OVERVIEWRILA's public policy advocacy is fully integrated with our retail operations work to ensure that advocacy reflects the business realities of today's retail enterprise. Research from studies and benchmark surveys of member companies provide valuable information on how legislation and regulations affect or might affect retail operations. In addition to government affairs executives, retail operations executives visit with members of Congress, regulators and administration officials along with RILA staff members to provide valuable information to decision makers on how their efforts affect U.S. businesses. For more information, contact Bill Hughes, senior vice president of government affairs, at bill.hughes@rila.org.