Here's Your Chance to Have a Say in FEC Procedures and Policies

The Commission will hold a broad ranging public hearing on January 14, 2009 to obtain public comment on how the Commission might improve transparency, fairness and efficiency in the way it processes, applies and enforces the laws over which it has jurisdiction and the regulations it has adopted. The scope of the public hearing will encompass an evaluation of the Commission’s compliance and enforcement process, including audits, matters under review, reports analysis, administrative fines and alternative dispute resolution, as well as other policies, practices and procedures, such as policy statements, advisory opinions and the Commission’s education and information programs. Written comments and requests to testify at the January 14, 2009, public hearing are due Friday, January 5 and may be submitted by e-mail to agencypro2008@fec.gov. Click here for more information about the hearing and for detailed instructions on how to submit written comments.