Nonprofit Organizations and Counterterrorism Measures

Feb 8, 2016

Top 400 Taxpayers See Tax Rates Rise, But There’s More to the Story

As Americans were gathering party supplies to greet the New Year, the Internal Revenue Service released their annual report of cumulative tax data reported on the 400 tax r...

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Feb 4, 2016

Chlorine Bleach Plants Needlessly Endanger 63 Million Americans

Chlorine bleach plants across the U.S. put millions of Americans in danger of a chlorine gas release, a substance so toxic it has been used as a chemical weapon. Greenpeace’s new repo...

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Jan 25, 2016

U.S. Industrial Facilities Reported Fewer Toxic Releases in 2014

The Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data for 2014 is now available. The good news: total toxic releases by reporting facilities decreased by nearly six percent from 2013 levels. Howe...

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Jan 22, 2016

Methane Causes Climate Change. Here's How the President Plans to Cut Emissions by 40-45 Percent.

UPDATE (Jan. 22, 2016): Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released its proposed rule to reduce methane emissions...

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A Year of Attacks on Advocacy, Flawed Anti-Terrorism Measures

According to a survey of Louisiana residents released last month by Louisiana State University, faith-based organizations and nonprofits got higher marks than government for their hurricane recovery efforts. While not surprising given the abysmal government response, the findings raise larger questions about the role of the federal government in providing resources to the nonprofit sector. Nonprofits face major long-term budget challenges at the federal level that will continue to make it more difficult to serve the people and missions they exist to serve.

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Treasury Seeks Comments on Revised Anti-Terrorist Financing Guidelines for Charities

On Dec. 5 the U.S. Department of the Treasury released a revised version of its November 2002 Anti-Terrorist Financing Guidelines: Voluntary Best Practices for U.S.-Based Charities. The Treasury Department announcement requested public comment on the revisions by Feb. 1, but stated the revised guidelines are now operational.

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Summary of 2005 Revisions to U.S. Department of the Treasury's Anti-Terrorist Financing Guidelines:

On December 5, 2005 the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) released a revised version of its November 2002 Anti-Terrorist Financing Guidelines: Voluntary Best Practices for U.S.-Based Charities. The Treasury Department announcement requested public comment on the revisions by February 1, but said the revised Guidelines immediately replace the 2002 version. In other words, the revised Guidelines are now operational.

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Hyde Introduces Con Res Urging Russian Gov't to Modify Legislation

Dec 9, 2005 by Guest Blogger

Rep. Henry Hyde introduced H Con Res 312, a concurrent resolution urging the government of the Russian Federation to withdraw or modify proposed legislation that would have the effect of severely restricting the establishment, operations, and activities of domestic and foreign nongovernmental organizations in the Russian Federation.

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Russia Proposal Would Crack Down on NGOs

Dec 8, 2005 by Kay Guinane

Both the Washington Post and New York Times reported today the Sec. State Rice criticized Russia for moving against NGOs. A proposed law, which will be voted on Dec. 16, would ban foreign NGOs and limit what foreigh grants and foreign employees Russian NGOs could have. All NGOs would have to re-register and a state agency would decide if they can continue to operate. Officials are defending the bill, saying it is needed to crack down on graft and stop terrorist influence over NGOs.

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Treasury Seeks Comment on Updated Guidelines

Dec 5, 2005 by Kay Guinane

(OMB Watch will publish a summary and analysis of the new guidelines soon.) From Treasury: The U.S. Department of the Treasury today issued revised Anti-Terrorist Financing Guidelines, Voluntary Best Practices for U.S.-based Charities (Guidelines) to help the chartable sector protect itself from abuse by terrorist organizations. Treasury is releasing for public comment this revised version of the Guidelines to ensure the greatest benefit to the sector, as well as effective application.

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Revised Nonprofit Anti-Terrorism Guidelines Expected This Week

This week the Treasury Department will likely release its revised anti-terrorism financing guidelines with broad implications for the nonprofit sector. The revision will likely emphasize that the guidelines are voluntary. It will also urge nonprofits to check the terrorist watch lists when doing business with any group or individual.

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Russian Lower House Passes Restrictions on foreign-backed NG

Nov 23, 2005 by Guest Blogger

On Wednesday, Russia's lower house of parliament (Duma) passed the first reading of a controversial bill that would impose new restrictions on foreign-backed non-governmental organizations.

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Edwards, Kemp Ask Bush to Raise Problematic Russian Bill

Nov 21, 2005 by Guest Blogger

TheWall Street Journal reports that former Sen. John Edwards (D-NC) and former Rep. Jack Kemp (R-NY) sent a letter to President Bush requesting that he raise with Russian President Vladimir Putin the Russian proposal to curb foreign nonprofit organizations. The draft legislation would effectively bar foreign nongovernmental organizations from maintaining representative offices in Russia. If passed, it would affect the country's entire international nonprofit sector, ranging from think tanks such as the Carnegie Moscow Center to civil-liberties groups such as Human Rights Watch.

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Senate Wraps Up Muslim Charity Inquiry, Finds Nothing

Nov 21, 2005 by Guest Blogger

From the Washington Post: The Senate Finance Committee has wrapped up a high-profile investigation into U.S. Muslim organizations and terrorism financing, saying it discovered nothing alarming enough to warrant new laws or other measures, officials said.

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