CompTIA acquires struggling TechAmerica
Seven of 31 former TechAmerica employees lose their jobs, including CEO Shawn Osborne Thibodeaux
Read MoreAssociation lobbying spending reports mixed for Q1
Health-related groups increase advocacy expenditures in a failed attempt to get permanent fix to Medicare reimbursements rates Advocacy-related expenditures by tax-exempt organizations in the first quarter of 2014 were a mix of ups and downs: Spending was up 8 percent from the same quarter last year, but down 4.4 percent from the previous quarter. The decline in spending from Q4 2013 was mostly driven by big drops at a couple groups.
Read MoreAdvocates face gridlocked Congress
Major industry priorities often failed but associations achieve some successes CEO Update's 2014 class of Top Lobbyists pushed boulders uphill against a do-little Congress and tried to move mountains with federal regulators. 2014 Top Lobbyists
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Compromise and perseverance key to farm bill finish
Mary Kay Thatcher, Sam Willett help enhance crop insurance for their groups; forging deal with conservation advocates Thatcher
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Lobbying duo pursues bipartisan flight path for airlines
Burgeson, Kennedy share titles, oversight of advocacy at A4A; coordinated successful 10-day campaign to avoid sequester cuts Burgeson
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Nickerson feeds creative side by design
Association executive stays in touch with her artistic side Nickerson Like seemingly everyone in associationland, Ayana Nickerson as a young woman never saw herself working for an association.
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