Citizens United, now represented by former Solicitor General Ted Olson, has filed a brief with the Supreme Court that harshly confronts the electioneering communications rules. Citizens United went to court challenging these federal rules as applied to its film entitled Hillary: The Movie and its ads promoting the film. The law prohibits corporations and nonprofits from airing broadcast ads which refer to a federal candidate 30 days before a primary election; Citizens United is a 501(c)(4).

On Jan. 16 the House Office of the Clerk and the Secretary of the Senate published revised guidance for complying with the Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA), as updated by the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 (HLOGA). It applies to any organization that registers under the LDA.

In April OMB Watch submitted comments on a proposed rule for international HIV/AIDS grantees. The rule requires such grantees to choose between adopting government policy for their entire organizations and setting up completely separate affiliated organizations. The recipients must submit certification of their policy opposing prostitution and sex trafficking, or have to under go the process of forming a separate entity.