July 30, 2009
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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 29, 2009
FEC Issues Three Advisory Opinions
WASHINGTON – At its open meeting yesterday, the Federal Election Commission issued three Advisory Opinions and requested further drafting of a fourth. It held over a vote on one Advisory …
Read moreJuly 27, 2009
July 27, 2009
Sign up now for FEC Training Opportunities this August and September
It's a good time to update your knowledge of campaign finance law to prepare for the 2010 elections. Sign up now to attend a free workshop for your committee offered …
Read moreJuly 24, 2009
July 21, 2009
July 20, 2009
July Reporting Reminders
Monthly filers have a report due today, July 20. Semi-annual filers (e.g., those PACs and party committees that filed quarterly in 2008) have a report due on Friday, July …
Read moreJuly 17, 2009
July 15, 2009
July 13, 2009
Update Your Software Now to Prepare for This Month's Reporting
The latest version of FECFile (Build 6.4.1.2) was released on July 8, 2009 and can be downloaded at https://transition.fec.gov/elecfil/updatelist.shtml. Any report filed after that date (including those due this …
Read moreJuly 6, 2009
July 6, 2009
Your Feedback Needed Regarding the FEC Website and Communications
The Commission seeks your comments by July 21, 2009, regarding possible improvements to its website and Internet communications. The agency will hold a public hearing on the subject July 29-30. …
Read moreJuly 2, 2009
July 1, 2009
FEC holds summer state outreach workshops
Throughout the summer, Communications Specialists from the FEC's Information Division will visit several cities to provide education for committees and staff. These informal state outreach trips will provide PACs, party …
Read moreJuly 1, 2009
July reporting roundtable
On July 8, 2009, the Commission will host two roundtable sessions on reporting, including disclosure requirements under the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 (HLOGA). The reporting workshops …
Read moreJuly 1, 2009
Alternative disposition of advisory opinion requests
AOR 2009-09
The requester withdrew its request for an advisory opinion on June 11, 2009 (Bill White for Texas).
AOR 2009-11
The Commission did not reach an agreement, so no …
Read moreJuly 1, 2009
Advisory opinion requests (pending July 2009)
AOR 2009-14
Administration and naming of SSF by a domestic LLC that is affiliated with the SSF’s connected corporation and has a foreign parent (Mercedes-Benz USA/Sterling, May 27, 2009)
AOR …
Read moreJuly 1, 2009
2008 presidential receipts nearly double 2004 totals
Financial activity of 2008 presidential candidates and national party convention committees increased 80 percent in receipts over the 2004 presidential election, totaling more than $1.8 billion. The Republican presidential nominee, …
Read moreJuly 1, 2009
Party support for candidates increases in 2008 election cycle
The Democratic and Republican parties raised nearly $1.6 billion and spent more than $1.5 billion between January 1, 2007, and December 31, 2008, according to a Commission compilation of information …
Read moreJuly 1, 2009
Preparing for the next election (2009)
This article examines issues that candidates and their ongoing committees need to pay special attention to as they begin to plan for their next election.
Registration by candidates and their …
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