According to BNA, the IRS will be making a draft of a redesigned Form 990 available for comment by May 2007 for the 2008 tax year. Exempt Organizations Director Lois Lerner, at the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants conference on June 14 said that the "form is being completely redesigned so that, first and foremost, it can be used as a compliance tool for IRS". And,she said, "We are trying to make the form make sense".

We are hearing that proposals for sunset commissions are accelerating through the House now. Reports are emerging from Boehner’s office that indicate some yet-to-be-unveiled vehicle will get a floor vote next week. We need to stop this legislation which would give unelected commissions the power to recommend which federal programs live, die, or get realigned, and then force those recommendations through Congress on a fast-track, take-it-or-leave-it basis. And we need your help making nonprofit voices heard! We are circulating a sign-on letter to send to the House, the text of which follows. It would be great if the groups who care about social services, public health, safety, civil rights, the environment, scientific research, and access to justice — i.e., you! — would sign. Deadline Friday COB. To sign, just email stopsunsets [at] ombwatch.org to let us know that your organization will sign on!

One Economy Corp., a nonprofit group, has started a project called the Public Internet Channel, plans to create a website with easily accessible information about public safety, emergency services, education, health and economic opportunities. They believe that much of the content on the Internet is hard to find, especially if you are not web-savvy. See One Economy's existing site.

A Washington Post article on a report issued by the Center for Public Integrity, American Public Media and Northwestern University's Medill News Service.