U.S. Business Groups Worried By Census Impact of FY26 House CJS Appropriations Policy Rider Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 9/8/2025 1:22:00 PM A dozen U.S. business groups warned Congressional leaders of the dangers from a provision in federal funding legislation that would “would crater response rates to all Census Bureau surveys and result in the decennial census and the American Community Survey (ACS) counting barely a third of the country,” while having “negative ripple effects across the U.S. economy” and particularly hurting rural areas and small population groups. Read More
From Vibes to Verification: Why it’s time to stop choosing sample suppliers like it’s 1999 Administrator 9/4/2025 8:27:00 PM We need to support human judgment with signals that go beyond memory and perception. Read More
Fighting for You: August 2025 Legislative and Regulatory Update Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 8/28/2025 4:23:00 PM As summer wound down, the legal, legislative and regulatory issues facing the insights industry continued to wind up, with a ton of new privacy laws, regulations and court cases across the U.S., new laws and legal challenges for artificial intelligence in the insights context, President Trump calling out the decennial census, and more rules and compliance guidance for accessibility online. Let's dive in... Read More
Member Spotlight: Starlight Analytics Administrator 8/27/2025 7:18:00 AM The company helps its clients with five basics: who to target, what to build, how to price, how the brand is doing, and where to grow next. Read More
IA Member Spotlight: Blendification: Reimagining Insight through Conversational Intelligence Administrator 8/10/2025 7:53:00 AM This innovative research company is reengineering how insights are gathered by engaging people in intelligent, adaptive dialogue. Read More
IA Responds to President on the 2030 Census Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 8/8/2025 2:33:00 PM The Insights Association responded to President Donald Trump’s call for “a new and highly accurate census” by urging the White House to fully fund the 2030 Census. Read More
Oklahoma Updates Data Security and Breach Notification Law Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 8/8/2025 1:46:00 PM Oklahoma S.B. 626 amended the state’s Security Breach Notification Act and requires the prompt disclosure of data breaches to affected individuals. Read More
Back-to-School Insight Lessons From Worldwide Experts Howard Fienberg 8/6/2025 7:27:00 PM As we approach the back-to-school period, we wanted to hear about the insight, marketing, and research lessons global leaders have learned from the first part of this year. Here's what they said... Read More
Don’t Just Hand Over the Deck: Why Insights Work Best When Clients Help Find Them Administrator 8/6/2025 9:35:00 AM Connecting the dots across markets or segments can’t happen in isolation. It needs active involvement from the people who know their business best: the clients. Read More
President Trump on AI Training and Copyrights Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 7/31/2025 1:24:00 PM At a summit coinciding with the release of the White House’s new action plan for artificial intelligence (AI) on July 23, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump made waves with a comment on an issue mostly ignored in that plan -- intellectual property (IP) -- and insights industry experts are responding. Read More