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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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IRS Needs To Modernize Computers, Says TIGTA

Aug 19, 2005 by Guest Blogger

The Internal Revenue Service's Business Systems Modernization program, a multiyear effort aimed at wholly reconstructing the agency's computer systems, showed improvements during fiscal year 2004 but still suffers from weaknesses in several of its management practices, a Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration report released Aug. 18 concluded.

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A Challenge to Restrictions on Legal Services Programs: Dobbins v. Legal Services Corporation

Since 1996, the federal Legal Services Corporation (LSC), which funds legal services for the poor, has placed severe restrictions how its funds can be used, and extended these restrictions to private funds raised by legal services programs. In December 2001 four legal service programs in New York City, a private charity and pro bono attorney filed suit against the Legal Services Corporation challenging the constitutionality of restrictions. On December 20, 2004 the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York struck down application of the rule imposing the restrictions on private funding of legal aid groups. The judge denied the plaintiffs' challenge to the restrictions on direct LSC funding. The case, which has broad implications for the nonprofit sector, is under appeal.

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Ney Criticizes Common Cause for Failure to File LDA Rept.

Aug 17, 2005 by Guest Blogger

Common Cause, a political reform organization that has frequently criticized Rep. Bob Ney (R-Ohio) and other House Republican leaders, was itself blasted by Ney for a lapse in filing a lobbying disclosure report due earlier this year. Ney said a delay by Common Cause in filing a report under the Lobbying Disclosure Act proved that procedural changes are needed, including a move to electronic filing of lobbying reports.

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FEC Draft Rulemaking on Electioneering Communications

Aug 16, 2005 by Guest Blogger

The FEC released the General Counsel’s proposed changes in the rules on "electioneering communications": communications paid by corporations and unions that, because they refer to a federal candidate, cannot be aired within 30 days of a primary and 60 days of a general election. This is another in a series of adjustments to the Shays v. FEC litigation. The District Court had rejected one aspect of the Commission’s EC rule and complained that another was insufficiently considered and explained. Now the General Counsel has a new rule to offer. Especially concerning nonprofits are:

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ACS and CAP Brown Bag on Church-State and Roberts

Aug 16, 2005 by Guest Blogger

WHAT:Church-State Issues and the Roberts Nomination WHO:American Constitution Society Center for American Progress Brown Bag Lunch Series WHERE:Wednesday, August 17, 2005, Noon-1:30pm 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building

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Big PhRMA Spends a Ton of $$ in CA for Ballot Initiatives

Aug 16, 2005 by Guest Blogger

The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), the D.C.-based lobbying outfit for the pharmaceutical industry, has raised more than $72 million to get its message out about two ballot initiatives in California. And that pot of money is raising the ire of the group’s opponents.

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IRS Considering Overhaul of the 990

Aug 10, 2005 by Guest Blogger

The Internal Revenue Service is mulling a "complete overhaul" of Form 990, the filing on which tax-exempt organizations list their income, expenses, assets, and liabilities, an Internal Revenue Service official has told the Senate Finance Committee. The committee is looking into ways to prevent fraud and mismanagement in the charitable organization sector.

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Action on Charitable Giving Legislation Coming

Aug 9, 2005 by Guest Blogger

The Senate Finance Committee plans to act on a package of charitable giving tax incentives soon.

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Study Points to Improvements in Communication With Congress in Digital Age

A recent report by the Congressional Management Foundation (CMF), a nonprofit organization that provides management advice to members of Congress and their staff, described improvements both congressional staff and advocacy groups should implement to improve the quality of communications to and from Congress in the Internet age.

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Study Finds Little Oversight of Religious Content or Client Choice in Gov't-Funded Programs

An Urban Institute study of the Bush administration's Faith Based Initiative, found that, while many faith-based organizations (FBOs) are integral service providers, they often lack established benchmarks and have little oversight at the state, local and federal levels, regarding religious content and the ability of clients to choose an alternative provider.

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Living in the Shadow of Danger: Poverty, Race, and Unequal Chemical Facility Hazards

People of color and people living in poverty, especially poor children of color, are significantly more likely...

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A Tale of Two Retirements: One for CEOs and One for the Rest of Us

The 100 largest CEO retirement funds are worth a combined $4.9 billion, equal to the entire retirement account savings of 41 percent of American fam...

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Blowing Smoke: Chemical Companies Say “Trust Us,” But Environmental and Workplace Safety Violations Belie Their Rhetoric

Large chemical companies a...

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Gasping for Support: Implementation of Tougher Air Quality Standards Will Require New Funds for State Agencies

New scientific research shows that the current levels of...

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