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Keiler Gets Home Page The new media unit of advertising and public relations agency Keiler & Co., Farmington, Conn., has opened its Web site. Keiler Online is located at http://www.keiler.com (Keiler, 203/677-8821)

Halsted Starts Research Unit Halsted Communications Inc., Ventura, Calif., started a research division. Haltsted Intelligence will be headed by Wendy Basil, managing director. (Halsted, 800/600-7111)

AMA Lobbyist Starts Firm James Keese III, senior grassroots lobbyist in the Washington, D.C. office of the American Medical Association, launched a government affairs firm, Legislative Impact. Keese said his firm will marry the power… Continued

Boston Firms Combine Advertising agency KelleyHabibJohn, Boston, purchased Boston marketing communications agency Duval Woglom Brueckner & Partners. The combined firm takes the name KHJ Integrated Marketing Inc. David Domomeshek will head the 11-person PR department… Continued

When organizing a facility’s grand opening event, very often planners must work around scheduling and construction constraints that may force the event to be postponed. In other cases, the show goes on anyway — but… Continued

June 5: Congressional Quarterly, “Using Internet to Find Free or Low-Cost Federal Info,” Washington, D.C., 202/887-8620. June 6: Congressional Quarterly, “Working With Congressional Staffs,” Washington, D.C., 202/887-8620. June 6-7: Bureau of Business & Technology, “Understanding… Continued

Mary Ackerly, vice president and director of design services for Edelman Public Relations Worldwide, Chicago, next month will receive the “Woman of the Year” award from Women in Design/Chicago. (Women in Design, 312/648-1874) Sandra Hermanoff,… Continued

The World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) named Malcolm Earnshaw as president. Earnshaw is with Mars Inc., London, England. WFA is based in Brussels, Belgium. (WFA, 011-32-2-502-5740; Mars, 011-44-1- 664-410-000)

The Financial Communications section of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) issued a new report, “Communicating Corporate Restructurings.” The $25 report is based on a roundtable conducted last year with executives from ARCO Chemical… Continued

The board of directors of the Public Relations Society of America named Nancy Wiser to fill the unexpired term of director-at-large Donald Durocher, who died in March. Wiser is vice president for public relations services… Continued