The Public Disclosure Division processes incoming campaign finance disclosure reports from federal political committees, enters data into the disclosure database from the reports, and makes the reports and data available to the public. The Commission’s public record includes not only all campaign finance reports filed from 1972 to the present and a disclosure database containing data from 1977 to the present, but also Commission meeting agendas and documents, advisory opinions, closed enforcement cases, audits, petitions for rulemaking and comments, campaign finance statistical compilations, federal election vote results, Ethics in Government Act statements filed by presidential candidates, and more.
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Patricia’s career with the Commission has been focused on the disclosure of federal campaign finance data and education on the campaign finance laws and regulations. She has worked on initiatives to improve the timeliness and quality of disclosure through adoption of electronic filing and retrieval systems; conducted training sessions for reporters and other researchers on how to access and understand the available disclosure data; participated in task forces charged with crafting reporting schemes to capture disclosure required by new legislation and regulations; presented educational seminars to the regulated community on the recordkeeping and reporting requirements; and, assisted in the implementation of the Commission’s State Access Program in 1985 and State Filing Waiver Program in 1999 which provide citizens with greater access to federal disclosure data from their state election offices. |
The division’s Public Records Office has knowledgeable staff to help researchers locate documents, access data from the disclosure database, and navigate the web site. The office is open to the public from 9 to 5 on weekdays. Contact the Public Records Office at:
202-694-1120
800-424-9530 (press 2)
pubrec@fec.gov
