John M. Palatiello

John M. Palatiello

John M. Palatiello is president of John M. Palatiello & Associates, a public affairs consulting firm based in Reston, Virginia. JMP&A has provided public relations, government relations, association management, strategic planning, marketing, and consulting services to private firms, associations, and government agencies with an emphasis on the architectural, engineering, geospatial, surveying, mapping, GIS, information technology, construction, transportation and infrastructure sectors since 1987. For more information, visit www.jmpa.us.

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subsidence

Subsidence Survey Would Aid in Climate Controversy

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John M. Palatiello
January 14, 2019
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Having won control of the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), will ask the Democrat caucus to create a select committee on climate change similar to a former panel behind the failed effort to pass cap-and-trade legislation when her party last held a Congressional majority in 2009-2010.
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data privacy

The Surveyor and Data Privacy

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John M. Palatiello
August 28, 2018
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There has long been an intersection between GIS data and privacy, but recent revelations about Facebook, the work the firm Cambridge Analytics did for the 2016 Trump campaign, and other news reports about data disclosures involving large numbers of individuals should cause surveyors and other geospatial professionals to evaluate their data policies.
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Congress geospatial data sharing

Funding Bills Highlight Need for Data Sharing

Congress should focus on geospatial data sharing between federal, state and local governments and the private sector to save money.
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John M. Palatiello
July 1, 2013
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Over the summer, the U.S. Congress will be feverishly working on appropriations bills for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1. Appropriations bills are the funding sources for the government and provide the money for agencies to execute programs and contracts.


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