Barbara Byrd Keenan's career enters Act IV
The veteran leader, who now heads the Institute of Food Technologists, takes control of The Endocrine Society early next year Keenan
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AFFI reveals $150 million effort to boost industry sales
American Frozen Food Institute and eight largest frozen food makers unite to drive campaign; work groups key to success. Naasz
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CEO DATELINE - The daily roundup of news important to associations - Oct. 4, 2013
As shutdown continues, so do association warnings A range of business groups continue to stress that a prolonged government shutdown could have damaging effects on the economy, but so far that message doesn't appear to be getting through to lawmakers. A new survey by the National Association of Government Contractors found that 29 percent of contractors said they would delay planned hiring because of the shutdown, while 58 percent said closures would have a negative effect on their businesses, according to USA Today.
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Business groups scramble to reopen government Lobbyists with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business organizations are urging lawmakers to end the government shutdown and avoid a looming default on the federal debt, according to Bloomberg news. It's an odd situation for many groups, which for years had rallied for smaller government. But as the news service points out, for many businesses "the only thing worse than too much government is no government at all."
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