Top association PAC contributions
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Top association PAC contributions
With six months still left in the 2009-2010 election cycle, many association-related political action committees are on track to outspend their 2007-2008 totals, and PACs are reporting significant amounts of available cash as midterm election campaigns begin to heat up. Source: Federal Election Commission Committee summary data for period ending June 30, 2010
Read MoreSenior Staff Appointments: July 9, 2010
Government Affairs Technology-industry advocacy group TechNet announced that Vice President Betsy Mullins is now senior vice president for policy and political affairs, a post from which she will head the groups new policy and political coordinating council. In addition, Dan Turrentine, former national finance director for then-Sen. Hillary Clinton, is
Read MoreGroups add iPad to mobile toolkit
Staffers field-test Apple's newest flat-screen mobile computer. In recent months, several nonprofits took the next mobile technology leap, test-driving Apples new iPad, a touch-screen table computer with a base price of $499. iPad [is] my primary computing device at work and at home, said Reggie Henry, chief technology officer at ASAE, a group testing three of the devices.
Read MoreIndustry group expertise marshaled as financial overhaul nears finish line
Regulatory tsunami is expected to keep associations busy for months, perhaps years.By Mark TaralloThe massive bill re-regulating the nations financial system is getting close to final passage, but for industry groups, the process is far from finished.
Read MoreLeader named for new health care investment association
HCPEA is designed to be primary resource, advocate for 40 corporate members and their privately held health care businesses. Karen Kajmo is the new executive director of the Healthcare Private Equity Association, a group setting out to support members of the growing health care private equity industry.
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