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Vermont Democratic Party response to Interim Audit Report 

Neil P. Reiff 

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05/03/2013 02:03 PM 

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From: "Neil P. Reiff" <reiff@sandlerreiff.com> 

To: "nburgess@fec.gov" <nburgess@fec.gov>. 

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Nicole; in response to the Commission's recommendation in the Interim Audit Report regarding staff time 

keeping, the Vernriont Democratic Party provides the follo\Airing response: 

The Vermont Democratic Party had elected to pay all of its employees with 100% federal funds, and is reporting 

all employee salaries and benefits on Schedule B line 30b. Our plan is to continue to pay all employees with 

100% federal funds. 

Should it arise in the future that any employees are to be paid with federal/non-federal allocated funds, the 

Executive Director will be responsible for ensuring employees comply with filling out the attached time sheet on a 

monthly basis, and creating a file for future Executive Directors to continue In compliance with this directive. The 

Executive Director will additionally be responsible for instructing the Compliance Consultant to report all salaries 

and benefits in compliance with this plan. In addition, the party will consult with counsel to ensure that a proper 

methodology is used to detemnine whether an employee must be paid entirely with federal funds or can be paid in 

whole or in part with non-federal funds in a given month. 

Let us know if you require any additional information. 

Neil P. Reiff 

Sandler, Reiff, Young & Lamb, P.C. 

1025 Vermont Ave., NW 

Suite 300 

Washington, D.C. 20005 

w. (202)479 - 1111 

f. (202)479- 1115 

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Employee 

VERMONT DEMOCRATIC PARTY TIMESHEET 

Month ,2012 

Date Start 

Time 

8 

A.M. 

9 10 11 12 

P.M. 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9-10 End 

Time 

Total 

Paid 

Hours 

Hours 

of 

Fed. 

Work 

I certify that this timesheet is accurate and that I spent hours on activities in connection with federal elections. 

Employee Signature Date 

Approved: Supervisor Signature Date 

Vacation days used to date: 

Vacation days used this pay period: 

Remaining vacation days: