Month: July 2008

OH Seminar

The Ohio Secretary of State is holding seminars on campaign finance rules. The seminar in Tiffin is to be one of five to be held throughout the state during August. Other seminar locations are Revenna, Marietta, Lebanon and Delaware. The rules, regulations and specifics of reporting are to be presented with an emphasis on simplifying […]

New Rules Relaxed?

The WSJ reports on the recent HLOGA/LDA guidance. New guidance released by Congress late Wednesday exempts lobbyists from reporting their financing of an array of political and charitable contributions, events and parties at political conventions. The capital’s lobbying community has been worried about the disclosure requirements because, for the first time, willful violations could carry […]

CQ on Revised Guidance

CQPolitics covers the revised HLOGA guidance. With reporting deadlines looming, congressional officers have issued revised guidelines that ease some of the lobbying disclosure requirements enacted last year.The revised guidance, issued by the Clerk of the House and Secretary of the Senate, relaxed the rules for disclosure of lobbyist contributions to parties at this summer’s Democratic […]