News in Brief: January 2011
Sloan to leave CREW for Lanny Davis firm Melanie Sloan, founding executive director of the $2M-revenue Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, will leave the group this month to become a partner in the law and lobbying firm Lanny J. Davis & Associates.
Read MoreRepeal of new 1099 mandate a key regulatory issue for many groups
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Read MoreRestaurant association taps Rob Gifford as head lobbyist
Longtime CEO of Michigan Restaurant Association to bolster national groups efforts to fight health care overhaul and new taxes. Gifford
Read MoreAmerican Bankers Association COO is stepping down
Casey-Landry
Read MoreAmerican Gas Association picks Democrat as new CEO
Dave McCurdy leaves the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers to assume leadership of energy group, succeeding Dave Parker While several major business groups are sticking with leaders of Republican descent, Dave McCurdy is showing that a former Democratic member of Congressalbeit a conservative onecan succeed at the top of an industry trade group.
Read MoreAssociations band together to sue EPA on ethanol decision
A group of associations has filed a legal challenge to a recent decision by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that would allow the use of gasoline containing 15 percent ethanol for certain passenger cars and trucks. The new coalition, called the Engine Products Group, consists of the National Marine Manufacturers Association, the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, and the Association of International Automobile Manufacturers.
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