Outreach initiatives for 2011-2012

During the 2011-12 election cycle, the FEC plans to modify and expand its outreach efforts to offer more opportunities for training on the campaign finance laws at less cost to attendees. 

The biggest change involves the agency’s annual series of conferences in Washington, DC. Beginning next year, these conferences will be replaced by smaller, more targeted roundtable workshops and day-long seminars held at FEC headquarters. By hosting the workshops in its own meeting rooms, the Commission can offer more frequent training sessions, provide separate sessions for beginners and more advanced practitioners and dramatically reduce registration fees. Additionally, the agency will be able to capture the workshops for use online as part of its e-learning library and, eventually, as live webinars to offer individuals in remote locations inexpensive access to interactive training. 

Those who prefer the FEC’s traditional, more formal conference program will still have an opportunity to attend the agency’s regional conferences. In the fall of 2011, the agency plans to conduct two-day conferences in the Midwest and West, and intends to visit the South and Northeast during the first half of 2012. 

Additional information concerning the agency’s 2011-12 outreach programs will appear in future issues of the Record and online at http:// www.fec.gov/info/outreach.shtml.