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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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The Commission will hold a regional conference in Chicago, Illinois, on August 30-31, 2017. Commissioners and staff will conduct a variety of technical workshops on the federal campaign finance …
Read moreRecord news articles have a new home on fec.gov. The “What’s happening” section of the home page combines the most recent Record articles with other news from the FEC, including …
Read moreWith the introduction of the FEC’s newly revamped website, the FEC Record has fully transformed from a monthly newsletter into a continuously-updated online news source. The June 2017 PDF …
Read morePre-election reports are due Thursday, June 8 for candidates and committees active in the June 20 special elections in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District and South Carolina’s 5th District. Principal …
Read moreThe FEC’s Electronic Filing system will be unavailable on Tuesday, June 6, between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 12 midnight, EDT due to scheduled system maintenance. Please plan accordingly …
Read moreOn June 28, 2017, the Commission will offer a webinar to help federal candidates and their committees with FECFile, the FEC’s free electronic filing software.
This 90-minute webinar will not …
Read moreAdvisory opinion requests (AORs) pending before the Commission as of the end of the month are listed below. Procedures for commenting on pending AORs are described here.
Read moreA vendor may offer a political committees a web-based bank deposit program that would invest political committee funds into money market accounts. Participating committees may not use these investment accounts …
Read moreThe FEC has released revised electronic filing specifications (v.8.2). After June 6, 2017, only filings formatted in Version 8.2 will be accepted. Current FECFile users need only open their …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission has introduced its new website, offering improved navigation and an array of intuitive new tools to mine the agency’s rich campaign finance data set.
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Read moreWASHINGTON – At its open meeting today, the Federal Election Commission approved an Amended Audit Division Recommendation Memorandum and an advisory opinion, and reached consensus to begin drafting a Notice …
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Alabama has rescheduled its Special Primary and General elections to fill the Senate seat vacated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. The Special Primary will now be held August 15, 2017, …
On May 22, 2017, the Supreme Court affirmed the three-judge court opinion of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, which granted summary judgment to the Commission …
Read moreRegistration is now open for the FEC’s June 7 webinar for federal candidates and their committees. Topics to be discussed include fundraising and solicitation techniques, permissible uses of campaign …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The United States Supreme Court today affirmed (Case 16-865) the three-judge court opinion of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in Republican Party of …
Read moreMay Reporting Reminder. Monthly filers are reminded they have a report covering the month of April due on Saturday, May 20. Please note that the FEC does not have …
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