The Covid-19 pandemic has shined a spotlight on many long-standing issues NPOs face when carrying out their work, particularly in regard to national security related restrictions. Government response to the pandemic has exacerbated these problems and created new ones. Read how C&SN's work on addressing national security challenges posed to nonprofits is more important than ever in our latest blog . (April 30)

GAO is reminding FDIC and the Federal Reserve that it should undertake a review of Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering regulations and revise them to address bank derisking. Find out more at C&SN News . (April 29)

Following a significant delay in the update of the NPO sections of the FFEIC’s Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) Examination Manual , and in light of the urgent need to send program funds abroad to address the Covid-19 crisis, C&SN has published an open letter to the regulators. Read the full story and view the letter at C&SN News . (April 27)

C&SN joined over 70 organizations in an April 23 letter to President Trump, Steve Mnuchin, and Mike Pompeo calling for relief from sanctions programs during the Covid-19 pandemic.  It notes the “critical state of the health infrastructures and economies of these sanctioned locations, and how, without immediate intervention, millions of people face severe economic hardship, infection, and death.” View the letter and read the story at C&SN News . (April 27)

Who should interpret and apply international humanitarian law in the counterterrorism context is the focus of a legal briefing from the Harvard Program on International Law and Armed Conflict. Read C&SN’s report abstract to learn more. (April 22)

The Global Fragility Act, intended to increase investment in preventing global violence , charges the U.S. government with creating a Global Fragility Strategy by September 2020 . A new policy brief from Mercy Corps outlines how implementing this strategy could look for global peacebuilders. Read C&SN’s report abstract and view Mercy Corps’ full policy brief. (April 22)

On April 15, the FFIEC issued a partial update to the Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering Examination Manual . Nonprofits, industry, financial institutions and other government agencies have eagerly awaited revisions to what has become known as the “bible” of bank examinations, which was last revised in 2014. Read the full story at C&SN News . (April 22)