The department seeks to identify public policy issues of importance to the industry and to develop consensus positions on these issues.

Areas of interest include uniform and equitable product liability law, equitable and realistic environmental standards effective safety standards, a competitive economic environment, a strong national research and development policy, flexibility in corporate human resource management, and responsible, open and consistent public policy for publishing on the Information Superhighway.

The department also works with many different industry coalitions to reach many of its goals.

Objectives and Responsibilities:

• To provide central executive level responsibility for coordinating activities between NPES and government at all levels.
• To help identify specific areas of legislative, regulatory, and/or judicial interest to the graphic arts industry, and to develop policy positions on such issues.
• To maintain an early warning and action call system for governmental activities of concern to the graphic arts industry.
• To monitor and report on selective areas of legislative, regulatory, and/or judicial activity of importance to the graphic arts industry in the various states.

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W. Bruce Goodwin, Chairman of the NPES Government Affairs Committee and President of Glunz & Jensen, Inc. (far left), participated in a Health Savings Account (HSA) panel discussion with President Bush at the Department of Health and Human Services. Under the program, workers allow a portion of their pay to be withheld in tax-free, interest-bearing accounts to pay for out-of-pocket medical expenses. Goodwin cited the successes of the use of HSAs at Glunz & Jensen.