The proposed expansion of the Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA) further into private commercial activity published in the Federal Register just over a month ago may be halted due to one of the first directives issued by...more
The Federal Election Commission (FEC) announced increased federal contribution limits for the 2025-2026 election cycle. Certain adjustments, indexed for inflation, are made in odd-numbered years only....more
Background On Thursday, January 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register to amend and clarify the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), starting...more
While acknowledging that voluntary approaches to cybersecurity compliance have produced some important improvements, the Biden administration says those improvements have been mostly incomplete and inadequate, particularly in...more
Earlier this year California expanded its “pay-to-play” restrictions to members of local elected agencies, including city councils and boards of supervisors, and extended from three to 12 months the length of a ban on...more
During these last weeks of the 2022 election season, campaigns are ramping up urgent, last-minute fundraising efforts. Financial services professionals should not let their guard down amid this flurry. Recently published...more
$1Bn is now available to state, local and tribal (SLT) entities to shore up their cybersecurity vulnerabilities under the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP) announced on Friday, September 16th by the U.S....more
A proposed $1M civil penalty against Colonial Pipeline for its procedural failures during a ransomware attack could indicate what’s in store for critical infrastructure operators who fail to keep employees up to date on how...more
5/13/2022
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Cyber Attacks ,
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Employee Training ,
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Risk Management ,
Russia
A federal Super PAC has an affirmative duty to verify whether a contribution from an LLC is attributable to individuals behind the entity, according to a Federal Election Commission (FEC) statement in a recently closed...more
Cyberattacks on organizations worldwide surged 40% in 2021. September 2021 broke records for the number of weekly cyberattacks, topping all other months since January 2020. Currently, one out of every 61 organizations...more
10/25/2021
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Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cybersecurity ,
Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) ,
Data Breach ,
Data Security ,
Federal Funding ,
Noncompliance ,
Popular ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Ransomware ,
State and Local Government ,
Tribal Governments ,
Utilities Sector ,
Water ,
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In the wake of several recent high-profile cyber and ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure, Committees in both the House and Senate are drafting at least three separate pieces of legislation that would require victims...more
Like that famous movie line, “Show me the money!,” Congress is sending money directly to certain community projects in a practice known as earmarking. The money and earmarking spigot in Washington, DC is about to turn on...more
The Federal Election Commission (FEC) recently announced increased federal contribution limits for the 2021-2022 election cycle. Certain federal contribution limits are indexed for inflation and adjustments are made in...more
President Biden yesterday released the Ethics Pledge that will be required of all his appointees. The Executive Order on Commitments by Executive Branch Personnel was one of the first 17 Executive Orders issued on...more
PACs and other politically active organizations have already seen a lot of activity in the first few weeks of 2021 – including an upcoming Presidential transition and runoff Senate elections in Georgia. Before we see what...more
Following a historic 2020 election, with record voter turnout and multiple controversies amid a global pandemic, Nossaman Government Relations & Regulation (GRR) Chair Fred Dombo spoke from Washington, DC with Nossaman GRR...more
The formal process for selecting the next President of the United States involves multiple steps, but regardless of the route taken, it will conclude with the inauguration of the President at noon on January 20, 2021. Before...more
Elections are generally a time of increased stress on society, and this election has been one of the most stressful. However, the extreme negative fantasies rumored by some in connection with this election are just that,...more
With the final (virtual) balloons dropping on this year’s Democratic and Republican National Committee Conventions, we have reached general election season. Campaigning has a different look and feel this year, but the federal...more
8/28/2020
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Campaign Finance Reform ,
Citizens United ,
Citizens United v Federal Election Commission ,
Compliance ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Ethics ,
Federal Election Commission (FEC) ,
Mail-In Ballots ,
Political Contributions ,
Voter Registration
On Friday, June 26, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) issued a new list of products from European countries that it is considering subjecting to massive import duties – as much as 100% ad valorem....more
Limited Liability Companies (“LLCs”) that make political contributions or expenditures in California’s November 2020 general election are now subject to heightened disclosure. ...more
June 1 marked the start of meteorological summer in the U.S., and with that comes heat waves, long-duration wildfires, deadly and destructive tornadoes, and the Atlantic hurricane season. Emergency management officials across...more
On May 26, 2020, the U.S. Treasury released Final Regulations on donor disclosure requirements that shield many nonprofits – except 501(c)(3) charities and 527 political organizations – from the requirement to disclose the...more
As Congress, the administration and the private sector adapt to a new reality, so shall lobbying. With those changes, it is reasonable to expect government relations professionals to face new compliance challenges. Remote or...more
In the coming weeks, as California determines when and how the ‘Stay-at-Home’ orders relative to addressing the COVID-19 pandemic might be modified, local governments will need to determine their own version of the ‘new...more