Monthly Archives: April 2012

18 April

ASAE Sends Follow-Up Message to White House on OGE Issue

ASAE today sent a letter to the White House from President & CEO John Graham CAE in response to a story in last weekend's New York Times on the ongoing consideration of the Office of Government Ethics' (OGE) proposed ethics rule.  The story said the ...

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Category: Statements and LettersTags: asae, Association, association meetings, conventions, ethics, obama, Office of Government Ethics, OGE

11 April

NOWRA’s Eric Casey Defends the Value of Meetings

With the news coverage of the General Services Administration's conference spending, it is easy to forget how valuable meetings are to the economy and to improving the American (and international) workforce.  Eric Casey CAE, the executive director of the ...

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Category: Driving Sustainability, Enriching Lives, Seeding Progress, Training WorkforcesTags: General Services Administration, GSA, NOWRA, the power of a, The Washington Post

10 April

ASAE Still Watching the OGE Issue

This Sunday, The New York Times ran a front page story on last fall’s Office of Government Ethics proposed rule limiting federal employee participation at some trade association events.  The story said the Office of Government Ethics “is now weighing the ...

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Category: Economic Recovery