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New Jersey Mug Shot Bill Raises Open-Access Concerns

Associations Now

A proposed law targeting ethically questionable sites that post arrest mug shots easily passed in the New Jersey General Assembly on Thursday, but journalists’ organizations and open-access advocates worry that it will have wider consequences. Mug shots are big business, and New Jersey’s General Assembly wants out.

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Report: The Story Machine Learning Tells About Nonprofits

Associations Now

The Civis report [registration] found that, in most states, nonprofits that serve vulnerable populations, such as children, seniors, and people with disabilities, are most common, but there are some notable differences in certain regions. One key lesson highlighted by the report?

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Report: Goodwill Locations Hit By Credit-Card Breach

Associations Now

The charitable nonprofit group reported evidence that its payment systems were recently attacked and announced an investigation. The duration of the attack is unclear, but there’s evidence that it may have begun about a year ago, Krebs reported.

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Friday Buzz: Concrete Evidence on the Benefits of Public-Private Partnerships

Associations Now

A study of the past five years of economic activity in New Jersey reveals a number of insights about partnerships that associations nationwide can learn from. ” And New Jersey leaders have seen how other states have succeeded by lowering the communication barriers between business, academic, and government groups.

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Governors Association Launches Opioid Treatment Pilot Targeted at Prisons

Associations Now

Last month, NGA announced a pilot program in eight states—Alaska, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Jersey, Virginia, and Washington—that will expand access to addiction treatment for offenders in prisons. According to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, 65 percent of U.S.

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Friday Buzz: Hillary’s Last Association Speech Before 2016?

Associations Now

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton got down to earth with thousands of camp professionals at this week’s Tri-State CAMP Conference in Atlantic City, New Jersey. “We The Washington Post reported that if ACA spent $200,000 to get Clinton to speak, that would account for “about 10 percent of the group’s annual budget.”.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 1.6.17

Reid All About it

However, “association IT decision makers believed that few members would fall into this category and instead thought the largest portion of members would fall into the ‘hesitator’ category” – “optimistic about technology in the abstract but somewhat scared to actually use new technology and therefore unlikely to be early adopters.”.