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In remarks before the U.S. Council for International Business-OECD International Tax Conference on June 3, IRS Commissioner John Koskinen recognized that the “voluntary disclosure” programs designed to punish tax fraud may have been “too focused on those willfully evading their tax obligations (and) not accommodating enough to others who don’t necessarily need protection from criminal prosecution because their compliance failures...

It’s back!  The 2014 FAWCO-OVF website for user-friendly voter registration is on a computer near you…

Once again this year, we are proud to announce that, thanks to our long-standing partner Overseas Vote Foundation, military and overseas voters can register to vote and request their ballots directly from the FAWCO website, using the latest secure technology and benefiting from access...

When was the last time you visited your Congressperson?

Are you going to be in your "hometown" this summer, i.e. your voting district?  Ever thought about going to your Congressperson's “district” office (which is just as good as going to the DC office)?   Well, why would you want to do that?

In addition to a new experience (for you,

Dear Federation of American Women's Clubs Overseas,

The migration debate in the United States frequently focuses on how many foreign born enter and reside in the country. Much less attention is paid to Americans who live abroad. While small numbers of high-profile American expats such as Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, Richard Wright or Josephine Baker have long captured the imagination...

On February 8, just before Overseas Americans Week 2013, Representative Carolyn Maloney, longstanding champion of overseas Americans, introduced HR 597, a bill to create a bipartisan federal commission to look at the issues facing Americans overseas, including the military, and make concrete recommendations to Congress for solutions.   Members of the Commission are to include members of organizations that represent United...

On Thursday, February 28, the House voted to approve the already passed Senate version of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) which, though not perfect and despite the fact that overseas Americans were absent from the act, did not include last-minute tweaks that could have seriously weakened it.

Following the 236 to 138 vote, the bill now heads for the...

SPECIAL REQUEST
FAWCO endorses AIWC Cologne's call on their members to write to their Representatives in support of Bill HR 597.  We call on the global FAWCO family to take 10 minutes and give Americans living overseas a voice.    House Reps Carolyn Maloney (NY) and Mike Honda (CA) have introduced Bill HR 597...

FAWCO is happy to announce that Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Mike Honda (D-CA), have introduced H.R.597, legislation to create a Federal commission to study the impact of government policies upon the millions of Americans living overseas.

“Americans living and working abroad are our country’s informal ambassadors and help strengthen the U.S. economy and promote American influence. Yet they too...

The overseas American community has lost a great friend and champion, the kind of man we encounter only rarely in our lives.

Andy Sundberg, founder of the Children’s Citizens Rights League in 1977 and American Citizens Abroad in 1978, Secretary of the Overseas Americans Academy, indefatigable researcher and prolific writer, died on Thursday, August 30.  He is being referred to...