I felt trapped. We couldn’t go to court because they wouldn’t hear us. Congress created this beast. The FTC was going to just keep pounding on us.
Episode seven of an eight part saga based on the book by Michael J. Daugherty, The Devil Inside the Beltway – The Shocking Exposé of the US Government’s Surveillance and Overreach into Cybersecurity, Medicine and Small Business.
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We continued a cycle of ebb & flow from the FTC of silence and requests. What did they want from us? When you’re in a highly regulated business like laboratory medicine, you just want to know what the rules are so that you can play by them.
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Michael is speaking at Blackhat USA 2015!
Scheduled for Aug 5th at 4:20PM at Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas.
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While the FTC, FCC and Homeland Security joust over who is going to regulate the internet, Michael J. Daugherty will rivet you about his blood in the water battle with the Federal Trade Commission over their relentless investigation into LabMD’s data security practices showing you what they do to those who dare not “go along to get along.”
This is an insider’s look at how agencies exploit their power by bullying the small and weak to control the private sector. You will hear about Mike’s shrewd investigation of the investigator (FTC) which resulted in a House Oversight investigation, a stinging Congressional report about the FTC’s behavior, and criminal immunity from the Justice Department for a whistleblower. The administrative case against LabMD, stayed in June 2014 when the whistleblower pled the 5th, started again May 5, 2015, after criminal immunity had been granted. Mike exposes the real time maneuvers of government lawyers and regulators who are accustomed to no one looking.
Because of his work, Mike has testified before the House of Representatives House Oversight Committee and regularly keynotes in front of healthcare, law, business and technology audiences educating them on what to expect when the Federal Government investigates you.
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During my recent trip the the San Francisco Writers Conference I was lucky enough to be interviewed by Carla King.
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My first draft of my book, The Devil Inside the Beltway, is finished. I need beta readers that are interested in helping me out. I would be forever grateful for your insight and helpful opinion. We are having a Google hangout on March 12th at 4 pm EST to discuss cybersecurity and small business, but if you can’t make that, I would still love to hear from you if you are interested in making sure this book is an exciting page turner from the first word. I am under one tight deadline! The book is going to launch May 30 in NYC at Book Expo America. If you are new to the “story-line”, my book is a TRUE story about a government funded group downloading our file and sending us requests to hire them but not answering our questions regarding how they got it. Turns out this group received funding to go on their cyberspree by the Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and NSA. That is just the beginning.
The book is meant to read like a novel taking the reader on a hopefully riveting tour of how the Federal Trade Commission, DC Lawyers, and US Congress play their games. With excruciating detail, please help me make sure that this book is, in fact, a riveting read and stinging indictment of the government’s overreaching moves to somehow control the
internet. I am asking for a ten day turnaround, with manuscripts distributed March 11 and responses due back March 24. If you have expertise or are interested in any of the following, I would love to hear from you.: Public Policy and Government, Cybersecurity, Small Business, Law, Medicine, HIPAA, Fiction Cyber thrillers, Media, Government Overreach., Judicial Activism, IT, Hacking, Rogue law firms, and, last but not least, Data Security legislation and practices. Please email me at mikedaugherty12@gmail.com.
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Michael Daugherty is President & CEO of LabMD, an Atlanta-based clinical and anatomic medical laboratory with a national client base. Mike founded LabMD in 1996 after 14 years in surgical device sales with U.S. Surgical Corp. and Mentor Corporation.
Outside of LabMD, enjoys playing tennis, travel, and flying his Cirrus SR22 Turbo single engine aircraft.
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As I type this I am on a flight back from San Francisco to Atlanta returning from the 2013 San Francisco Writer’s Conference. This camp for authors sells out every year. 400 authors jog from hour long course to course reviewing everything from story development, blogging, book cover design, dealing with Amazon, self publishing, pitching agents, and just about anything else you can think of. What I enjoyed most was the supportive camaraderie among the panelists and attendees, ranging from first time authors, like myself, to New York Times Bestselling authors.
San Francisco Writers Conference
This conference was not only great for meeting new people and making new connections, it was a wonderful time for catching up with old friends. (Let the name drops begin) I was able to see my good friend Carla King, author of Self-Publishing Boot Camp , moderate an extremely informative discussion on self-publishing (or indie publishing as I was corrected to use multiple times) with a panel of experts on the subject. Included in that panel was Stephanie Chandler, whose team I used for developmental editing. Stephanie is the founder of the non-fiction publisher Authority Publishing. In addition she has also written multiple books on marketing and sales. It was also a pleasure to see Rusty Shelton of Shelton Interactive, a brilliant digital marketing firm. A big thanks to him for giving me some invaluable advice. And of course I was delighted to see Rachel Thompson, author of two #1 Amazon Bestsellers, social media guru, and all around super person. Finally, Michael Larsen and Laurie McLean ran a great show. Their generosity of spirit can not be overstated.
The overall lesson I took away is that books are all about the reader. Education, entertainment, storyline, character development, and editing editing editing; it is my job to make sure that the reader enjoys the ride. I am working hard surrounding myself with people that know more than I do to bring my story to you in a way that will keep you wanting to read another page rather than go to bed. Sometimes it is a pleasure and other times it is overwhelming.
Just organizing all the contact information for the new people I met will take hours, not to mention their interesting stories! I can’t tell you how many authors have “truth is stranger than fiction” books in the cooker for you. I have not been blogging much because I have been in my dungeon writing the book and running the company during the day. I am lucky that I have such a good team of people at LabMD that can manage the day to day operations while I try to slay the government beast with the power of the pen.
Guy Kawasaki speaking at SFWC
Regardless of how much blogging, tweeting, networking, interviewing, and advertising I might do, if the book isn’t good, those efforts will fall flat. The book has to be good because nothing sells books better than word of mouth. I loved going to the San Francisco Writer’s Conference. My tank is full again so I can return to the silence of my ideas and computer. When you read the book, tell me what you think and what you still want to know. Help me bring you a good story. If you haven’t already, click on the Atlanta Business Chronicle story on my homepage at MichaelJDaugherty.com and watch your jaw drop.
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Michael Daugherty is President & CEO of LabMD, an Atlanta-based clinical and anatomic medical laboratory with a national client base. Mike founded LabMD in 1996 after 14 years in surgical device sales with U.S. Surgical Corp. and Mentor Corporation.
Outside of LabMD, enjoys playing tennis, travel, and flying his Cirrus SR22 Turbo single engine aircraft.
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