20th April 2009
Today the Senate returned from its spring break recess and tomorrow the House returns. Still, there is good news on the federal lobbying front that I’m pleased to share with you.
I have been retained as director of government affairs for a new national professional association which will be providing legislative and regulatory assistance at the federal level to both state and national professional associations. Many of you in the past you have assisted me, in one capacity or another, in protecting the interests of this profession in Washington. I hope to continue to work with and for you in a similar capacity.
This newly formed organization is Investigative and Security Professionals for Legislative Action (ISPLA). I will be working with a number of well-known professional association leaders in the investigative and security fields, each of whom are committed to ensuring that our profession’s interests are protected from ill-conceived legislation and burdensome regulations.
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8th April 2009
The Speakers for the next MISA meeting will be Tim Schoeffler, Senior Regional Business Consultant for Curian Capital LLC, and Harry L. Marmer, CLU, who is a Registered Representative and Partner with United Planners Financial Services of America, with over 30 years experience in the financial services industry. Since nearly everyone has been affected by the recession, MISA felt this issue may be of importance to everyone. Read the rest of this entry »
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24th March 2009
The next MISA meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 from 6:00 PM to 9:30 PM at SEIBEL’S RESTAURANT in Montgomery County . This place comes highly recommended by Ken Cummins.
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26th February 2009
The next MISA meeting will be held at the OLIVE GROVE restaurant located at 705 Hammonds Ferry Road, Linthicum, MD 21090. on Tuesday, March 10th, 2009. Do not confuse Read the rest of this entry »
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23rd February 2009
Things are moving even more quickly as a few important dates are approaching for the 2009 Legislative Session. The first one is March 9th which is the final date for introduction of bills without the suspension of Rules. The next date is March 30th and is known as the Opposite Chamber Crossover date. This means each Chamber (the House and the Senate) must send to the opposite Chamber those bills that it intends to pass favorably. If the bill doesn’t make it to the opposite Chamber by March 30th, it is usually considered to be dead. Although opposite Chamber bills can crossover after that date, they are subject to referral to the Rules Committee. At that point, it’s up to the Rules Committee as to whether they will allow the bill to crossover. While MISA is currently monitoring about 68 bills, that number could jump dramatically in the next week. Some of the bills of most concern today are: Read the rest of this entry »
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