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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.
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 ...
The American Association of Clinical Urologists, Inc. (“AACU”) and its separate segregated fund are no longer affiliated with the American Urological Association, Inc. (“AUA”).
The AACU and AUA are ...
Based on changes in the relationship between the American Urological Association, Inc. (“AUA”) the American Association of Clinical Urologists, Inc. (“AACU”), the two organizations are no longer affiliated. Previously, in ...
Utah will hold a Special General Election on November 7, 2017, to fill the U.S. House seat in Utah’s 3rd Congressional District being vacated by Representative Jason Chaffetz ...
The following reports are due in July:
The FEC often receives questions about the rules governing foreign nationals’ participation in U.S. elections. While this article responds to some of the most common questions, it does not ...
The Commission will offer an electronic filing webinar for political action committees (PACs) and political party committees on July 12, 2017. The webinar will demonstrate the Commission’s free FECFile ...
On June 7, 2017, the FEC released a new version of FECFile and posted revised versions of several reporting forms on its website.
The new version of FECFile ...
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 laws ...
Record 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 ...
With 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 ...
On 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 ...
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 2017-01
Affiliation ...
A 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 ...
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 ...
Every political committee must designate a treasurer before it can accept contributions or make expenditures. In fact, if a committee is ever without a treasurer, it cannot raise or spend ...
The Commission will hold a one-day online seminar for federal candidates and their campaign committees on Wednesday, June 7, 2017. Commission staff will conduct several technical workshops on the federal ...