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Howard FienbergReturn

Based in Washington, DC, Howard is the Insights Association's lobbyist for the marketing research and data analytics industry, focusing primarily on consumer privacy and data security, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), tort reform, and the funding and integrity of the decennial Census and the American Community Survey (ACS).
Howard has more than two decades of public policy experience. Before the Insights Association, he worked in Congress as senior legislative staffer for then-Representatives Christopher Cox (CA-48) and Cliff Stearns (FL-06). He also served more than four years with a science policy think tank, working to improve the understanding of scientific and social research and methodology among journalists and policymakers.
Howard is also co-director of The Census Project, a 900+ member coalition in support of a fair and accurate Census and ACS.
He has also served previously on the Board of Directors for the National Institute for Lobbying and Ethics and and the Association of Government Relations Professionals.
Howard has an MA International Relations from the University of Essex in England and a BA Honors Political Studies from Trent University in Canada, and has obtained the Certified Association Executive (CAE), Professional Lobbying Certificate (PLC) and the Public Policy Certificate (PPC).
When not running advocacy for the Insights Association, Howard enjoys hockey, NFL football, sci-fi and horror movies, playing with his dog, and spending time with family and friends.
The Insights Association, the leading nonprofit organization representing the market research and analytics industry, issued a statement welcoming the U.S. Senate confirmation of Russ Vought to be director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
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The insights industry began the first month of 2025 with an eye on a comprehensive federal privacy law, the potential organizing of research subjects into labor unions, legal guidance on artificial intelligence in Oregon, and how insights firms should respond to legal subpoenas for research-related information.
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The Insights Association, the leading nonprofit organization representing the insights industry, celebrated Data Privacy Day by calling once again for a comprehensive U.S. consumer data privacy law to protect consumers, as well as market research and analytics.
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A new policy statement from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) encourages organizing of independent contractors into labor unions, just like employees, and would include research subjects who receive any form of incentive for participating in market research studies.
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09Jan
Howard Fienberg |
09 Jan, 2025
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Fighting for You,
data privacy,
data security,
minors,
artificial intelligence,
healthcare,
Colorado,
Texas,
Wisconsin,
telephone,
competitive sourcing,
census,
independent contractors,
incentives,
District of Columbia,
Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Nebraska,
New York,
South Carolina |
Government Affairs |
While northerly climes were frosting over at the tail end of 2024, the Insights Association took a sharp look at the prior year in tax policy, privacy and artificial intelligence, while scoping out President Trump’s new Administration. We also covered an array of privacy, data security, telephone and other legislation and regulatory moves impacting the insights industry in December.
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As leaves accumulated and election season reached a crescendo, the Insights Association welcomed the advancement of a helpful kids’ privacy bill in Congress, dug into yet more new state privacy laws, advocated on census funding and policy concerns, and feasted on other policy issues of interest to the insights industry.
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Spooky season is here, but thanks to the Insights Association the insights industry had the upper hand on the legislative and legal ghouls and goblins in October as we tackled bills and laws on privacy, data security, artificial intelligence, and more.
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26Sep
Howard Fienberg |
26 Sep, 2024
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Data Privacy,
Data Security,
Artificial Intelligence,
census,
California,
China,
International,
Colorado,
Minors,
Nebraska,
Tax,
Fighting for You |
Government Affairs |
Cool winds are blowing through DC and the state capitols, but the action in September remained hot on multiple policy fronts of interest to the insights industry. The Insights Association helped to snag wins against a tax on advertising research and a requirement for opt out preference signals, while also delving into pending legislation and new state and federal laws in data privacy, advancing legislation on artificial intelligence, new guidance for insights professionals using synthetic resear...
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A provision that would have taxed advertising, explicitly including ad measurement and effectiveness research, was stripped out of the Governor’s big tax bill, Nebraska L.B. 1.
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29Aug
Howard Fienberg |
29 Aug, 2024
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Data Privacy,
Data Security,
Artificial Intelligence,
human resources,
census,
Montana,
Delaware,
New Hampshire,
Virginia,
EU,
Minors,
Fighting for You |
Government Affairs |
Summer may be winding down, but public policy disputes impacting the insights industry continued apace in August, including: new state privacy laws; new laws and guidance on artificial intelligence; and a key court decision on non-compete agreements in employment contracts. The Insights Association also managed a win on kids’ privacy legislation in the U.S. Senate and led the charge against a legislative proposal that would ruin the decennial Census and the American Community Survey (ACS).
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