Scott, I now have the CASE Standards in front of me and can speak a bit more precisely.
CASE has not changed its stance on counting government funds of any type. CASE reiterates this fact on pages 5 and 57 of the Global Standards. Page 5 references "changes" brought forth in the new editions. And there it states:
"Clearer guidance that government grants--whether from local, state, or federal levels or from sovereign tribal nations--are not counted toward fundraising totals."
There is a bit more on page 5 and much more on page 57.
However, page 50, paragraph 5.2.5, is where it gets a bit fluid. In this section, CASE acknowledges "those rare cases where campaigns opt to include some government funding, that departure from CASE standards should be noted in institutional campaign counting policies and footnoted as a departure in official fundraising reports."
These words were not included due to any accounting changes-or even a change in CASE Standards. Rather, CASE knows that some institutions do count some government funding. However, some institutions have not noted their departure from national standards. Therefore, CASE added this section to reemphasize that we should not count those funds. But if we do, we should "come clean" internally and externally about our departure.
John