Tag
Safety
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
All-Terrain Vehicle Groups to Enthusiasts: Stay Off the Roads
Despite a push in some states to allow all-terrain vehicles to share the road with cars and trucks,…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Airline Group Wants Industry, Government Help With Unruly Passengers
With thousands of cases of passenger conflict reported on airlines each year, the International Air Transport Association is…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
National Rifle Association Straddles Line With Open-Carry Comments
In a rebuke of a recent trend, the gun-rights group warned owners of long guns against “counterproductive” demonstrations…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
As Hurricane Season Arrives, Associations Offer Preparedness Tips
It’s almost summer, and that means the beginning of hurricane season along the East Coast and Gulf of…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
National Nurses United Launches Campaign for Better Patient Care
National Nurses United has launched a series of nationwide radio ads to call attention to changes in the…
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OperationsArticleOver 5 years old
Flight 370: Airline Group Works With UN to Boost Flight Tracking
Two months after Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 went missing, the International Air Transport Association has started work with…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Efforts to Regulate Recalled Cars Stalling in Congress
Currently, no law on the books requires rental car agencies or used-car dealers to repair recalled vehicles before…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
South Korea: Association Officials Arrested After Sewol Ferry Tragedy
The Sewol ferry disaster, which left hundreds dead and missing earlier this month, has led to the arrest…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Groups Concentrate on Ending Distracted Driving
As part of National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, several membership organizations are working to promote better understanding of…
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Fraternity Leadership Group Calls For an End to Hazing
With college frats facing ongoing criticism over alcohol abuse, sexual assaults, and even the hazing deaths of pledges,…
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OperationsArticleOver 5 years old
Air Transporters Urge Better Tracking in Wake of Missing Flight 370
Speaking from the city where the missing Malaysia Airlines flight took off, the CEO of one of the…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Dairy Industry Pushes Back On Raw Milk
While two new bills in Congress that seek to lift a ban on the sale and distribution of…
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Study: How Much Airport Security is Too Much, Anyway?
A provocative new academic paper takes a cost-benefit analysis of whether airport safety needs to be nearly as…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Associations Team Up to Improve Retail Fertilizer Safety, Security
After a series of disasters in recent years involving chemicals used in fertilizer, two industry groups will launch…
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Good Sport: Decision-Making in the Heat of the Moment
Leaders at the Ohio High School Athletic Association knew that ending the state championship hockey game in a…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
AARP Joins the Anti-Fraud Fray
In the struggle to protect private information from criminals, one of the nation’s largest associations is looking to…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
The Great Daylight Saving Time Debate
Associations shed some light on the many aspects of daylight saving time, including why it started, what its…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
A Catalyst: Medical Group Gets Proactive After Nursing Home Study
In the wake of a new report raising questions about the treatment of patients in nursing homes, the…
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The FAA’s Latest Drone Problem: Some Are Jumping the Gun
Despite the agency's ongoing efforts to craft policy to regulate unmanned aerial vehicles, the lengthy process is causing…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Food Industry Coalition Leads Voluntary GMO Labeling Push
The Grocery Manufacturers Association and other industry groups have banded together amid the heated debate over labeling foods…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Is the World Ready for Talking Cars?
U.S. Department of Transportation plans for a future mandate requiring cars to have technology that would let them…
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OperationsArticleOver 5 years old
Report: Cruise Industry Makes Progress After Mishaps
After a period when negative press dogged cruise lines, a new Government Accountability Office report says they're making…
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OperationsArticleOver 5 years old
Pilot Fatigue Rules Put Extra Pressure On Airlines
The combination of recent severe weather and new FAA rules to prevent pilot fatigue has put JetBlue (and…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
New Nonprofit Hopes to Bolster Animal Safety in Movies
A group set to launch this month says it will improve upon the American Humane Association’s “No Animals…
