The Automation Federation makes its case in Washington
The Automation Federation (AF) announced the completion of a series of strategic meetings with US Congressional staff, US federal agencies and industry and business organizations in Washington DC 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 October 18–22.
AF has and continues to aggressively promote to the US 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 US Congress and federal agencies through direct meetings in Washington DC.
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
• The inclusion of AF in President Barack Obama’s manufacturing policy initiative to revitalize US 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 Corp.
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