August 22, 2013 open meeting
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Open Meeting Agenda
Thursday, August 22, 2013
10:00 AM
Agenda
Audio File of Entire Hearing, 65 MB 
I. CORRECTION AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Minutes for July 25, 2013
II. DRAFT ADVISORY OPINION 2013-04
(Held over from the July 25, 2013 meeting)
Democratic Governors Association and Jobs & Opportunity by Marc E. Elias, Esq. and Jonathan S. Berkon, Esq.
Agenda Document No. 13-31 (Draft A)
Agenda Document No. 13-31-A (Draft B)
Agenda Document No. 13-31-B (Draft C)
(Esther Heiden/Theodore Lutz/Amy Rothstein of the Office of the General Counsel)
III. DRAFT ADVISORY OPINION 2013-08
American Veterinary Medical Association by Isham R. Jones, Ill, Esq.
(Submitted Late)
(Anthony Buckley/Robert Knop of the Office of the General Counsel)
IV. DRAFT ADVISORY OPINION 2013-09
Special Operations Speaks PAC and Robert L. Maness by Dan Backer, Esq. and Paul Kamenar, Esq.
(Submitted Late)
(Cheryl Hemsley/Robert Knop of the Office of the General Counsel)
V. DRAFT ADVISORY OPINION 2013-10
(Withdrawn by Requestors)
VI. AUDIT DIVISION RECOMMENDATION MEMORANDUM ON THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN PARTY (ARP) (A11-21)
Memorandum from the Chief Compliance Officer and Audit Division dated June 19, 2013
(Gary Hache/Marty Favin of the Audit Division)
VII. AUDIT DIVISION RECOMMENDATION MEMORANDUM ON THE MISSISSIPPI DEMOCRATIC PARTY PAC (MDP) (A11-10)
Memorandum from the Chief Compliance Officer and Audit Division dated August 1, 2013
(Randy Harris/Marty Favin/Aiex Boniewicz of the Audit Division)
VIII. OGC ENFORCEMENT MANUAL
(To be held over to a future meeting)
(Held over from the July 25, 2013 meeting)
General Counsel's Memorandum dated June 12, 2013
Memorandum from Vice Chairman Donald F. McGahn, Commissioner Caroline C. Hunter, and Commissioner Matthew S. Petersen dated June 12, 2013
General Counsel's Memorandum dated June 26, 2013
The General Counsel's Authority to Recommend Reason to Believe to the Commission under Section 111.8
Information Sharing with the Department of Justice General Counsel's Memorandum dated June 26, 2013
DOJ Requests for Documents - Notice to Commission - General Counsel's Memorandum dated June 26, 2013
Requests for Records or Information from Federal, State and Local Government Entities - General Counsel's Memorandum dated June 26, 2013
Enforcement Procedure 2011-XX: Requests for Information from the Department of Justice and other Criminal Law Enforcement Agencies - General Counsel's Memorandum dated June 26, 2013
Relationship between the FEC and DOJ - General Counsel's Memorandum dated June 26, 2013
Department of Justice's Proposed Changes to the FECA - General Counsel's Memorandum dated June 26, 2013
Proposed MOU between the Commission and DOJ - General Counsel's Memorandum dated June 26, 2013
Background Information Regarding Proposed Enforcement Manual - Memorandum from Vice Chairman Donald F. McGahn dated July 25, 2013
Agency Procedure for Notice to Named Respondents in Enforcement Matters of Additional Material Facts and/or Additional Potential Violations - Memorandum from Commissioner Steven T. Walther dated August 21, 2013
(Submitted Late)
(Stephen Gura/Dan Petalas of the Office of the General Counsel)
IX. MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
Minutes for this meeting
Approved minutes (Approved on September 12, 2013)