October 2010
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The
Automation Federation Completes Series of Productive Meetings in Washington
D.C.
Research
Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA (22 October 2010)—The Automation Federation
(AF) announced the completion of a series of strategic meetings with U.S.
Congressional staff, U.S. federal agencies, and industry and business
organizations in Washington D.C. this past week. A team of five volunteers, led
by Steve Huffman, chair of the Automation Federation government relations
committee, participated in these strategic meetings which took place 18–22
October.
AF has and continues to aggressively promote to the U.S. Congress the message
of the importance of the automation profession and its importance to the
revitalization of manufacturing. This recent series of meetings continues AF’s
efforts to remain engaged with the U.S. Congress and federal agencies through
direct meetings in Washington D.C.
The meetings focused on several key AF initiatives:
- Gaining
support for completing the International Society of Automation (ISA)’s
Cybersecurity standards for the protection of industrial automation and
control systems (IACS)
- The
inclusion of AF in President Barack Obama’s Manufacturing Policy
initiative to revitalize U.S. manufacturing
- Building
strategic partnerships to generate support for the AF Workforce
Development Initiative
- Generating
support for the AF Veterans Initiative to encourage Veterans to consider
careers in automation
- Building
a strategic partnership with the North American Electric Reliability
Corporation (NERC)
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meetings yielded many positive results, including:
- The
identification of AF as a source for expertise for the development of the
U.S. Manufacturing Policy
- The
recruitment of the Vice President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Chris
Guith, as the keynote speaker for the 54th Annual ISA POWID
Symposium
- Support
for AF’s Workforce Development Initiative, including support for
- The AF Veterans Initiative
- AF’s alliance with FIRST® (For Inspiration
and Recognition of Science and Technology)
- The
development of a relationship with the Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges
(SOC)
- The
development of a relationship with the National Rural Water Association
(NRWA)
- The
strengthening of relationships with existing partners and supporters
Huffman said of the meetings, “The Automation
Federation has once again put a spotlight on the automation profession, with
another series of important meetings in Washington D.C. AF has spent the last
few days creating and strengthening relationships with key governmental groups
for the benefit of the automation profession. We are confident these meetings
served to reinforce AF as “the Voice of Automation” and to spread the word
about the important work AF is undertaking to “Build the Next Generation of
Automation Professionals.”
About the Automation
Federation
The Automation Federation is a global umbrella organization under which
member associations and societies engaged in manufacturing and process
automation activities can work more effectively to fulfill their missions,
advance the science and engineering of automation technologies and applications
and develop the workforce needed to capitalize on the benefits of automation.
The Automation Federation is working to become the “Voice of Automation.” For
more information about the Automation Federation, visit www.automationfederation.org
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