New Tool for FEC Advisory Opinions

From the press release:

"The FEC announced that a new tool for searching information about Advisory Opinions is now available at www.fec.gov.  An Advisory Opinion is an official Commission response to a question relating to the application of the Federal campaign finance law to a specific, factual situation.

The new process allows for full text searches of all Commission Advisory Opinions issued since the beginning of 1997.  The FEC will also add additional material from earlier years as it updates the program with newly issued opinions.  Searches can also be made using the name of the requestor and other information about opinions.  When a specific opinion is selected, links to all related materials (e.g., the original request, any comments made by others, etc.) are also provided, making the system a quick and comprehensive research tool."   [RJ]