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Controversial CFC Regs Approved by OPM; Both Parties Protest
Source: NonProfit Quarterly After the reports on this year’s campaign, with donations plummeting a record 19 percent, it was only a matter of time before Congress…
Charities, lawmakers voice concerns over OPM’s rewrite of CFC rules
New regulations published this week by the Office of Personnel Management aim to overhaul the Combined Federal Campaign, in part by eliminating cash donations in favor…
CFC will centralize, charge application fees to charities
Source: Federal Times The Combined Federal Campaign will start charging application and listing fees to charities seeking to take part, under new regulations to be published in…
“Any Cause, Anytime, Anywhere” – That’s What DoSomething.org’s New Website Delivers
Have you visited the DoSomething.org website recently? They just launche a new website design and here’s what their CEO, Nancy Lublin, had to say about…
Actor Josh Charles and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Help Create Big Pinwheel Gardens in New York and Chicago!
“The Good Wife” actor Josh Charles helped Prevent Child Abuse America transform Times Square into the Big Pinwheel Garden on Tuesday, April 9, to mark…
Charities, lawmakers voice concerns over OPM’s rewrite of CFC rules
Source: Federal News Radio New regulations published this week by the Office of Personnel Management aim to overhaul the Combined Federal Campaign, in part by eliminating…
Could an Overhaul to the Federal Giving Drive Do More Harm Than Good?
Source: www.govexec.com The Office of Personnel Management ignored many complaints lodged by stakeholders in the annual federal employees’ giving drive when it drafted revisions to…
United Way Plans to Ask Congress to Strike New Rules to Govern Federal Charity Drive
Source: The Chronicle of Philanthropy United Way Worldwide may ask Congress to overturn new rulesannounced this month to modernize the government’s annual charity drive, saying the…
‘Employee Engagement’ Is Great, But Will Charities End Up Losing?
Over the 14 year history of the Charities @ Work Conference, which just took place April 3-4 in New York, we’ve seen the workplace giving…
More Than A T-Shirt And Day Out Of The Office: Companies Begin To Match Volunteer Skills With Societal Needs
Source: Forbes Employee engagement used to mean a fairly simple transaction at the office: the annual campaign that often followed the CEO’s lead, and perhaps…
Charities hit OPM’s federal workplace giving rules, but welcome invitation to discuss them
Source: The Washington Post Leaders of charitable organizations don’t like major parts of the Obama administration’s effort to “revitalize” the annual federal workplace giving campaign,…
Charities critical of new federal giving rules
Source: The Washington Post The Obama administration will issue new federal employee charitable giving regulations that it says “will mean that more of a Federal…