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EMPIRE CENTER AND GOVERNMENT JUSTICE CENTER HAVE BEEN CLASSIFIED AS PUBLICLY SUPPORTED ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE NOT PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS UNDER SECTION 509(A) OF THE CODE. EMPIRE CENTER AND GOVERNMENT JUSTICE CENTER FILE FORM 990 ANNUALLY WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE. WHEN INCOME TAX RETURNS ARE FILED, SOME TAX POSITIONS TAKEN ARE HIGHLY CERTAIN TO BE SUSTAINED UPON EXAMINATION BY THE TAXING AUTHORITIES, WHILE OTHER TAX POSITIONS ARE SUBJECT TO UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE TECHNICAL MERITS OF THE POSITION OR THE AMOUNT OF THE POSITION'S TAX BENEFIT THAT WOULD BE ULTIMATELY SUSTAINED. THE PORTION OF THE BENEFITS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TAX POSITIONS TAKEN THAT EXCEEDS THE AMOUNT MEASURED AS PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED IS REFLECTED AS A LIABILITY FOR UNRECOGNIZED TAX BENEFITS IN THE ACCOMPANYING CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION AND INCLUDES, WHERE APPLICABLE, ACCRUED INTEREST AND/OR PENALTIES ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE UNRECOGNIZED TAX BENEFITS. THE COMPANIES RECOGNIZE THE TAX BENEFITS FROM AN UNCERTAIN TAX POSITION ONLY IF IT IS MORE LIKELY THAN NOT THAT THE TAX POSITION WILL BE SUSTAINED UPON EXAMINATION BY TAXING AUTHORITIES. MANAGEMENT HAS CONCLUDED THAT THE COMPANIES HAVE NOT TAKEN ANY MATERIAL UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS THAT REQUIRE ADJUSTMENT IN THEIR CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DEBI GHATE FORMER DIRECTOR 0 164065 0 0 0 0 0 5081 0 0 0 169146 0 0 KENNETH GIRARDIN FORMER DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH 103569 0 0 0 0 0 3107 0 1396 0 108072 0 0 0 TIMOTHY P HOEFER FORMER DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT & CEO 31600 7885 2333 0 0 0 1018 237 0 0 34951 8122 0 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE TAX RETURN WILL BE REVIEWED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRIOR TO FILING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C NEW BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS ARE EVALUATED FOR ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST, AND IF IDENTIFIED, ANY INTERESTED PARTIES RECUSE THEMSELVES FROM DELIBERATION OF SUCH RELATIONSHIPS. 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