School safety needs to improve. Not too many people would disagree with that. We can’t lock down schools like a correctional institution, but we can do better. Several years, NSCA developed a program called MNEC (mass notification and emergency communications). This effort has allowed our members to become very influential in helping schools with their Read the full article…
There have been mixed stories that Congress won’t be too busy this year due to the mid-year elections; however, based on the communications I’m receiving from coalitions and other news reports, I beg to differ. Here are some of the main priorities you should be aware of for 2014. These priorities all vary between Congressional Read the full article…
It’s the holiday season, and many of us are busy preparing time away from the office, completing last-minute budgets and strategic plans, and hopefully taking a breath and enjoying time with family and friends. But in the meantime, the last few weeks have been pretty busy here in D.C. Between www.healthcare.gov starting to work more Read the full article…
NSCA has been fortunate to partner with David Perkins and the Business Owner Journal for more than a decade. David just published his last Business Owner Journal, and will now concentrate efforts on his consulting business. This publication, which our members received every other month as part of their membership benefits, has truly helped systems Read the full article…
The latest in the rollout of the Affordable Care Act and what it means for you as an individual and as an employer/small-group policy… If you have an individual or small-group policy, you NEED to read this blog to understand the questions you should be asking about the Affordable Care Act, and the additional information Read the full article…
The long awaited national healthcare program, Obamacare, is finally upon us. Many companies have already made plans to either a.) stay the course b.) reduce the number of full-time employees, or c.) simply calculate the costs associated with providing medical insurance and add that amount to wages as they discontinue offering this through their business. Read the full article…
There are two sides to every story. Within the association world, there is buzz about several bills that have been introduced that would reduce government employee travel to educational conferences and tradeshows. In response to the IRS conferences, the GSA travel from a couple of years ago, and general questioning of government spending when sequestration Read the full article…
At the Last Minute… We’ve all been guilty of waiting until the last minute to complete a task – it could be because of laziness, other priorities, needing more information, waiting for others, but over the last two weeks, we saw waiting until the last minute at its finest. Congress technically failed to pass legislation Read the full article…
Congress returned this week and many hoped their schedules would consist of how to deal with the fiscal cliff. Instead, they have been busy voting on a bill on hunting and fishing on federal land and commemorating a coin in honor of Mark Twain. Not to discount either of those, but the fiscal cliff is Read the full article…
ongratulations to President Obama, 435 Representatives, 33 Senators, 11 governors, 6000 state legislators, and thousands of local city council reps, mayors, school boards who won this past Tuesday – there was a lot on the line. Over the past two months NSCA has detailed specific issues that systems integrators should be concerned about, and now Read the full article…
