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Advocacy Blog
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Treasury Guidelines Comment Period Over Feb. 1
On February 1, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s public
comment period on the revised set of voluntary anti-terrorism financing
guidelines ends. Click
here to submit comments directly to the Treasury Department
On
December 5, 2005, the Treasury Department issued a revised set of
voluntary anti-terrorism financing guidelines to assist charitable
organizations in complying with Executive Order 13224 and the USA
Patriot Act following 9/11. Read
the new guidelines. While effective immediately,
the revised guidelines are open for public comment until February 1,
2006. The revised guidelines replace the “U.S.
Department of the Treasury Anti-Terrorist Financing Guidelines: Voluntary
Best Practices for U.S. Based Charities” issued in November
2002. A number of organizations have been
critical of key aspects of the original Treasury anti-terrorist
financing guidelines since they were first issued. In April 2004, a group of more than 40 organizations called the
Treasury Guidelines Working Group, began developing a response to
the guidelines that is more realistic and appropriate for the sector.
The resulting "Principles of International Charity" was submitted to
the Treasury Department in March 2005. Read
the Principles of International Charity.
Posted by Jennifer Lowe
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