July 23, 2010
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Weekly Digests are published every Friday and summarize the week's publicly disclosed activity. Press releases are published as news happens.
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July 23, 2010
July 22, 2010
July 19, 2010
FEC Approves New Audit Procedures
On July 1, the Commission approved a Directive on Processing Audit Reports, a Directive on Legal Guidance to the Office of Compliance, and a Policy Statement Establishing a …
Read moreJuly 16, 2010
July 16, 2010
July 16, 2010
July 12, 2010
July Filing Reminder
Quarterly filers have a report due on Thursday, July 15 and monthly filers have a report due on Tuesday, July 20. Active in a primary election? See the Compliance …
Read moreJuly 9, 2010
July 8, 2010
July 7, 2010
New SEC Rules May Affect Your Committee
As a courtesy to the regulated community, the FEC notes that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently approved a rule concerning the ability of certain investment advisers to make …
Read moreJuly 2, 2010
July 2, 2010
July 1, 2010
July 1, 2010
Visit the FEC's redesigned website (July 2010)
FEC staff recently completed a significant upgrade of the Commission’s website, www.fec.gov. The redesigned site offers a wealth of information in a simple, clearly-organized format. Features include cascading menus that …
Read moreJuly 1, 2010
Committees fail to file pre-election reports (July 2010)
The Commission cited several campaign committees for failing to file the 12-Day Pre-Election Reports required by the Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act).
California pre-primary report
The Commission cited two …
Read moreJuly 1, 2010
U.S. v. O'Donnell (Appeals court)
On June 14, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit reversed and remanded an earlier decision by the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California …
Read moreJuly 1, 2010
SpeechNow.org v. FEC (District Court final judgment)
On May 27, 2010, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia entered final judgment on behalf of SpeechNow.org and declared that the contribution limitations in 2 U.S.C. §§ …
Read moreJuly 1, 2010
PACronyms, other FEC Publications available (July 2010)
The Commission annually publishes an alphabetical listing of acronyms, abbreviations and common names of political action committees (PACs).
For each PAC listed, the index provides the full name of the …
Read moreJuly 1, 2010
The Real Truth About Obama, Inc., v. FEC and U.S. Department of Justice (Appeals court)
On June 8, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reissued its opinion in part, and remanded the case to the district court for further consideration in …
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