CEO DATELINE - The daily roundup of news important to associations - June 12, 2013
U.S. Travel bringing trade show to D.C. The U.S. Travel Association will hold its annual International PowWow in Washington, D.C., in 2017, a first for the D.C.-based organization. In an announcement Tuesday by the District's travel bureau Destination D.C., Mayor Vincent Gray said the event should generate more than $13 million for the district.
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Beer lobbyist takes top role at aggregates group
Mike Johnson, EVP and chief advocacy officer for National Beer Wholesalers, will lead Stone, Sand and Gravel on Aug. 1 Johnson
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Groups laud passage of Farm Bill in Senate The U.S. Senate approved a new five-year Farm Bill Monday, and even though its fate in the House of Representatives is uncertain at best, several groups congratulated senators for passing the legislation.
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Tech group CEO sounds off on government surveillance The recent revelation that the federal government obtained phone records of millions of Americans as part of a broad terrorism investigation "highlights a dangerous inflection point in our country's history," Computer & Communications Industry Association CEO Ed Black said in a recent statement.
Read MoreNo 'rate shock' for D.C. health plans in 2014, officials say
Small groups must use health exchange beginning in 2015, following D.C. Council vote, though permanent bill is still pending
Read MoreCEO DATELINE - The daily roundup of news important to associations - June 7, 2013
Wireless groups support measure to allow unlocking of cell phones Do you have a nice cell phone but wish you could change carriers without getting a new one? At least two group representing wireless carriers believe you should be able to do just that.
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