CEO DATELINE - The daily roundup of news important to associations - April 11, 2014
Clinton dodges shoe at scrap recycling event A protestor threw a shoe at former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton while she was addressing an audience gathered at the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries' annual convention in Las Vegas Thursday. She wasn't injured. According to the Las Vegas Review Journal, Clinton took the protest in stride, joking afterward, "My goodness, I didn't know that solid waste management was so controversial."
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Groups back bill to prevent mandatory GMO labeling Thirty-five associations and other organizations have endorsed a bill designed to limit state efforts to mandate labels for foods containing genetically modified organisms. The Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act, which was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives, will establish a voluntary federal labeling standard for food and beverage products made with genetically modified ingredients.
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CEO Update Live event: Churn equals opportunity—for the right candidates
CEO Update Live event provides insight from executive recruiters Increased turnover at the top is helping to drive up the competition and also the price for the most attractive candidates, said a panel of executive recruiters to a roomful of CEO Update members and other association executives. Lorraine Lavet, association sector leader for Korn Ferry, said more groups are engaged in succession planning this year, and "the demographics are evident that we're going to see a lot more of that happening."
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NRF opposes Paycheck Fairness Act The National Retail Federation has come out against a bill addressing the pay gap between men and women in the workplace, saying that pay discrimination is already illegal. NRF has made opposition to the Paycheck Fairness Act a key vote, meaning it will note how lawmakers vote on the bill in its annual legislative scorecard.
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AMA will not sue on release of medical records The American Medical Association said Monday it would not sue to stop the release by Medicare of billing records for 880,000 physicians, according to the Associated Press. Medicare is scheduled to release the records Wednesday. AMA still opposes the move, telling the news agency that making the data public will do more harm than good.
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Association announces "art everywhere" campaign The Outdoor Advertising Association has teamed up with five leading museums to launch the "Art Everywhere" campaign, which will let the public select 50 works of art to be displayed in public spaces across the U.S.
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