Archive for June, 2006

Officials responsible for overseeing NASA expressed concerns regarding launch of Discovery

Friday, 06/30/06 Posted in Government (federal/state/local)

Michael Cabbage of the Orlando Sentinel studied e-mails sent from NASA's Office of the Inspector General to an agency administrator and the chairman of an advisory panel that monitors NASA ... Read more..

Enquirer wins records, shows health department let lead paint violations slide

Wednesday, 06/28/06 Posted in Health

Sharon Coolidge of The Cincinnati Enquirer won a two-year battle with the Cinncinnati Health Department to obtain records of properties cited for lead contamination violations. Coolidge analyzed the city ... Read more..

City Hall list reveals ‘All-Stars’ of insider clout

Tuesday, 06/27/06 Posted in Government (federal/state/local)

Steve Warmbir, Art Golab, Natasha Korecki and Mark J. Konkol of the Chicago Sun-Times did a computer-assisted analysis of 5,743 requests for city jobs, promotions or transfers made to the ... Read more..

Mistaken identity questions raised in 1989 Texas execution

Tuesday, 06/27/06 Posted in Justice (courts/crime/law)

Maurice Possley and Steve Mills of the Chicago Tribune reviewed thousands of pages of court records and found that Texas may have executed an innocent man in 1989. " Read more..

Workplace safety in Canada

Tuesday, 06/27/06 Posted in CAR, First Amendment & FOIA, International, Workplace

The CBC's investigative unit obtained data from workplace safety insurance boards across Canada to track top national trends in the workplace of today. "Canada's record for reducing workplace fatalities over ... Read more..

CDC jet used primarily to shuttle official

Tuesday, 06/27/06 Posted in Government (federal/state/local)

Alison Young of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution analyzed the flight log of the jet leased by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and found that "a luxury private jet leased ... Read more..

Psychologist embellishes credentials, personal past

Tuesday, 06/27/06 Posted in Education

Ruth Teichroeb of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer studied university job records and found that Terry Tafoya, known across North America as a pre-eminent American Indian psychologist and a sought-after speaker for ... Read more..

People move closer to National Parks

Tuesday, 06/27/06 Posted in Census & Demographics

Frank Bass of The Associated Press analyzed Census data to show that "more than 1.3 million people since 1990 have moved into counties surrounding six of the best-loved parks: Gettysburg, ... Read more..

Companies find new way to win contracts

Tuesday, 06/27/06 Posted in Business, CAR, Campaign Finance

Michael Forsythe and Jonathan D. Salant of Bloomberg analyzed Federal Election Commission records and found that a growing number of companies had found "a new business model: locate facilities in ... Read more..

Schools pay for new boss’ travel

Tuesday, 06/27/06 Posted in CAR, Education

Bill Dedman and Michael Brindley of The (Nashua, N.H.) Telegraph studied Nashua's city credit card records and found that "school Superintendent Julia Earl has spent public money to travel out ... Read more..