One of the largest national nonprofit associations in the United States on Oct. 12 condemned the Combined Federal Campaign’s requirement for participating charities to check their employees against terrorist watch lists.
Federal Times
In a related story, the Chronicle of Philanthropy reported last month that "The U.S. Office of Personnel Management has warned 12 big charity coalitions that raise money through the Combined Federal Campaign that they have violated federal regulations and must fix problems in their operations or risk getting kicked out of the drive."
5 comments:
OK, simply put........If you bitch about me wanting to check YOUR organization for terrorists, I don't need to donate to your cause.
After all, it is MY money.
I'd like to know more about the criteria for defining "terrorists". Some would label Greenpeace supporters as such, others would say the same of John Birchers. Remember that Rod Paige (Secy of Education) called teacher's unions "terrorist organizations" in a recent speech
I agree with what the ACLU did in leaving the COMBINED
FEDERAL CAMPAIGN, as did several other charities. The decision lies with what the new regulations that were written by OPM. Unfortunately, the OPM decided that the first admendment rights are to be violated, for the sake of justice. To violate the first admendment rights
of any employees is totally wrong. This is what the OPM
wants the charities to do, but they are wrong and the ACLU was right in leaving the CFC for the rules that it wants to implant. Every charity should refuse to submit
to the dictates of the OPM. I will not donate through the OPM, and this has been going on for several years, thanks to the stupidity of a past postmaster in Trenton, N.J..
LUMP'S LUMP
The person who posted the first comment apparently doesn't understand the issue. It's not "me" checking on who I'm giving to- it's John Ashcroft deciding who I can give money to. This isn't federal money- it's private contributions to charities. Ashcroft and his brownshirts have no business sticking their noses into it. I WILL be giving to the same charities I gave to last year, but it WON'T be through the CFC.
The best thing that everyone who works for the POSTAL SERVICE and every other FEDERAL AGENCY, should donate directly to the charities directly. This would teach THE JOHN ASHCROFTS of the Attorney General's office on the first admendment rights of every citizen, that is born here in America. I will refuse to donate to the CFC
when the person in charge, comes around with the booklet
describing all the charities that are listed. As was said in an earlier comment, refusing to donate through the CFC, is a pleasure, which the Postmaster refuses to accept. When I advised my friends who work for the federal or postal agencies, why I refuse to give through the CFC, they have followed suit & joined me as they saw how the postmaster kept the rewards to himself. The workers were never notified, & when we did find out, we were given some DUMB excuses, so the best decision was to stop the donations. IT WORKED.
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