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Monthly filing committees are reminded that they have a report due Saturday, June 20, covering the month of May 2009. Please note that even though the FEC is not …

The FEC is holding concurrent roundtable workshops on reporting and e-filing using FECFile on July 8. The roundtables are for PACs, party committees, campaign committees and consultants, and cost $25 …

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 …

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 …

Financial activity by political action committees (PACs) continued its upward climb in 2007-2008, according to figures compiled by the FEC, though at a slower rate than in recent election cycles. …

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 …

This issue of the Record and all other issues of the Record starting with January 1996 are available on the FEC web site as PDF files. Visit the FEC web …

The Commission reached settlement agreements totaling $285,000 in civil penalties with Rev. Alfred C. Sharpton, Sharpton 2004 and the committee’s treasurer, Andrew Rivera; and National Action Network, Inc., a non-profit …

The Commission has updated its electronic filing format to Version 6.4. On May 14, 2009. The latest FECfile version is always available at https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/filing-reports/fecfile-software/. The new format includes new …

Beginning in July 2009, the FEC will no longer print and mail copies of its monthly newsletter, the Record, and will instead distribute it electronically. The Record will continue to …

Representative Elton Gallegly may use campaign funds to pay for enhanced security for his home without the payments being considered a personal use of campaign funds because the ongoing threat …

A U.S. Senator who was formerly a lieutenant governor may, under certain circumstances, solicit, receive and spend funds outside of the Federal Election Campaign Act's (the Act) amount limitations and …

On April 24, 2009, Public Citizen, Inc., and two of its employees, Craig Holman and Taylor Lincoln (the plaintiffs), filed suit against the FEC in the United States District Court …