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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
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Season's Greetings,
Another exciting year closes with 2012 a little more than a week away. 2011 has been a good year for NCISS and we should be proud of the work we've done. I believe we have made some big steps in the growth and profile of our organization. We made our first PAC donation to Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack of California, teamed with PI Museum on Wheels, became a member of the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace, had one of the most successful Hit the Hill events is recent years, displayed at the ASIS International Trade Show in Orlando, and had representation at a dozen or more state association conferences
The strength of NCISS is at a very high level and we look forward to 2012 as a year that will see even more growth in our membership and provide increased value to all our members. Plans are already in progress for our April Hit the Hill followed by a Leadership Workshop. September will be exciting when NCISS teams up with the World Association of Detectives 'WAD' in Boston, MA for our Annual Conference, board meeting, and election of new officers and board members.
A special thank you to Larry Sabbath, Jimmie Mesis, Vince Ruffolo and everyone on our legislative action team who have spent many hours focused on legislative issues that could either hurt or help the investigation and security industries.
As we close out the year and celebrate the holidays with family, friends, and colleagues and look back on the challenges and accomplishments throughout the year, I am very grateful to all of you for your support, constructive input, ideas, and contributions.
I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a New Year of health, happiness and prosperity. I raise my glass to all our soldiers past, present and future for their unselfish service to the greatest country on earth.
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God Bless,
Maria Vinson Landry
mlandry@vinsonguard.com
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Save The Date
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HIT THE HILL 2012
April 15-18, 2012
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 | Eugene Ferraro
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THREE THINGS FOR WHICH TO BE THANKFUL
Each of us probably have many things to be thankful for. Whether its our family, health, or just our general good fortune, each of us have enjoyed precious things for which we can indeed be grateful. Some things however are easily overlooked. In 1979 I spent Christmas in Atsugi, Japan.
As a young Marine temporarily stationed there during theholiday I was lonely and sorely missed home. On Christmas morning I flew short scouting mission with my commander, a major. Just before we departed, while standing in front of our planes he asked if I knew why we were there. I do not remember my reply, but I recall clearly his answer. He said we there to do three things: protect democracy, protect our families, and show the lousy communists who's in charge.
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U.S. Navy Combat Aircraft in
front of Mount Fugi, Japan
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Today we indeed live in a free and democratic county and our families are safe (unless over seas serving our country) and there are almost no more communists. This Christmas season let's all give three big thank yous. First to those who protect us, next one for those who have made the ultimate sacrifice and one last heart felt big thank you to all of their families-the Americans they left behind and continuously and unselfishly wait for those they love.
Thank you one and all.
God Bless and Merry Christmas
Gene Ferraro
Chairman
eferraro@businesscontrols.com
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UPDATE: Regulatory Activities
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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is in the process of updating guidance for employer use of both criminal histories and credit reports. The EEOC is expected to issue guidance on both subjects in January or February. NCISS is working with a coalition of business groups to oppose guidance that may further limit the use of background checks. NCISS Legislative Advocate Larry Sabbath met with EEOC officials recently to oppose further limiting access to criminal histories or credit reports.
NLRB Election Rules-The National Labor Relations Board has adopted a resolution that would limit the ability of employers to challenge the eligibility of employees to vote prior to a union-organizing election. The net effect would be speed the process by which employees vote to decide whether to join a union. A final vote by the Board to adopt the change is expected before the end of the year. NCISS opposes this action by the NLRB and supports legislation to restrict the powers of the NLRB. We support the efforts of a business group, the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace to fight the partisan efforts of the NLRB. Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed the Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act (HR 3094), which we support, by a vote of 235-188. That bill would rein in the NLRB. Unfortunately, it is unlikely to pass the Senate.
Larry Sabbath
Legislative Advocate
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LEADERSHIP WORKSHOPS
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Attention Current and Future Association Leaders...
We need to hear from you... NCISS is planning a Leadership workshop for association leadership in conjunction with Hit the Hill April 2012 on April 18. We want to know what you want to know. We are asking for suggested topics and / or names of speakers you would like to hear from. We will be developing this program in the next three weeks. If you have comments or ideas you would like to see implemented, please contact me. Francie Koehler, Hit the Hill Chair 510-772-6612
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HIT THE HILL MOVES TO SPRING
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Westin Washington National Harbor
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Save the Date
***April 16 - 18, 2012***
Westin Washington National Harbor
171 Waterfront Street
National Harbor, Maryland 20745
Phone: (301) 567-3999
Fax: (301) 567-0888
Conference Rate $169
Don' forget to mark your calendar...
AGENDA
(Registration Pending)
4/15/11
Board Members Arrive
4/16/11
Board Meeting with working lunch 8:00 - 4:00 PM
Lobbying 101 Cocktail Reception: 5:00 - 7:00 PM
4/17/11
Legislative Orientation Breakfast 7:00 - 9:00 AM
Hit the Hill 10:00 -3:00 PM
(Lunch at the Capitol Hill Club)
Debriefing Cocktail Reception 4:00 - 7:00
4/18/11
State Association Leadership Workshops 8:00 - 3:00 PM
(Details Pending)
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Celebrating our 36th Year!
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YOUR VOICE IN THE NATION'S CAPITOL
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Questions about NCISS?
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eReport articles, please submit to franciek@pacbell.net
Articles for the twice yearly printed journal, The Report,
please submit to
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BEST WISHES FOR A PROSPEROUS 2012
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On The Alert
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Congress is expected to wrap up the first session of the 112th Congress just before Christmas. The bills that were introduced in 2011 which have hot had final votes will carry over into the new year. We can therefore expect several issues of interest or concern to NCISS members to remain under active consideration. In addition, federal agencies remain highly active churning out rules, regulations and "guidance" that do not require any action in Congress.
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Larry Sabbath Legislative Advocate
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Jimmie Mesis Legislative Chair
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HR 2577, the "Safe Data Act", by Representative Mary Bono Mack. In July, the bill passed the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade, which is chaired by Rep. Bono Mack. NCISS is opposing efforts to amend the bill to include language that would restrict certain uses of pretexting. During the Subcommittee vote, an amendment which included the pretexting provision lost by only one vote. The bill will next be considered by the full Energy & Commerce Committee.
NCISS is working with other organizations to oppose the amendment.
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HR 1707/HR 1841/S 1207-these data breach bills include the language to restrict the use of pretexting in some instances.
NCISS opposes the pretexting language.
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S-21 "Cyber Security and American Cyber Competitiveness Act of 2011''-sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), it calls on Congress to act on cybersecurity and data breach legislation.
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S 799 "Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act" by Senator John Kerry (D-MA) would restrict collection of personal data and require consent in some instances.
We oppose the legislation.
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HR 611, the "Best Practices Act", Representative Bobby Rush (D-IL). This data collection bill is similar to S 799.
NCISS opposes the legislation.
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HR 978, the "Seniors Identity Protection Act" would ban Social Security numbers on Medicare and other federal identification documents.
NCISS has supported efforts to minimize SSN's on government documents.
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HR 1509, the "Medicare Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2011" removes the SSN from Medicare cards.
NCISS supports limiting printing SSN's on government documents.
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HR 321, the "Equal Employment for All Act" denies employers access to credit information.
NCISS strongly opposes the bill.
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HR 822, the "National Right to Carry Reciprocity Act" establishes a national right to carry weapons. The legislation has passed the House.
It is unlikely to pass the Senate.
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S 772, "Secure Facilities Act" requires additional training for private guards employed by the Federal Protective Service". It has passed the Senate Homeland Security Committee. Rep. Dan Lungren (R-CA) has introduced HR 2658, a House companion bill.
NCISS opposes HR 176, which encourages replacing private security officers with federal employees.
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S 1199, "Protecting the Privacy of Social Security Numbers Act", by Senator Dianne Feinstein (R-CA) restricts the sale of Social Security numbers but does include an exception for "business to business" transactions.
NCISS supports the "business to business" provision but supports a stronger exemption.
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S 1151 "Personal Data Privacy and Security Act" by Senator Pat Leahy (D-VT), Chair of the Judiciary Committee requires reporting of data breaches and protection of personal information. The Senate Judiciary Committee passed the Chairman's bill out of Committee in late September. The Committee also passed other data breach bills, S 1408 and S 1535. Majority Leader Harry Reid has indicated he may combine various privacy bills before they go to the Senate floor.
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HR 2168/S 1212 Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act. Effectively bans the use of GPS tracking and certain other tracking devices.
We strongly oppose.
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