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Snyder, Hayes & Muchnick LLP launches new Public Policy and Government practice based in Washington, DC

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Thursday, November 2, 2023
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Snyder, Hayes & Muchnick LLP, an integrated law and advisory practice established in New York in 2010, announced that it has opened a new Public Policy and Government practice headquartered in Washington, DC. This location will be led by Morgan Muchnick, Partner at Snyder, Hayes & Muchnick.

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  • WASHINGTON, Nov. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Snyder, Hayes & Muchnick LLP , an integrated law and advisory practice established in New York in 2010, announced that it has opened a new Public Policy and Government practice headquartered in Washington, DC.
  • This location will be led by Morgan Muchnick , Partner at Snyder, Hayes & Muchnick.
  • In the evolving landscape of lobbying and policy advocacy, where partisan gridlock and discontent with traditional practices prevail, Washington insiders with political astuteness have the best chance to succeed.
  • Muchnick completed his undergraduate degree in History with honors at UCLA and received a Master in Public Policy (MPP) from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.

Lauren E. McGowan named executive director at LISC Puget Sound

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Tuesday, February 21, 2023
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SEATTLE, Feb. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) has named Lauren E. McGowan, one of the region's most experienced nonprofit leaders, as the new executive director of LISC Puget Sound.

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  • SEATTLE, Feb. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) has named Lauren E. McGowan, one of the region's most experienced nonprofit leaders, as the new executive director of LISC Puget Sound.
  • "Lauren has deep connections to the Puget Sound community and a remarkable range of experience in developing, implementing, and scaling strategies that help people build a stronger future for their families," Denise Scott, LISC president, said.
  • McGowan has spent the bulk of her career at the United Way of King County, most recently as associate vice president for poverty and homelessness.
  • She studied communications management at Emerson College and completed the Nonprofit Executive Leadership Institute at the Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington.

National News Literacy Campaign Launches to Fight Misinformation and Empower the Public

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Thursday, September 15, 2022
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PACIFICA, Calif., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This morning, the Trust Project, a global consortium of news organizations responding to the crisis of trust and misinformation through the 8 Trust Indicators®, the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) and the University of Washington's Center for an Informed Public (CIP) and Accelerating Social Transformation (AST) leadership program jointly announced a powerful new national news literacy campaign supported by Microsoft. The nonpartisan campaign leverages the Trust Project's 8 Trust Indicators® to strengthen democracy by empowering the public to easily assess the trustworthiness of news.

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  • The nonpartisan campaign leverages the Trust Project's 8 Trust Indicatorsto strengthen democracy by empowering the public to easily assess the trustworthiness of news.
  • "Thanks to Microsoft and our wonderful partners at the University of Washington and RTDNA, millions of Americans will learn about our Trust Indicators.
  • Our goal is to build the public's capacity to resistmisinformation and strengthen informed public participation in civic life."
  • The Trust Indicators are based in robust user-centered design research and respond to public needs and wants.

Citizens Against Government Waste Releases Issue Brief on The Path to a National Privacy Framework

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Thursday, March 31, 2022
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The reports authors issued the following statement:

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  • The reports authors issued the following statement:
    Congresss failure to enact a national privacy framework has led to many states enacting or considering their own data privacy laws and regulations.
  • This conflicting, confusing, and complex hodgepodge approach is leaving businesses struggling to decipher what they need to do based on where they are located.
  • Action must be taken as soon as possible by Congress to protect consumers and bring certainty to businesses under a single set of privacy rules.
  • CAGW is the nations largest nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in government.