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LD-203 Reminder

Tuesday, July 16th, 2013 by Geoffrey Lyons

ON JULY 30TH, every federally registered lobbyist must file the semi-annual LD-203 report, which is ample reason to sign up for next week’s LD-203 Filing Boot Camp.  The webinar will be led by Foley & Lardner’s Cleta Mitchell, who in addition to training lobbyists is known for her crusades against the IRS.  Attendees earn a Certificate of Training upon completing the course, along with a deep knowledge of disclosure law and gift rules ready to be unleashed at the next cocktail party.

July 30 – LD-203

The semi-annual report is required of all lobbyists to certify ethics compliance and disclosure. “Form LD-203 is required to be filed semiannually by July 30th and January 30th (or next business day should either of those days fall on a weekend or holiday) covering the first and second calendar halves of the year. Registrants and active lobbyists (who are not terminated for all clients) must file separate reports which detail FECA contributions, honorary contributions, presidential library contributions, and payments for event costs.”  July 30th is a Tuesday.

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Are you prepared for a GAO audit?

Wednesday, November 10th, 2010 by Brittany

Preparing for a GAO Audit of Lobbying Disclosure Reports
What you need to know
December 9, 2010 | 2:00-3:30 pm EST

Have you aligned your activities with HLOGA? Don’t let the new year find you unprepared. The GAO has now gone through several audit cycles. With leeway for unintentional failure to disclose expired, flawed disclosure and information monitoring will now trigger enforcement actions – and severe civil and criminal penalties.

Keeping your political activities, yourself, and your firm in compliance with the law takes vigilance. Find out what you can do now to protect yourself and prepare.

Register for Preparing for a GAO Audit of your Lobbying Disclosure Filings. This information-packed audioconference arms you with specific “do it now” guidance for making sure your records, contributions, gifts, practices and reporting will stand up under the harshest regulatory scrutiny. From checklists to real-world advice, you’ll come away with a solid action plan you can implement by December 31st, allowing you to breathe easy as you make all of the required filings.

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Four Reasons to Attend LD-203 Ethics Boot Camp

Friday, July 2nd, 2010 by Vbhotla

1. As a lobbyist listed on an LD-2, you must file an LD-203. The LD-203 has civil and criminal penalties attached to it. If you fill out a legally binding document incorrectly, you run the risk of opening yourself (and your company) up to damaging PR and DOJ investigations. Learn exactly what you’re signing and why, at the audioconference.

2. Cleta Mitchell. Cleta is one of the nation’s leading political lawyers and an expert on the LD-203 and related issues. Take advantage of the situation to ask your own specific questions, before you have to answer questions from DOJ lawyers.

3. Learn how to record-keep properly. The statute requires a certain number of years’ worth of record-keeping. Learn how to properly retain what you’ll need in the event of an audit or internal investigation.

4. Get proof of your good-faith effort to understand the law. A quick but detailed survey after the conference tests your knowledge of the topics and provides you with proof of training – particularly useful in the event of a GAO audit.

Register today at www.lobbyists.info.

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LD-203 Filing Bootcamp: Ethics Certification and Training

Monday, June 14th, 2010 by Brittany

Training Date: 7/13/2010     Time: 2:00-3:30 EST   Registration: Click here

Twice a year Lobbyists.info in partnership with Cleta Mitchell runs an LD-203 filing bootcamp to prepare lobbyists for their filing.

This three-part program ensures that you and your entire staff will come away confident that you understand the rules of ethical conduct for lobbyists and non-lobbying personnel alike.

Part 1: The audioconference: This session engages your team in LD203 training with the nation’s leading authority on the new lobbying ethics laws, Cleta Mitchell. Every participant will learn what’s required for compliance so they can be confident filing — and signing — the LD203.

Part 2: Online assessment: Our online system makes sure each registrant reads the necessary information on the rules and compliance requirements prior to the conference. Then, after the audioconference, participants complete the YES/NO questions on the 10-Point Charter of Understanding.

Part 3: Training certification: When participants successfully complete the Charter, they receive hardcopy Certificates of Training (sent to the main registrant) that may be retained as evidence of good faith efforts at LD203 compliance.

Sign up your entire team to listen in for practical guidance on the LD-203 that can protect contributions — and lobbying careers, including:

  • What your certification “under penalty of perjury” means, and how the government intends to enforce monitoring and breach
  • The specific gift and travel rules for House, Senate and Executive branch “covered” officials for which you must certify your understanding
  • The most likely breaches you may unknowingly have committed — and what to do before you certify to address any problems
  • The supporting records you and your firm must maintain to support the certification

Register today!

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