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Cassidy & Associates announced today that Amelia F. Jenkins, Deputy Staff Director and Senior Policy Advisor to the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources, will join the firm in May as a Senior Vice President.
Washington is hosting the 2015 ACORE Renewable Energy Policy Forum today and as a proud member of the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE), Cassidy clients are getting a front row seat to discussions with key leaders from Capitol Hill, the Pentagon, Department of Energy and media.
04.23.2015 Cassidy client View is giving the federal government an incredible view of what could be the future of sustainable buildings.
04.17.2015 Cassidy Vice President Michelle Greene, LTC, USA, (ret), is sharing her insight at the summit's Army Women: Political Empowerment & Engagement panel today in Washington.
03.18.2015 Accelerating clean energy and infrastructure solutions for the DOD is the focus this week in Austin, TX as Cassidy & Associates is a lead sponsor of the Defense Energy Summit and Innovation Showcase.
11.12.2014 A Republican majority brings major changes to committee leadership in the U.S. Senate and our infographics show the potential changes to the Chairmen and rearranging of the Ranking Members of the major panels as Republicans take control of the Senate.
11.05.2014 Cassidy & Associates is strengthening its core leadership team by announcing today the promotion of Executive Vice President Jordan Bernstein to Chief Operating Officer.
10.02.2014 A big pat on the back to Cassidy & Associates client Big Ass Solutions!
Cassidy & Associates is broadening its footprint in Energy and Environment with the addition of a senior staff member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Kaleb Froehlich, who served as the committee’s senior counsel to ranking member Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and will serve as a Vice President at the firm.
08.14.2014 The likelihood of a future BRAC round was the leading topic at the opening of the National Summit of The Association of Defense Communities (ADC) as it featured two senior defense officials making the case for new BRAC authority and this excerpt from the Cassidy National Security Team's Resource Document for America’s Defense Communities takes a closer look at their remarks.
From BRAC, to climate change and energy, our military health system, to creating and fostering effective public and private partnerships, the Cassidy & Associates National Security Team analyzes it all in its proprietary resource document after participating in the annual National Summit of The Association of Defense Communities (ADC) in Washington, D.C.
06.16.2014 Cassidy & Associates Senior Vice President Dave Belote is among the energy security experts and a featured speaker this morning at the 4th Annual Defense Renewable Energy Summit in Washington.
05.20.2014 Cassidy & Associates Senior Vice President Kevin Binger explains how Washington averted an historic shortage of helium that jeopardized its use to cool medical equipment like MRIs and in the manufacture of LCD TVs, semiconductor chips, fiber optic cables as well as powering NASA’s rockets.
04.11.2014 Cassidy & Associates Senior Associate Janie Wise sits down to talk about her work at the nexus of national defense and energy security with the Women's Council on Energy and the Environment for its member spotlight column.
04.09.2014 What did Cassidy & Associates Energy Security Expert Dave Belote find in President Barack Obama's 2015 budget released earlier this week? Find out in a new episode of The Insiders.
03.07.2014 Cassidy & Associates welcomes one of the nation’s foremost defense energy experts to its team as Col. Dave Belote, ret. USAF joins the firm as a Senior Vice President.
02.07.2014 We're looking for a few good interns to be a part of the Cassidy & Associates team. Do you have what it takes to be a part of the firm that The Washington Post says "helped invent the new Washington"?
01.22.2014 “A reminder of our history and nod to our future,” is how newly promoted Cassidy & Associates Co-Chairmen Kai Anderson and Barry Rhoads describe the firm’s new online video trailer launched this morning on the Cassidy & Associates social media platforms and its website. The trailer will be featured on the Cassidy & Associates YouTube Channel.
01.06.2014 Tis the season for helping others, but for Loretta and Gerry Cassidy it’s been a commitment that started in 1967.
12.20.2013 Cassidy & Associates Vice President Donna Jo Denison is directly engaging with key negotiators of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, or T-TIP, today as the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office hosts U.S. and EU stakeholders to learn more about negotiations.
12.18.2013 There hasn't been a sighting of a giant red sleigh or eight flying reindeer in the skies over Washington in more than a year... find out why.
Her Excellency, Hajiya Amina Namadi Sambo, Wife of the Vice President of Nigeria and His Excellency Professor Adebowale Ibidapo Adefuye the Ambassador of Nigeria to the United States led a delegation recently for a panel discussion at the Cassidy & Associates office in Washington, D.C.
12.05.2013 Nearly half of Americans are planning to get in some quality nap time this Thanksgiving and most would host the Obamas, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler as their dream dinner guests and enjoy some pumpkin pie. Those are the results of this year’s Turkey Poll by Cassidy & Associates sister company, KRC Research.
Gerry Cassidy announces new position of Chairman Emeritus while Kai Anderson and Barry Rhoads take on new role with shared leadership responsibilities as Co-Chairmen of Cassidy & Associates.
11.21.2013 Cassidy & Associates and its National Security Team remember a friend and client this week following the death of Ike McLeese, President of the Greater Columbia South Carolina Chamber of Commerce.
10.31.2013 In just two weeks Washington’s renowned Lab School will host nearly 1,000 guests at its 29th Annual Gala Honoring Outstanding Achievers with Learning Differences and Cassidy & Associates is a proud supporter and sponsor of the event at The National Building Museum featuring a keynote address by Speaker of the House John Boehner.
10.29.2013 What looks like a bouncy ball you might find at your gym is actually a sophisticated, state-of-the-art robot on display at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Association of the United States Army, AUSA, in Washington, D.C. this week.
10.24.2013 In January 1997 Roll Call welcomes members of the 105th Congress and “looks behind the curtain” to find the most influential staff members and among its “Fabulous Fifty” is Cassidy's Kevin Binger.
10.18.2013 Why is Cassidy's Donna Denison interviewing an Ocean Spray grower in the middle of a ton of floating cranberries at Washington's Union Station?
10.11.2013 Cerner (Nasdaq:CERN), the largest provider of electronic medical systems in the United States, is hosting its annual Health Conference 2013 in Kansas City, and its CEO, co-founder, Neal Patterson is stepping up to the microphone this morning to share the company’s vision for the future of healthcare in America.
10.08.2013 The Cassidy & Associates team is now on site at the Cerner Health Conference 2013 and hearing from state leaders across the country enacting new healthcare policies and other reforms and innovations.
10.07.2013 Washington honored the individuals, corporate and public sector friends who have inspired the Paralyzed Veterans of America by their dedication to 25 million courageous veterans, 54 million people with disabilities and 12,000 new spinal cord injured individuals annually at its Americana Gala 2013.
10.03.2013 Rewind to March 1991 as Lieutenant Colonel Barry Rhoads catches up with former U.S. Secretary of State and NATO Supreme Commander Alexander Haig before the first Department of Defense Base Realignment and Closure Commission (BRAC).
09.27.2013 Cassidy Strengthens Business Development with Fmr. National Air Transportation Association President
Cassidy & Associates announced today that the firm has broadened its network of senior consultants and is strengthening its new business strategies as former Congressman and president of the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) James K. Coyne joins C&A as Director of Business Development.
09.23.2013 Fridays this fall Cassidy & Associates is turning back the clock for Flashback Friday to find out how its team got started in Washington.
09.20.2013 Cassidy & Associates Senior Vice President Mark Hegarty is on site for the one-of-a-kind event taking place today in Washington where the U.S. Air Force Association is bringing together Air Force leadership, industry experts, academia and current aerospace specialists from around the world.
09.17.2013 Cassidy & Associates Vice Chairman Gregg Hartley is addressing more than 100 members of the Assisted Living Federation of America now in Washington on the latest political, regulatory and public policy developments and what's ahead this fall for DC.
09.17.2013 A new Gallup poll shows one in five Americans do not have enough money to buy the food that they or their family needed in the past year, more than said so earlier this year and near highs seen since 2008, all while Congress continues to consider revoking food stamps for millions.
09.13.2013 Cassidy & Asscoiates client MACE Security International Inc.'s CEO John McCann writes as a guest contributor to American School & University Magazine's Safety at School blog on an important conversation starting on Capitol Hill encouraging federal investment in proven and effective non-lethal security options for our schools.
08.15.2013 Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is opening the sixth annual National Clean Energy Summit right now in Las Vegas and the Cassidy & Associates team of Gregg Hartley, Kai Anderson and Tom Dennis is there.
08.13.2013 Today’s National Journal’s story Women Lobbyists May Be Worth More has Cassidy & Associates Vice President Susann Edwards 'leaning in' and thinking about the nuances that women bring to the lobbying world.
Cassidy and Associates is pleased to announce that our sister company in The Interpublic Group, Weber Shandwick, has officially launched new operations in Istanbul, Turkey and in Kuwait.
07.29.2013 What happens when the insider swaps roles with the reporter and asks the questions... find out as Cassidy Vice Chairman Gregg Hartley sits down with Megan Wilson of The Hill newspaper in a featured story of the new Cassidy online news magazine, the insiders.
07.25.2013 Yesterday's launch of the Cassidy & Associates online news magazine, the insiders, included a featured story with Cassidy President Barry Rhoads talking about the 'acronym that makes the Pentagon shudder', but did you catch the full Insiders interview on the Cassidy YouTube Channel as Barry gets candid about the benefits of an agressive community as well as the politically squeaky wheel and the sequester ripple effect.
07.24.2013 This morning on LinkedIn, Cassidy & Associates CEO Gerry Cassidy helped launch a new online news magazine, the insiders, giving readers an authentic look at Washington.
07.23.2013 As a former legislative aide to Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) a story in National Journal’s annual Women of Washington out today that asks the question, ‘do women make better senators than men?’ caught my attention.
07.12.2013 Results of two new polls show most Americans are okay with drones flying over their backyards whether it’s for commercial use, or for safety, or catching crooks and terrorists which makes today the time for industry to press home their benefits with the federal oversight agencies and Congress.
06.26.2013 President Obama’s trip next week to sub-Saharan Africa has generated quite a bit of attention recently in Washington, not for its merits or goals, but its expense.
06.20.2013 Late last year, Cassidy & Associates assisted in securing approval for the merger of two major 3D printing companies through the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States (CFIUS), and since that time coverage of this topic, and the industry itself, continues to experience incredible growth.
Given the political condition of the global oil trade today, our military and essentially our national security, are at the mercy of a volatile international oil market just as much as American families are when we pull up to the gas station.
06.07.2013 Boardrooms around the world should take note of results from a new survey providing compelling evidence that the time and energy invested online is worthwhile and can be an effective tool for the C-suite “that yields multiple dividends.”
06.04.2013 Linde's recent announcement of plans for a new gasification plant will create the world's largest gas-based partial oxidation complex for the production of syngas products for petrochemicals.
06.03.2013 The sequester, modernization efforts, BRAC, and defense infrastructure are all inextricably tied together and this week more signs of the consequences of the changing dynamics at the Pentagon as we learn the Air Force has ordered the 336th Fighter Squadron to stop flying its F-15E Strike Eagles.
05.31.2013 Protestors this week in Atlanta wearing large hats in the shape of drones and holding signs with the White House switchboard phone number signal the increasingly important and immediate need for industry to be fully engaged in the debate and decisions made in Washington.
05.30.2013 In the first of a two part interview, Cassidy & Associates Senior Vice President Mark Clack discusses a renewed emphasis on Africa by the White House as it prepares for President Obama's trip to sub-Saharan Africa this summer and a potential initiative addressing "energy poverty" on the continent.
05.29.2013 Yesterday’s remarks by President Obama addressing questions raised by Attorney General Eric Holder’s recent admission that counterterrorism drone strikes have killed four Americans overseas since 2009 provided a preview of what’s expected to be one of summer’s most heated legislative battles in Washington.
05.24.2013 Cassidy & Associates Vice Chairman Gregg Hartley writes, if the government of Bangladesh won’t listen to constructive criticism from its largest market in the face of what is clearly a gross violation of human rights, perhaps we should consider giving the government of Bangladesh just what it’s asking, starting with denial of trade preferences.
05.21.2013 Congratulations are in order for Lakeshore TolTest, LTC, as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently announced the company is one of only five private sector players in its first geothermal awards of its $7 billion renewable energy program.
05.16.2013 Cassidy & Associates Senior Vice President Nicole Di Resta discusses the new realities of national security at the Pentagon where every area of defense will feel the impact of budget tightening ranging from large to small weapons systems, service contracts, research and development, even the care of our servicemembers and their families.
05.09.2013 Cassidy & Associates and its sister company Weber Shandwick have started work on a multi-phased public affairs campaign for the Executive Leadership Council (ELC), a national group of current and former African American CEOs and senior executives at Fortune 500 and equivalent companies.
05.03.2013 Gerry Cassidy, the man who The Washington Post said “helped invent the new Washington”, talks disappointment, compromise, the economy and legacy all in the first hundred days of President Barack Obama’s second term.
05.02.2013 This morning's WTOP News update, sponsored by Cassidy & Associates, takes a closer look at the consequences of Washington's sequester deadlock that started to kick in at airports across the nation.
04.25.2013 Forty-three years after the first Earth Day celebration, a Pew Research Center survey finds environmental issues squarely in the middle of Americans’ priority lists.
04.22.2013 With renewed scrutiny in Washington of federal investment in clean energy technology, many American clean-tech companies are starting to look East to bridge the $4.5 billion capital shortfall expected to plague the industry over the next three years.
04.19.2013 As expected, President Obama’s budget request for FY 2014 includes a request to Congress to authorize a new Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) round in 2015.
Members of Congress, the European Commission President and the French Trade Minister are among some of the more notables who’ve spoken out, some to encourage progress on the agreement and some to pull back on the reigns.
04.09.2013 The White House is expected to submit President Barack Obama’s FY2014 budget to Congress on April 10, but the Cassidy & Associates National Security Team has been mobilizing its clients across the country far in advance of next week’s action.
04.04.2013 Is America’s approach to foreign assistance suitable for Africa’s changing dynamics? Cassidy & Associates Senior Vice President Mark Clack will help answer that question and many others on the rising significance of US-Africa relations as he moderates a panel discussion at the 9th Annual Black Policy Conference.
04.03.2013 Crew members aboard the International Space Station take a look at Cassidy online.
04.01.2013 From the ongoing fiscal standoff to key White House appointments, more than ever Washington is deferring critical decisions and waiting for action from the ‘world’s deliberative body’ also known as the United States Senate.
03.28.2013 Encouraging Chinese companies to become leaders in the global knowledge economy is a core goal of the Chinese government’s current economic development plan. Cassidy Senior Associate Molly Mark-Doppman discusses recent survey results examining emerging Chinese multinationals and media.
03.21.2013 As Asia-watchers, security hawks, investors and others around the globe know well, the annual meetings of China’s legislature, the National People’s Congress (NPC), and its twenty-two hundred member political advisory body, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), opened last week, where major decisions about the future of the country are likely to be made and where the stage for the incoming administration will be set.
03.14.2013 Have you checked out the new YouTube One Channel layout?
03.11.2013 The opening sequence to Netflix’s popular online ‘TV show’, House of Cards, includes the new state of the art, LEED Gold Certified Green building that Cassidy & Associates calls home.
03.08.2013 Check out this morning's weekly WTOP News update, sponsored by Cassidy & Associates, on Washington's ongoing fiscal standoff.
03.07.2013 Cassidy & Associates sponsored weekly news updates airing Thursday mornings on WTOP News covers Washington's ongoing fiscal standoff, take a look and listen here.
02.28.2013 Cassidy & Associates CEO Gerald Cassidy announced today that the firm is extending its on-air and online partnership with WTOP by sponsoring its continued coverage of weekly updates on Washington’s ongoing fiscal standoff.
02.26.2013 Cassidy & Associates CEO Gerry Cassidy marks a successful milestone for Boston University and looks to a future with continued accomplishment.
02.21.2013 Cassidy & Associates Vice Chair Gregg Hartley announces that EaglePicher Technologies will continue its 10 year relationship with Cassidy as its Lithium-ion Aircraft Battery nears certification.
02.16.2013 Online business networking powerhouse LinkedIn recognizes Cassidy & Associates Vice Chairman Gregg Hartley.
02.13.2013 The new Cassidy & Associates online series, Protect and Connect, provides an ongoing look at our clients in Washington and around the world. Cassidy Vice Chairman Gregg Hartley opens the series with an introduction to AT&T.
02.11.2013 Get some answers from a new episode of Cassidy's On Site series as a Chinese aerospace delegation participates in Cassidy & Associates' ongoing public policy symposium.
01.28.2013 Cassidy & Assoicates hosts Chinese delegation for second in series of public policy roundtable discussions in Washington.
01.11.2013 Cassidy & Associates Chief Executive Gerald Cassidy remembers his friend, U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye.
12.20.2012 Cassidy & Associates CEO Gerald Cassidy helped kick off a new tradition this morning as the firm released a holiday video greeting on the C&A YouTube Channel.
12.07.2012 Cassidy & Associates CEO Gerald Cassidy announced today that the firm is partnering with the region’s ‘glass-enclosed nerve center’ at WTOP by sponsoring its news updates on developments on Capitol Hill and the White House as Washington approaches the ‘fiscal cliff.’
11.29.2012 In its continuing series of exclusive reports WASHINGTON After the Election, Cassidy & Associates removes the guesswork with its Leadership Report, tracking the next steps of leaders on Capitol Hill and identifying those who will make them.
11.13.2012 In an exclusive report, WASHINGTON, After the Election, the public policy experts of Cassidy & Associates have mapped out detailed next steps lawmakers and key decision makers on Capitol Hill will make in the lameduck session of Congress and into next year.
11.07.2012 Cassidy & Associates CEO Gerald S.J. Cassidy shares his thoughts on the day after America votes in a new C&A online video and says "demographics are destiny" for both political parties.
11.07.2012 Cassidy & Associates pays tribute to the late U.S. Senator and former presidential candidate George McGovern in a full page of today’s special edition of the Mitchell Daily Republic.
10.26.2012 Did you catch the recent debut of Cassidy & Associates in Times Square?
10.22.2012 There are less than 2 months left in FY12. That means Agencies are balancing their checkbooks and trying to fund last-minute projects.
08.03.2012 You should be busy bidding on government contracts…and if you're not, you should be--even if you're not going to bid on them directly yourself.
06.18.2012 If you are thinking about tweeting about clouds, exercise or even Mexico, think again. Doing so may result in a closer look by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
You just have to know where to look. Here are 2 basic rules.
05.01.2012 Pentagon plans for priority weapons to be financed through the use of operational funds over a period of days or months.
04.12.2012 The 3 most important words to remember to be successful in building your Federal Business.
04.04.2012 Cassidy & Associates has developed a strategic partnership with Missroui based AgriThority.
03.26.2012 March 26, the House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) Panel on Business Challenges Within the Defense Industry released their report: Challenges to Doing Business with the Department of Defense.
03.26.2012 Gen Fraser, SOUTHCOM Commander; "I'm a combatant commander--I can always use more ISR."
03.08.2012 There are 3 ways to create White Space in business.
1. Fulfilling unmet customer needs in a current market. 2. Creating new customers and new markets. 3. Responding to shifts in market demand created by government policy and new technology.In 2009, the Government of Bangladesh, led by Sheikh Hasina’s newly-elected Awami League Party, announced its intention to prosecute war crimes committed during Bangladesh’s 1971 War of Liberation
02.14.2012 All things considered, I would rather be in the Federal Sales market vs. the Commercial Sales market.
02.11.2012 On January 5, 2012, President Barack Obama, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs Chairman General Martin Dempsey discussed changes in the military’s long-term plans and how the proposed changes will establish future budgeting priorities.
01.26.2012 We recently attended the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas where we discovered 2 game-changing technologies.
01.19.2012 The best way to improve sales is to sell where they know you.
01.01.2012 The race to exhaust funds and execute programs will be intense in 2012. Agencies will be motivated to spend their money before it gets taken away.
12.21.2011 The act of generating needed capabilities and capacities quickly in response to operational demands in defence of our nation and its vital national interests.
12.12.2011 Since Jan 3, 2011, the Senate has introduced 1914 bills and the House has introduced 3508 bills. 57 bills have been signed into law.
11.27.2011 Even with the Failure of the Budget Super Committee we should be thankful...
Cuts do not take effect until 2013--giving us 13 months to prepare.
As the biggest shopping day of the year approaches, it's important to note the Federal Government is also "shopping."
11.14.2011 While the US has finally signed the Korean-US Free Trade Agreement, there is still work to be done on the other side of the Pacific before the agreement takes effect.
10.27.2011 The military services will begin briefing combatant commanders next week on their revised five-year spending plans as the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) begins its Fiscal Year 2013 budget review.
10.21.2011 The Sec of Defense said the Pentagon is making “targeted changes” to weapons programs, upgrades and operations costs.
10.12.2011 After weeks of secret meetings, the deficit-cutting panel established under last summer's budget deal doesn’t look like its making progress.
10.09.2011 That’s a quote I recently heard from a high-level Government Executive. Yes…there are many inefficiencies out there, but who can afford to fix them in the current budget environment?
09.30.2011 Congress will take up a Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the government the week of Sept. 19th, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) stated September 13th, which could prevent a government shutdown caused by Congress not passing appropriations bills by the new fiscal year
09.14.2011 I am just getting back from a trip to Morocco. It was great and I saw "everything" because I hired a guide.
08.22.2011 An important element of the ongoing healthcare debate is the regulation of medical devices. To date, there has been much ambiguity in regards to the Administration’s intentions.
06.20.2011 In past years a decrease in "war funding" has always led to a decrease in defense funding because war funding was part of the defense budget.
06.16.2011 The Department of Defense announced plans to award $37.8 million to academic institutions to support the purchase of research instrumentation. There were 165 awards to 83 academic institutions.
06.08.2011 U.S. District Court Judge James C. Cacheris ruled last week on a motion to dismiss certain counts of an indictment charging an alleged scheme to make illegal contributions to a 2006 Senate campaign and a 2008 Presidential campaign.
05.31.2011 It seems the Department of Defense is trying to drive a wedge between Government and Industry.
05.06.2011 Americans face a new and widely overlooked threat. Counterfeit prescription drugs are being unknowingly consumed across our nation. Without changes in policy, this issue will continue to grow at an already alarming pace.
04.12.2011 None of the “usual favorites” are playing for this year’s National Basketball Championship. This year’s “Final Four” consists of 4 teams who were counted out from the beginning of the basketball tournament—but, each team has two things in common: A great game plan and preparation.
03.27.2011 In the recent discussions about budget proposals and spending cuts, one piece of legislation that would boost our economy—the South Korea–United States Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA)—has been absent.
03.08.2011 What the Multi-Billion Dollar USAF Air Refueling Tanker Competition Means for Business...
03.03.2011 With shrinking budgets and increased workloads, the federal government needs the private sector to help cut operating costs.
02.28.2011 Bloomberg Businessweek ran an article last Tuesday on Chairman Bachus’ letter to the Financial Services Committee regarding implementation of Dodd-Frank’s new rules for Wall Street. In his letter the Chairman stressed his intention to review implementation of the Volker rule and in particular to:
02.07.2011 Management Sciences for Health’s January newsletter highlights various initiatives in health financing in the developing world, including an innovative financing partnership in Uganda with USAID and local partners which helps Ugandans meet critical family planning needs.
02.01.2011 Senator Grassley continues his focus on the investment and payout policies of endowments. It is no secret that he and others in the tax writing committees have long held concerns about the actions and composition of certain sub-sets of the nonprofit sector.
01.28.2011 In an effort to save the US military money, Gander Airport, in New Foundland, Canada, is “speeding up” its aircraft servicing and creating a rapid refueling program for US military aircraft that land there.
01.20.2011 While there will certainly be plenty of disagreement on details, it appears there may be some level of consensus in this Congress on the need for tax reform, including corporate tax reform.
01.07.2011 There is current technology that allows us to inspect internal source code and third-party code and it does not require companies to expose their valuable source code.
12.20.2010 What do you do if the rabbit (you are trying to keep out of your garden) is living inside your garden? The answer seems quite simple, but this is the problem we are living with in cyber security.
12.15.2010 In conversations concerning cyber security, the topic of building firewalls always comes up. People believe if they build a big enough fence it will keep the threat out. The problem is the threat is already inside the fence.
12.09.2010 On December 3rd, it was announced the U.S. and South Korea had reached an agreement to amend the three year old free trade agreement known as KORUS FTA.
12.08.2010 It could be argued that the tax deal brokered between the White House and Republicans earlier this week hints at the start of bipartisan dealings to come in the new year.
12.08.2010 This week the entire forty-two member Senate Republican Conference sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Reid making it clear they would vote against cloture on a motion to consider any legislation until the chamber has acted to fund the government and extend the Bush-era tax cuts.
12.03.2010 In response to a large peanut butter recall early in 2009 a bi-partisan coalition of Senators introduced a bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1936.
12.02.2010 The recent failure of the U.S. and South Korea to reach a final agreement on the U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement should be viewed as a temporary setback.
11.22.2010 While Bill S. 3480 – Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010 (sponsored by Senators Lieberman and Collins) is a good start, it does not adequately address the protection of our nation’s critical cyber supply chain.
11.19.2010 With the government focused on reducing expenses it is more important than ever to focus on retaining business.
11.18.2010 In light of the October 29th interception of two explosive devices on cargo flights departing from Yemen and headed for the West, the recently-released Congressional Research Service (CRS) report by Lauren Ploch, “Countering Terrorism in East Africa: The U.S. Response,” is both timely and relevant.
11.12.2010 With the 2010 election results almost complete, guesswork is in high gear about both the direction and scope of energy legislation in the 112th Congress.
11.11.2010 One of the greatest, and confusing, disappointments of the 111th Congress has been its inability to enact legislation to re-authorize a broad array of infrastructure programs.
11.11.2010 There is some belief that partisanship in the 112th Congress will be worse than what we say in the 111th. However, it would be a mistake to believe that we are destined for two years of outright Congressional gridlock.
11.11.2010 The Mid-term power shift will result in significant changes on both the Senate and House Agriculture Committees.
11.10.2010 Each Veteran’s Day gives us an opportunity to focus on the contributions and sacrifices the members of our military have and are still making. We honor them and thank them for all they have done for our country.
11.10.2010 On a recent Veteran’s Day, Gerry Cassidy hosted the annual Cassidy & Associates Veterans Day luncheon for all of us in the firm who had served in the armed forces. Our Guest of Honor was the oldest living Marine at the time, Mr. Herb Bowen.
11.10.2010 Last week the SEC issued a set of proposed rules regarding whistleblower bounties. Some believed that the whistle blower provision as originally written in the bill, could lead to rulemaking that encouraged employees with knowledge of malfeasance to eschew internal integrity programs in favor of going directly to the SEC.
11.09.2010 Now that Washington, D.C. has had an opportunity to thoroughly digest and analyze last week’s mid-term election and dramatic gains by the Republican Party, the nation’s attention has pivoted toward consideration of whether or not a divided government can effectively work together to aid our nation’s economic recovery. One area where many Washington analysts believe progress through compromise can be made is in U.S. Trade policy.
11.09.2010 Capitalizing on voter discontent, Republicans claimed control of the House of Representatives picking up 60 seats with a few right leaning races still to be decided. In the Senate the Republicans gained six seats outright.
11.08.2010 The mid-term elections have provided more certainty to the ideological direction of the next Congress. What remains to be seen is how jubilant Republicans and melancholy Democrats will cooperate with each other for the remainder of the 111th Congress.
11.05.2010 Since the polls closed and results started flowing, people have been trying to analyze what the future holds for tax issues in the lame duck session and into the new year. It is hard to predict accurately what will unfold.
11.05.2010 The mid-term elections are still several days away, but that hasn’t stopped some from looking ahead to the final weeks of the year when Congress will be focused on must-pass legislation to keep the government open for business.
10.29.2010 Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has just embarked on a 13 day mission to Vietnam, China, Cambodia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, and Australia. The travel mirrors an interesting shift in U.S. foreign policy strategy under the current administration.
10.29.2010 As you can see, we have launched a new website and we are very excited. I believe it reflects three elements at the core of our success on behalf of our clients– embracing change, a vibrant energy and a great pride.
10.19.2010 Many people across the country were surprised late last year when Congress failed to pass an estate tax fix of any kind. It seemed impossible that Congress would allow the estate tax to lapse given the massive revenue loss. But here we are and the “tax-free” year is quickly coming to an end.
10.19.2010 Recently, there has been renewed debate about whether or not adoption of this type of tax structure would help the U.S. address the growing deficit and debt problem.
10.15.2010 The passage of the health care reform act impacted many facets of the not-for-profit health sector. There is now some concern that the tax exemption for hospitals is at risk of being eliminated at some point in the future.
10.01.2010 Thanksgiving in Washington comes early this year and the dinner plates will be overflowing.
09.30.2010 The excerpt below is from a BNA Daily Tax Report (sub. req’d) article on a complaint filed against a number of BCS bowl related entities by Playoff PAC an organization advocating for a college football postseason.
09.27.2010 The recent egg recall, due to an aggressive outbreak of Salmonella, only served to increase the public pressure on the Senate to pass S510, the Food Safety Modernization Act.
09.24.2010 In a recent article, The Washington Post reports that a year after publishing its cyber-security policy review, the White House continues to lack a coherent strategy for preventing cyber attacks.
09.17.2010 The New York Times recently highlighted efforts by some lobbying firms in Washington to hire additional Republicans to boost their influence if the Republican Party succeeds in regaining control of the House Representatives and the Senate after the November elections. It was a familiar story about the implications of shifts in the balance of power in Washington.
09.15.2010 After a six-week Recess including town hall meetings and aggressive messaging, the House and Senate return to Washington with a full plate of work.
09.10.2010 New information on the dwindling numbers of livestock producers in the U.S. has prompted a series of meetings led by Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsak over the last few months.
09.03.2010 Including small businesses in competitions for government contracts has long been an important issue.
08.27.2010 The Washington Post ran an article on Saturday August 21, 2010 on the disparity between corporate profits and corporate spending on new workers. Recovery will not come under the current paradigm
08.27.2010 As posted earlier today on the Huffington Post
08.18.2010 This past week, it was reported that DHS has been dispatching teams of cyber security experts to assess defensive capabilities at key power plants across the country.
08.10.2010 Quietly and effectively, the Obama Administration is in the process of instituting a U.S.-Africa policy that promotes enhanced trade between the United States and Sub Saharan Africa (SSA).
08.04.2010 The Brookings Institute’s Metropolitan Studies Program published a report last month which examines how exports impact U.S. metropolitan economies. Export Nation found evidence that export intensive industries boost growth, provide higher wages and foster innovation.
08.02.2010 As posted earlier today on the Huffington Post. What is happening today in the Republic of Guinea deserves a closer look from other African nations and the international community.
07.22.2010 As the days and weeks tick down, so do the chances of passage for a number of bills held up in the Senate. One of these is S.510, better known as the Food Safety Bill.
07.20.2010 In a recent blog post, I described the recent World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling that airline manufacturer Airbus benefitted unfairly from European Union subsidies. More recent news has broken, as the WTO has decided to delay its decision on a similar case examining whether Airbus competitor Boeing also benefitted from similar subsidies.
07.09.2010 Could Gen MacArthur have envisioned this level of cooperation, and the use of today’s information technology.
07.08.2010 My wife and I decide to write the MINI E down as something to consider in the future when replacing a commuter vehicle.
07.07.2010 In a ruling that many US Senators are already hailing as a “landmark decision”, the WTO has effectively shaken up the commercial aircraft market landscape.
07.07.2010 While the media has characterized the eleven people recently arrested on a complaint filed by the U.S. Attorney in Manhattan as members of a “Russian spy ring”
07.01.2010 MIT released an interim report today examining the future of natural gas as a fuel in an increasingly emissions averse world
06.30.2010 One way to benefit both the US and Korea is to finally approve the US and Korean Free Trade Agreement, which was signed on June 30, 2007.
06.25.2010 Supreme Court nominations have the potential to echo through history. It is the President’s opportunity to impact the tenor of the court long after his term has ended
06.25.2010 Last week The Ninth Circuit reversed a trial court’s dismissal of charges in an indictment alleging that a California man had violated federal law by contributing $26,000
06.22.2010 Over the weekend President Obama sent a letter to Congress urging them to pass a measure to shore up state and local budgets and stave off public employee layoffs
06.16.2010 Over the weekend, draft regulation was leaked concerning the grandfathering of employer sponsored healthcare plans in existence prior the implementation of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
06.14.2010 Earlier this year, legislation was introduced in the House that, as much as anything we’ve seen, strikes at the heart of some of the most challenging foreign policy, international affairs and security issues that the U.S. faces today
06.11.2010 I got a blast campaign email today from Dr. Charles Crist, Sr. who is the father of current Florida Governor Charlie Crist who is running for the U.S. Senate. When it became apparent that the Governor would not win his party’s nomination in the primary, he quit being a team player. He decided to run as an independent.
06.10.2010 With less than 60 legislative days on the Congressional Calendar before the 2010 mid-term elections, Congress finds itself with much unfinished business.
06.10.2010 Children vary in how they think, how they learn and how they cope. That diversity has to be addressed if schools are going to be successful in helping them complete their education. And, not all schools are equally prepared for that challenge.
06.08.2010 Congressional consideration of legislation to address our energy problems seems to be moving to the front burner again.
06.08.2010 After my first ever visit to Kabul, Afghanistan last month, I’ll be paying close attention to what action the Afghan government takes on the heels of last week’s “peace jirga”
06.07.2010 With the federal government currently trying to implement health care reform legislation, Cassidy & Associates continues to stay abreast of the political landscape.
06.07.2010 As primary season gets into full swing and the November midterms approach it is important for corporate employees in Washington and across the country to be mindful of the rules governing campaign work in the office
06.02.2010 Despite record rains and flooding in Iowa, 2008 was a good year for farmers. Due to spikes in prices for crops such as corn and soybeans, net farm income increased 60% from 2007 to 2008. However, even farms that had a profitable year received an extra influx of cash due to a provision in the Stimulus bill.
06.02.2010 As hurricane season begins in the Caribbean, aid organizations worry that tropical storms will exacerbate the challenges already facing relief workers in Haiti.
06.02.2010 With much to do both in Washington and back in their districts, members are under a constant time crunch. Unfortunately this can leave important initiatives in jeopardy.
06.01.2010 The House Agriculture Committee is in the process of holding a series of hearings across the country in order to review the current agricultural policy as lawmakers prepare to draft the 2012 Farm Bill
05.21.2010 CFOs are always looking for ways to reduce risk and achieve greater return on investment
05.18.2010 This survey will almost certainly make it into the hands of those in Congress working behind the scenes on nonprofit tax reform
05.07.2010 Since 2008, negotiations by the World Trade Organization on multilateral agreements have stalled. Disagreements on major issues between key nations have resulted in a deadlock. Coupled with a domestic political stalemate on three free trade agreements, all of which have been negotiated but are stalled in Congress, the future of bilateral trade barrier reduction is uncertain.
05.07.2010 The recently passed healthcare bill which aims to cover millions of uninsured Americans included several provisions that corporations are feeling the effects of, in spite of the fact that many of these conditions will not be enforced until 2014.
05.07.2010 BNA news (subscription) has reported that Alan Fu, of Prudential Financial Services, sent an email to the Treasury Department in which he highlights a possible effect of the Financial Services Reform bill currently before the Senate. Fu wrote that:
05.06.2010 While impacts are still being assessed, undoubtedly there will be far reaching economic and environmental repercussions for the region
05.04.2010 Cassidy & Associates Sr. VP Tom Dennis gives another update on where things stand with the Senate’s latest effort to move Climate Change legislation forward.
05.03.2010 House Agriculture Committee Chairman Colin Peterson has held and scheduled a number of oversight field hearings across the country to advance consideration of the reauthorization of the Farm Bill which expires in 2012
04.29.2010 The Partnership for Philanthropic Planning sent a letter to the ranking members of the Finance and Ways and Means Committees today urging them to move forward with reconciliation on the Tax Extenders Act of 2009.
04.27.2010 Currently, the food industry is not obligated to regulate the amount of sodium in products as sodium is generally recognized as safe by the FDA
04.20.2010 The GAO report previously highlighted shows that the government is taking a hard look at tax exemptions in the Internal Revenue Code.
04.20.2010 The long-awaited Kerry-Graham-Lieberman draft of a climate bill is slated to be released on April 26th, and President Obama is weighing in
04.19.2010 Recent events in Kyrgyzstan emphasize the importance of the U.S. Air Force world-wide infrastructure.
04.15.2010 Last Friday’s announced retirement of Justice John Paul Stevens may have the unintended consequence of also retiring fleeting hopes for the passage of a comprehensive climate change and energy bill during this session of Congress.
04.13.2010 The easy targets have already been taken — leading the government to start seriously considering areas that were previously unthinkable.
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