Determining the Fate of American Business for the Next Decade: Insights Association Testifies in Congress About 2020 Census Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 5/24/2019 10:15:00 AM As the Insights Association testified in a recent Congressional hearing, "the trickle-down impact of an inaccurate 2020 Census would restrain or ruin American businesses for a whole decade." Read More
Mitigating Problems with Call Blocking and Labeling - Developing Best Practices in the Private Sector Howard Fienberg 10/26/2018 5:03:00 PM As much as we worry about TCPA restrictions (and class action lawsuits), an increasingly thorny impediment to research via telephone is call blocking and labeling. We are working with a broad coalition to overcome the challenge, and we need your input on the draft industry best practices. Read More
OMB Agrees Not to Rush Statistical Agency Reorganization Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 8/10/2018 3:19:00 PM The Office of Management and Budget’s Chief Statistician, Nancy Potok, recently assured the Insights Association that any government reorganization of statistical agencies involving the Census Bureau will not occur until after the 2020 Census, as we had requested. Read More
Delay Reorganization of Federal Statistical Agencies Until After the 2020 Census Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 6/27/2018 3:15:00 PM The White House's recent proposal to reorganize the federal government included a provision of intense interest to the marketing research and data analytics industry: the consolidation of the biggest federal statistical agencies. However, the Insights Association today urged the Trump Administration and Congress to delay any consolidation plans until after the 2020 Census. Read More
Circuit Court Finally Rebuffs FCC's TCPA Rules, Remanding Them for a Rewrite Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 3/16/2018 5:41:00 PM A DC Circuit Court decision rejected much of the FCC's 2015 TCPA regulations and accepted a lot of the Insights Association's arguments in the case, in which we were intervenors. Read More
Texas Comptroller Abandons Attempt to Tax Custom Market Research Author Government Affairs 3/8/2018 3:08:00 PM They say nothing is certain in this life but death and taxes. We’ll need to revise that axiom a bit after a favorable outcome was announced last month for an Insights Association member company in its legal battle against the Texas state comptroller, who sought to collect sales tax on research services. Read More
New Jersey Pharmaceutical Regulations Exclude Independent Marketing Research with Prescribers Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 1/18/2018 12:41:00 PM New regulations in New Jersey restricting interactions between medical professionals and pharmaceutical manufacturers should not impede marketing research, thanks to the advocacy of the Insights Association, the leading nonprofit association representing the marketing research and analytics industry. Read More
iconectiv Confirms That Number Portability Database is Not Just for Telemarketers Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 1/16/2018 4:59:00 PM Companies who need to access the national number portability database include marketing research companies. Read More
The Insights Association and AAPOR File FCC Petition Seeking Legal Differentiation for Marketing and Research Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 10/30/2017 3:04:00 PM Seeking to clarify the regulatory distinction between the intent to market and sell to individuals and the dissimilar intent to understand market needs, the Insights Association and AAPOR have filed a petition with the FCC to secure "greater clarity" that will be "critical to restoring a measure of sanity to TCPA litigation." Read More
Testimony at New Jersey Regulatory Hearing in Defense of Pharmaceutical Marketing Research Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 10/20/2017 12:54:00 PM A leading research association testified at a hearing in New Jersey on October 19, 2017 about proposed regulations on payments to medical professionals, urging an exemption for pharmaceutical marketing research incentive payments. Read More