Company History

ExchangeMonitor Publications & Forums publishes professional newsletters and creates, manages and sponsors forums, colloquiums and workshops to facilitate an exchange of views and information among government officials, private industry executives, non-governmental organizations and other entities on critical national and international programs and policies. The company’s primary areas of focus are: the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management and the cleanup of the nuclear legacy of the Manhattan Project and the Cold War; the National Nuclear Security Administrative and the current U.S. nuclear weapons complex; the commercial radioactive waste industry; and the development of technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The company was founded in 1981 by Edward L. Helminski, who passed away in December 2014. Born in Wyandotte, Mich., Helminski received undergraduate and graduate degrees in physics from the University of Michigan. He subsequently became an assistant professor of physics at the Tuskegee Institute, where he coauthored a reference book for the Atomic Energy Commission. In 1973, Helminski became the first-ever director of the inaugural Office of Science & Technology for the National Conference of State Legislators as part of a National Science Foundation program. In this capacity, he assisted in the development of science advisory staff in over two dozen state legislatures and served as the science advisor to NCSL committees in the development of policies and programs.

Helminski then moved on to the National Governors’ Association in 1976, where he became director of the Energy and Natural Resources Program. While there he worked with the first Secretary of the Department of Energy, James Schlesinger, to convene the first White House Conference on Energy. He also worked on the development of states’ roles in siting of a high-level waste repository and together with state officials first brought forth the concept of forming regional compacts to address low-level radioactive waste.

In 1979, in the midst of a national energy crisis, Helminski served in the Jimmy Carter Administration as the Deputy Director of the White House Management Task Force on Energy Shortages, and was also a special assistant to the President with a wide range of responsibilities. During his White House tenure, he acted as a liaison to DOE on addressing gasoline and heating oil shortages; served on the President’s State Planning Council for Waste Management and the Three Mile Island Commission headed by the then-Arizona Governor Bruce Babbit. He also was the Carter Administration’s coordinator overseeing the venting of radioactive krypton from the stricken Three Mile Island reactor.

About Exchange Monitor, a division of Access Intelligence, LLC

ExchangeMonitor Publications & Forums, founded by the late Edward Helminski, was acquired by Access Intelligence, LLC in March 2015. Exchange Monitor publishes professional newsletters and creates, manages and sponsors forums, colloquiums and workshops to facilitate an exchange of views and information among government officials, private industry executives, non-governmental organizations and other entities on critical national and international programs and policies.

The primary areas of focus are:

  • Decontamination & Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities;
  • Nuclear and/or Hazardous Waste Management within the U.S. Dept. of Energy Complex;
  • Cleanup of Nuclear Sites within the U.S.;
  • Nuclear Weapons Programs & Non-proliferation Policy;
  • Dismantlement of Weapons of Mass Destruction in the U.S. and Russia; and
  • Nuclear Material Security.

About Access Intelligence, LLC

Access Intelligence, LLC is a privately held business-to-business media and information company headquartered in Rockville, Md. Access Intelligence delivers trusted, timely and deep information that empowers our customers and advances their business. We are a leading worldwide information and marketing company that provides unparalleled business intelligence and integrated marketing solutions in nearly a dozen global market sectors (such as PR, Marketing, Energy, Aviation, Satellite, Healthcare and Media). With a customer-centric culture dedicated to editorial excellence and marketing integrity, we serve business professionals worldwide with a portfolio of products, including events, e-letters, data and digital products, e-learning, magazines, and e-media solutions.