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Friday, September 29, 2006

Treasury Revises Anti-Terrorist Financing Guidelines
On Sept. 29, 2006 the Treasury Department released its third version of Voluntary Anti-Terrorist Financing Guidelines, along with a response to public comments made on the second version, which was released in Dec. 2005. The Treasury press release refers to dialog with the nonprofit sector, but does not note that nonprofits have called for withdrawal of the guidelines as ineffective and ill-advised. OMB Watch will have a summary and analysis of the revisions posted on Oct. 2.

Here are links to the new Treasury documents:

Posted by Kay Guinane, 02:29:22 PM

Thursday, September 28, 2006

Treasury Says Revised Anti-Terrorist Financing Guidelines to be Released Soon
Speaking at the Council on Foundations’ (COF) International Committee on Oct. 25, 2006 Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorist Financing Patrick O’Brien said the third version of Treasury's Voluntary Anti-Terrorist Financing Guidelines would likely come out the next day. To date they have not been released. In May a Treasury spokesperson also indicated that changes would be coming soon, and gave a summary of likely changes. See the May 31, 2006 OMB Watcher Treasury Will Revise Anti-Terrorist Financing Guidelines The COF is monitoring Treasury's website and will notify nonprofits when the new guidelines are released.

Posted by Kay Guinane, 05:30:51 PM

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Treasury Guidelines Slowing Down Humanitarian Aid to Lebanon
A recent Chicago Tribune story Charity strives to keep 'clean'" describes how aid organizations face barriers delivering aid in Lebanon because Hezbollah, which has been designated as a terrorist organization by the U.S. Treasury Dept., is part of local government and aid delivery network.