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Commission meeting agendas are usually published a week before a scheduled meeting. Sunshine Act Notices are announcements of open meetings and executive sessions. Notices for open meetings are published at least a week before a scheduled meeting and announce the date, time and a general list of items for discussion.
Weekly Digests are published every Friday and summarize the week's publicly disclosed activity. Press releases are published as news happens.
FEC Record articles inform candidates and committees about FEC developments and are published as news happens. Tips for Treasurers are published once a week.
The Commission will hold a webinar for nonconnected political action committees (PACs), including Super PACs, Hybrid PACs, and Leadership PACs, on Wednesday, December 6, 2017. Commission staff will conduct two ...
On October 10, 2017 the Commission reopened the comment period on its Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on internet communication disclaimers. (Federal Register, 82 Fed. Reg. 46937.) Comments must ...
Advisory 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.
AOR 2017-11
Use ...
Great America PAC and The Committee to Defend the President may use their Twitter handles in lieu of or alongside their full names in disclaimer notifications.
Great America PAC ...
Citizens Against Plutocracy’s plans to ask candidates for federal office to sign a “Contract for American Renewal” would not result in coordination with those candidates.
Citizens Against Plutocracy ...
A company may develop and administer a mobile app that allows users to “round up” the amount of their credit and debit card purchases to the nearest dollar and contribute ...
The Commission launched a web portal that offers political committees a new way to get reporting help from their assigned Campaign Finance Analyst in the FEC’s Reports Analysis Division ...
The following reports are due in October:
The Libertarian Association of Massachusetts (the Committee) qualifies as a state party committee under the Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act).
Under the Act and Commission regulations, a state ...
On October 4, 2017, the Commission will offer reporting and FECFile webinars to help federal candidates and their committees prepare to file their October 15 quarterly disclosure reports.
The reporting ...
Advisory 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.
AOR 2017-05
Application ...
On August 4, 2017, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) and Noah Bookbinder (“Plaintiffs”) filed suit against the FEC in the United States District Court for the District ...
The Commission will hold a regional conference in the Washington, DC, area on November 14-15, 2017. Commissioners and staff will conduct a variety of technical workshops on the federal campaign ...
Point Bridge Capital, LLC (PBC), may offer an index and exchange traded fund (ETF) of publicly traded securities that reflects the political contributions and expenditures made by companies’ separate segregated ...
Advisory 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.
AOR 2017-05
Application ...
The 2017 edition of the Combined Federal/State Disclosure and Election Directory is now available on the Commission’s website and in a PDF format. This directory identifies the federal ...
On July 14, 2017, the Commission filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida against former U.S. Congressman David Rivera. The Commission seeks ...
Members of Congress may spend campaign funds to install or upgrade a residential security system without those payments being considered an impermissible personal use of campaign funds.
On June ...
On August 2, 2017, the Commission will offer a webinar for first-time candidates and potential candidates, as well as their campaign staff. “Candidate 101: Getting Started” will provide an introduction ...
Advisory 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.
AOR 2017-05
Application ...