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Federal Government May Revise Voluntary Guidelines for Giving Overseas

Sep 8 2010 - 12:57pm
Federal Government May Revise Voluntary Guidelines for Giving Overseas
May 8, 2009

The U.S. Treasury Department wants to work with grant makers to revise its voluntary guidelines that seek to prevent charitable dollars from inadvertently flowing to terrorists.

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"Essentially, this type of partnership allows individual U.S. donors to tap into the government resources and distribution networks, thereby leveraging counterterrorism mechanisms only available to the government."
- Patrick O'Brien - Former Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing