Dear Federal Election Commission Analyst:

I am writing today to provide an explanation as to why I filed the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association’s political action committee (PAC), CONCRETEPAC, report 8 hours late at 8:06 a.m. on Tuesday, August 21st.

Last week I left for vacation, but ran my report early and left it to be reviewed and proofed with a co-worker.  I intended to file the repot upon my return on Monday, August 20th once the report had been approved.   However, I experienced a great deal of technical difficulty with my software, Aristotle, and could not upload the report without my laptop shutting down.  I decided to give the software sometime to work out its technical difficulties and left for dinner.  Upon my return, I simply forgot that I still needed to upload and file the monthly report. 

At 6:00 a.m. on Tuesday, August 21st, I remembered the report still needed to be filed and immediately logged on to upload the report.  I experienced additional technical difficulty trying to upload the report to file with my software program, Aristotle, but was successful on my second try.  After filing the August monthly report, I immediately called my analyst to report my filing delinquency.  The analyst assigned to my PAC was reported out of the office until Wednesday, August 22nd, but I asked to speak with another analyst and kindly requested to have my case documented.  The analyst recommended I file a 99 to report my filing error so attached is my record.  

I am most sincerely sorry for any inconvenience I may have caused.  I would also like to point out that I have clean record of reporting with the Federal Election Committee and hope you will consider this when reviewing my case.  Please feel free to contact me if you wish to have any additional information regarding my filing error.

Again, I apologize for the filing error.

Sincerely, 
Kerri Leininger, NRMCA CONCRETEPAC Treasurer