Space is limited and only for NPC members, but if maybe Guidestar would want to hold another one... National Press Club Professional Development Committee Training class, "Decipher a 990," on how to read a Form 990 and find out who works for a non-profit group, who serves on its board, where the organization's income comes from and how it spends that money. The training includes a discussion on GuideStar.com, a web site that compiles financial reports filed by 1.5 million non-profits. [Note: Space is limited to 15; this event is free and is for NPC members only.]

Lobby reform will be on the House floor when the member's return from Easter recess, as four of the committees of jurisdiction have scheduled markups on HR 4975, the GOP's bill. Five committees have jurisdiction over the bill: Government Reform, Administration, Judiciary, Rules and Standards of Official Conduct, as the ethics committee is formally called. Judiciary and Rules will hold markups Wednesday; Government Reform and House Administration will hold their markups a day later. The Rules Committee:

• limits or ban on gifts/meals

Federal, State and Local Nonprofits: Our Regulatory Policy Department is asking for sign-ons for a letter for organizations opposing sunset commissions. As you know, for nonprofits, sunset commissions would make all government programs be forced to plead for their lives on a periodic basis, such as every ten years, before an unelected sunset commission which would recommend whether they live, die, or be “streamlined.” In the proposals that have circulated from the White House and in several bills introduced in the 109th, sunset and government reorganization proposals from these commissions would then be rammed through Congress on a fast-track, take-it-or-leave-it basis — with limited room for debate, and no chance for amendments. Leading proposals would also exempt the sunset commission from the open government and balance requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, thus making it possible for the White House to name industry lobbyists to the sunset commission and then allow them to make these important decisions in secret proceedings. The House is trying to get a vote on the budget resolution by the end of this week, so the bargaining within the caucus is taking place as we speak.