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OCR Page 1 of 35UNITED STATES
UNITED STATES
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20415
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
JUN 5 1995
MEMORANDUM FOR KITTY HIGGINS
ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
AND SECRETARY TO THE CABINET
FROM:
MICHAEL CUSHING
CHIEF OF STAFF
Michael fixty
SUBJECT:
Combined Federal Campaign Hearing on June 7, 1995
Summary
On June 7, 1995, Rep. Mica's Civil Service Subcommittee will hold a hearing on the
Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). Over the past few months, Rep. Mica has raised
questions on several occasions about a) whether CFC is open to too many "non-traditional"
charities; and b) whether the federal government should even have a worksite charitable
solicitation.
Several recent articles have discussed GOP leadership efforts to "defund the left." By some
accounts, 70% of the "non-traditional" charities may be considered to be "liberal." Some
observers believe this hearing, and the effort to exclude from the CFC charities regarded by
some as "non-traditional, are part of that effort. Rep. Mica has hinted that he might soon
introduce CFC-related legislation, although we are still uncertain how his bill will be drafted.
Background
In 1980, nonprofit and tax-exempt advocacy groups were added to the list of participants in
the CFC. In 1986, after much controversy culminating in a Supreme Court decision
upholding the Reagan Administration's attempts to exclude advocacy groups, OPM
promulgated regulations to ensure that only "traditional health and welfare" charities could
participate. Specifically excluded were advocacy charities, such as Planned Parenthood, who
began to participate in 1980.
However, later in 1986, Congress barred the implementation of the restrictive regulations.
Since then the CFC has allowed the participation of qualified advocacy groups.