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Bobby Parmiter

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SIA tabs Bobby Parmiter as chair of Government Relations Committee

July 14, 2025SSN Staff

SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) has named Amazon’s Robert B. (Bobby) Parmiter as chair of the SIA Government Relations Committee. The committee is an expert-led group that helps identify and advise SIA members regarding legislation, regulations and other policy trends or pending government actions affecting the security industry and makes high-level recommendations for related actions. Committee efforts include guidance and advocacy on behalf...

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Security Hill Day

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Industry leaders bring concerns to Washington, D.C. during Security Hill Day 2025

April 16, 2025Cory Harris, Editor

YARMOUTH, Maine—This year’s Security Hill Day brought more than 60 security and life safety industry executives to Washington, D.C., to share their concerns and promote important policy priorities while engaging with members of Congress and their staff.  The Security Industry Association (SIA) hosted the event March 4-5, with support from the Electronic Security Association (ESA) and The Monitoring Association (TMA). Topics and priorities covered ranged from artificial intelligence...

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Jake Parker

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‘Raising awareness of our industry’ – SIA’s Jake Parker discusses elections, legislative efforts

September 11, 2024Cory Harris, Editor

SILVER SPRING, Md.—With the outcome of the upcoming elections too difficult to predict, the Security Industry Association (SIA) continues to focus its lobbying on key issues versus individual candidates.   “I think we will definitely have a better idea after the election as far as what to expect because it’s not normal that you would have so much up in the air,” said Jake Parker, SIA’s senior director of government relations. “It's going to be...

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