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The presidential use of the “recess appointment,” in which the White House uses the Congressional recess period to fill federal appointments requiring Senate confirmation, is not uncommon for naming controversial choices to judicial or ambassadorial… Continued

The old saw “The more things change, the more they stay the same” does not apply to Roger Bolton, the new president of the prestigious Arthur W. Page Society. Bolton, the senior vice president of… Continued

For Cheryl I. Procter-Rogers, the new president of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), 2006 will be a year of transitions for both the organization and the PR industry. Procter-Rogers, the Chicago-based regional corporate… Continued

The Hispanic Public Relations Association has named Romina Bongiovanni, western region manager at Edelman Diversity Solutions, the group’s president for 2006. Leticia Rhi Buckley, the director of marketing and communications for the Music Center -… Continued

(This week, PR News editors Phil Hall and Courtney Barnes revisit the communications foul-up during the recent West Virginia coal mining tragedy and consider its implications for PR professionals.) COURTNEY: After watching the recent West… Continued

The vision, leadership, quality of products and services, and financial performance exhibited by successful companies are spearheaded most often by employees; as such, it stands to reason that companies would seek to attract and retain… Continued

By William J. Morley Members of Congress and senior White House officials are routinely bombarded by thousands of special interests seeking attention, access and, ultimately, support for every conceivable cause and constituency. Many of the… Continued

Last month, the Japanese government lifted its two-year-old ban on American beef imports, which was originally imposed over fears of mad cow disease. Japan was previously the largest foreign market for American beef, purchasing 330,000… Continued

Last summer, Arthur Wiese was in the middle of a personal crisis – he was en route to Columbus, OH, for the funeral of his wife’s sister – when he received a call about the… Continued

The concept of integration has a long and storied history of dipping its lithe finger into wading pools of every sort, from the politics of civil rights to the logarithms of calculus, to the bandwidth… Continued