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Search results for "campaign finance data" ...
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Center for Responsive Politics Recent Stories
"Here are some of the stories that reporters and researchers at the Center for Responsive Politics produced in the last year by mashing up data on OpenSecrets.org with other sources."
Tags: story ideas; political investigations; campaign finance; federal government
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How to use campaign finance data to track fundraising, and other lobbyist largesse
The author discusses how to use FEC records to track fundraising done by lobbyists. He gives examples of data analysis and explains how to interpret the results. The author also discusses how to report on in-kind contributions from lobbyists.
Tags: campaign finance; FEC; fundraising; lobbyists; politics; state government; federal government
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Money and Politics on the Web
Campbell lists and explains various online sources to find information about campaign finance and lobbying. The list includes the Center for Responsive Politics, the FEC, and the IRS.
Tags: campaign finance; election; candidates; contribution; online sources; internet; data
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Downloading Campaign Finance Reports from Cal-Access
Campbell goes step-by-step through the process of downloading campaign finance data from the CA Secretary of State site. He uses screen shots to illustrate his instructions.
Tags: campaign finance; government data; data analysis; online sources; election
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Federal Databases You Need
This study of federal databases touches on various federal databases that can be helpful, including the Federal Assistance Awards Data System and sites on transportation, public safety and campaign finance.
Tags: federal databases; Federal Procurement Data System; Consolidated Federal Funds Report; Federal Assitance Awards Data System; census; truck inspections
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Center for public integrity policy data accuracy
Perry shares the Center for Public Integrity's procedures and policies for computer assisted reporting. It addresses data importation, cleaning, coding, updates and fact checking. It is an extensive explanation of CAR methods. Also included is a summary of the methods used for a story about lobbyists providing legislators with free travel.
Tags: CAR; computer assisted reporting; data; campaign finance; research
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Analyzing Campaign Data
Guckian gives guidelines to follow when reporting on elections, campaigns, etc. She provides useful information on filing periods and deadlines, federal laws that limit campaign gifts, Texas laws on the subject, places to find the data and common problems with data analysis, and more.En Espanol: 2888
Tags: elections; campaign money; politics; political action committees; lobbyists; fraud; social network analysis
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Unsung Documents
Steele, Stephens and McGraw provide guidelines for examining and managing government documents, and lists public records that most reporters don't pursue, such as government cell phone records.
Tags: FOI; open records; government documents; freedom of information; databases; corporate records; government records; campaign finance; business reporting
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Campaign Finance: Stories from Data
Heyser offers questions to consider when looking over campaign finance reports that can help you find a story buried in the report. Heyser also discusses tactics to approaching this sort of story and offers story ideas concerning campaign finance.
Tags: story ideas; campaign reports; campaign finance; politicians; elections
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Downloading Campaign Finance Reports from Cal-Access
Campbell walks us through finding and using campaign finance reports from the California Secretary of State's home page. He starts with screen-shots of the home page and then discusses and explains every click you need to make while navigating to download finance reports.
Tags: campaign finance; election; secretary of state; Microsoft Excel; spreadsheets; data; internet