Taking your group virtual can create real legal problems
Reducing rent and granting employees maximum flexibility are a draw, but how to monitor employee overtime, work space? Murphy
Read MoreThreats to federal-worker meeting attendance resurface
Stay in Place, Cut the Waste Act reintroduced after failing in last Congress; GSA Act of 2015 also would crimp conference budgets Association and travel industry advocates are once again gearing up to fight efforts in Congress to restrict spending on federal employee travel. Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) in June reintroduced the Stay in Place, Cut the Waste Act, requiring government agencies to slash travel budgets from 2015 levels by using videoconferencing instead of sending employees to meetings.
Read MoreHead of professional teaching standards board dies
Ronald Thorpe, CEO of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, died from lung cancer at his home in Norwalk, Conn., July 1. He was 63. Thorpe led the Arlington, Va.-based NBPTS since 2011. The organization's executive committee credited him with reinvigorating the group by pushing to make NBPTS certification the norm for every teacher.
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After six decades, association makes leap into advertising
Specialty Food Association debuts first consumer marketing campaign as part of continuing evolution of association's mission Daw
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April recognized for insightful research
April When Carolyn April made the transition from journalist to industry analyst at CompTIA five years ago, the move was like slipping into a new but well-fitting pair of shoes.
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Exec finds fellows in medical societies
Singer When Dale Singer became executive director of the Renal Physicians Association in 1995, the entire staff was herself and an administrative assistant.
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