May 27, 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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May 24, 2010
Have you explored the FEC's Disclosure Data Catalog?
The FEC is migrating the data from its FTP server to a new location on the FEC web site. In this new Disclosure Data Catalog, you'll be able to …
Read moreMay 20, 2010
May 17, 2010
May Reporting Reminder
Monthly filers are reminded that they have a report due Thursday, May 20, covering the month of April. Quarterly filers do not have a report due that day. However, …
Read moreMay 14, 2010
May 14, 2010
May 12, 2010
May 10, 2010
Trade Association or Membership Organization?
Sometimes membership organizations are not sure whether the more specific rules for trade associations apply to them. While all trade associations are membership organizations under FEC rules, not all membership …
Read moreMay 7, 2010
May 5, 2010
May 3, 2010
Washington, DC conference for trade associations, membership organizations and labor organizations (May 2010)
The Commission will hold its annual conference for trade associations, membership organizations and labor organizations and their PACs in Arlington, VA, on June 8-9, 2010. Commissioners and staff will conduct …
Read moreMay 3, 2010
PAC activity remains steady in 2009
The 4,618 federally-registered political action committees (PACs) raised $555.7 million, spent $464.6 million and contributed $174.4 million to candidates, according to reports filed with the Commission for January 1 through …
Read moreMay 3, 2010
PACRONYMS now available (May 2010)
The December 2009 edition of PACRONYMS, a list of the acronyms, abbreviations and common names of federal political action committees (PACs), is available on the Commission’s website.
PACRONYMS is …
Read moreMay 3, 2010
FEC v. Novacek (District court)
On April 14, 2010, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas granted the Commission’s Motion for Summary Judgment against the Defendants, Jody L. Novacek, Republican Victory …
Read moreMay 3, 2010
Screen-fillable Forms 1 and 2 available on the FEC website
FEC Form 1 (Statement of Organization) and FEC Form 2 (Statement of Candidacy) are now available in screen-fillable format on the FEC website. This will allow those committees who are …
Read moreMay 3, 2010
FEC Record to become a news site (May 2010)
In an effort to provide more timely and user-friendly information, the FEC Record will transition this summer from a print-based online publication to a wholly web-based format that better utilizes …
Read moreMay 3, 2010
RNC v. FEC (District court 2010)
On March 26, 2010, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted the FEC’s Motion for Summary Judgment and denied the Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment in RNC …
Read moreMay 3, 2010
SpeechNow.org v. FEC (Appeals court)
On March 26, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled in SpeechNow.org. v. FEC that the contribution limits of 2 U.S.C. § 441a are …
Read moreMay 3, 2010
Final rules on debt collection (2010)
On April 16, 2010, the Commission published final rules and their explanation and justification in the Federal Register implementing statutory and regulatory provisions regarding the collection of delinquent debts owed …
Read moreApril 30, 2010