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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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On June 5, 2019, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (“CREW”) and Noah Bookbinder (collectively “plaintiffs”) filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia alleging …
Read morePolitical committees are prohibited from knowingly accepting contributions from prohibited sources. If a committee deposits a contribution that appears to be legal and later discovers that it is prohibited, the …
Read moreThe Commission will offer reporting and FECFile webinars on July 10 to help federal PACs and political party committees prepare for their Mid-Year or July Monthly disclosure reports.
The reporting …
Read moreOn May 22, 2019, the Coolidge Reagan Foundation filed suit in the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia to challenge the Commission’s alleged failure to act on …
Read moreSystem73, an incorporated communications technology network, may enter into license agreements with political committees for the exclusive right to livestream the committees' events.
System73 provides internet livestream and linear …
Read moreAdvisory opinion requests (AORs) pending before the Commission as of the end of the month are listed. Procedures for commenting on pending AORs are described here.
Most banks offer services to prevent check and ACH fraud. These fraud prevention programs—often referred to as positive pay systems—allow your bank to work more closely with your committee to …
Read moreThe Commission will hold a regional conference in San Diego, California, on October 29-30, 2019. Commissioners and staff will conduct a variety of technical workshops on the federal campaign finance …
Read moreDue to unusual and exigent circumstances and the demonstrated threat of foreign cyberattacks against party and candidate committees, Defending Digital Campaigns (DDC), a nonprofit corporation, may provide cybersecurity services, software, …
Read moreOn May 13, 2019, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia denied a motion by Leigh Brown and Leigh Brown & Associates (plaintiffs) for a preliminary injunction to …
Read moreOn May 21, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, sitting en banc, upheld the contribution limits as applied to testamentary bequests for national …
Read moreOn May 14, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied a petition for rehearing en banc from Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington …
Read moreThe FEC has introduced additional security features to its Electronic Filing Password Assignment System. The Commission will now send approval emails to the official email address(es) listed on the committee’s …
Read moreWASHINGTON – At its open meeting today, the Federal Election Commission discussed an advisory opinion request and a draft interpretive rule. The Commission issued an advisory opinion prior to the …
Read morePrinted copies of the 2019 edition of Title 11 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) are now available. Contact the Commission's Information Division at 202-694-1100 or 800-424-9530 (menu option …
Read moreWASHINGTON — The Federal Election Commission has named Tony Baptiste as Acting Inspector General.
Mr. Baptiste will join the Commission from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) at the …
Read moreThe Commission will offer Reporting and FECFile webinars on June 26 to help federal candidates and their committees prepare for the July Quarterly disclosure reports.
The reporting session will address …
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