appeal
A U.S. District judge has approved the $5.7 billion settlement for retailers in the long-running legal fight over…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Bipartisan Budget Bill Includes Compromise on Contractor Salaries
Among the many issues tackled by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 is the cap on federal contractor…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
CTIA, FCC Score Deal on Cell Phone Unlocking
It took CTIA: The Wireless Association a while—and some prodding—to create a voluntary policy on allowing consumers to…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Association CEO Looks to Debate Congressman Over Fracking Conflict
As an ongoing conflict about the rights of local communities versus the energy industry plays out in Colorado,…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Newtown Anniversary: Associations Help Schools Tackle Security
In the year since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, many efforts have been undertaken to better secure…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Groups Push House to Relax Law on Tech Purchases from China
To keep federal government computer systems safe from cybersecurity threats, current law tightly restricts agencies’ ability to buy…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Associations Have Mixed Reactions to Bipartisan Budget Deal
The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, a deal worked out between the heads of the House and Senate…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Deaf Association Calls Out “Fake” Mandela Memorial Interpreter
The Deaf Federation of South Africa is complaining to the government about the onstage interpreter at Tuesday’s Nelson…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Groups Focused On Small Businesses Form New Coalition
Seven trade associations representing a variety of industries are launching a new coalition aimed at "bringing the conversation…
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Securities Group Calls for Stock Market Infrastructure Updates
Months after a system crash caused an hours-long shutdown of the Nasdaq, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets…
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Patent Reform Battle Heats Up With Legislative, Supreme Court Action
On the heels of the House passing a closely watched patent reform bill, the Supreme Court has accepted…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Is Sequestration Killing Innovation?
Could the country that introduced household electricity, airplanes, and the microwave oven soon lose its competitive edge? U.S.…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Metro-North Crash Intensifies Calls for Improved Safety, Funding
As the investigation of the deadly New York City train derailment this week continues, transportation experts have zeroed…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
New 501(c)(4) Qualification Requirements Get Mixed Reviews
In a move to prevent a repeat of the scandal that befell the IRS last May, the agency…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Associations on Amazon’s Drones: More Than a Pipe Dream, But …
While Amazon says it can have futuristic drones delivering your stuff as soon as 2015, leading unmanned aerial…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Advertising Groups Cry Foul Over Proposed Tax Changes
Industry associations are gearing up for a fight over reforms proposed in Congress that would effectively cut the…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
This Newtown-Based Gun Group Considered Moving, But Didn’t
The National Shooting Sports Foundation, which has called Newtown, Connecticut home for two decades, says it considered moving…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Senators’ Letter Lends Bipartisan Support to Charitable Deduction
Two senators from opposite sides of the aisle joined forces last week to urge their fellow tax writers…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Mobile Carriers Grapple With A Kill Switch Controversy
Mobile service providers and public officials are debating how best to address the widespread and growing problem of…
