The state's lobbying regulator on Tuesday
required public relations consultants to register their efforts to influence government through public campaigns — including newspaper editorials — in a move one public relations firm said would allow government to spy on journalists.
The proposal by the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) would
require public relations consultants to file periodic reports with the commission detailing their calls to the news media if the purpose of the call is to promote an issue or point of view from a paid client.
The proposal, by the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, would
require public relations consultants to file periodic reports with the commission, detailing their calls to the news media, if the purpose of the call is to promote an issue or point of view from a paid client.
Not exact matches
The state's top ethics agency is seeking to
require consultants and
public relations professionals who are paid to influence the passage of legislation to disclose information about how much they're being paid and what bills they're attempting to pass or defeat.
As a professor, I would be
required to wear multiple hats — those of an administrator, a teacher, a mentor, a businesswoman, a researcher, an educator, a policy reviewer, an entrepreneur, a
public relations person, a negotiator, a deal broker, a
consultant, a speaker, a presenter, a writer, a reader, and more — all rolled into one.
Lord Sumption, giving the lead judgment, rejected the Newspaper Licensing Agency's (NLA) argument that a copyright license is
required because a temporary copy is made on the computer's cache and screen as part of the technological process when browsing, in
Public Relations Consultants Association [PRCA] v NLA [2013] UKSC 18.