There is a growing eagerness across America to find a new breed of leader - someone untainted by the partisanship and inefficiency voters associate with government. Could this be the year voters decide that professional managers should step in?
The Federal Election Commission has approved advisory opinions to help guide political organizations that want to take advantage of looser campaign finance restrictions.
Tom Ridge, former governor of Pennsylvania and former Department of Homeland Security secretary, will be a faculty member at the Council's 2011 Public Affairs Institute. Ridge will address security challenges for the 21st century.
How do your salary and benefits compare with those of your peers? Would you like to be better prepared for your next salary negotiation, or when hiring your next employee? To help you gather these data for your career and your department, the Foundation for Public Affairs is conducting its biennial Corporate Government Relations and Public Affairs Compensation Survey.
Common Cause and Public Campaign will use TV ads and state-based grassroots efforts to push a public-financing bill designed to limit the influence of corporate spending in congressional races.
In a move that could put a dent in fundraising for some politicians, the Securities and Exchange Commission has voted to tighten rules on "pay-to-play" in the public pension arena.
Responding to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that loosened spending restrictions on corporations, associations and unions in federal elections, the House has passed a bill that strengthens disclosure provisions for campaign spending and restricts campaign money from government contractors and foreign-controlled companies.
As multinational firms expand their global operations, creating and managing public affairs practices outside one's home country becomes a critical tool for maintaining supply chains, expanding markets and ensuring growth. To help companies negotiate the challenges of managing an international public affairs practice, the Council invites companies to participate in its 2010 International Public Affairs Benchmarking Survey.
An advocacy group whose Supreme Court victory loosened campaign spending restrictions for corporations, unions and associations is exempt from disclosure laws because the group's film operations are part of the press, federal regulators have decided.
There is a growing eagerness across America to find a new breed of leader - someone untainted by the partisanship and inefficiency voters associate with government. Could this be the year voters decide that professional managers should step in?
The Federal Election Commission has approved advisory opinions to help guide political organizations that want to take advantage of looser campaign finance restrictions.
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Tom Ridge, former governor of Pennsylvania and former Department of Homeland Security secretary, will be a faculty member at the Council's 2011 Public Affairs Institute. Ridge will address security challenges for the 21st century.
How do your salary and benefits compare with those of your peers? Would you like to be better prepared for your next salary negotiation, or when hiring your next employee? To help you gather these data for your career and your department, the Foundation for Public Affairs is conducting its biennial 
Common Cause and Public Campaign will use TV ads and state-based grassroots efforts to push a public-financing bill designed to limit the influence of corporate spending in congressional races.
President Obama has made a ban on lobbyists serving on executive agency advisory boards an official part of his administration policy.
Responding to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that loosened spending restrictions on corporations, associations and unions in federal elections, the House has passed a bill that strengthens disclosure provisions for campaign spending and restricts campaign money from government contractors and foreign-controlled companies.
As multinational firms expand their global operations, creating and managing public affairs practices outside one's home country becomes a critical tool for maintaining supply chains, expanding markets and ensuring growth. To help companies negotiate the challenges of managing an international public affairs practice, the Council invites companies to participate in its 2010 International Public Affairs Benchmarking Survey.
An advocacy group whose Supreme Court victory loosened campaign spending restrictions for corporations, unions and associations is exempt from disclosure laws because the group's film operations are part of the press, federal regulators have decided.
