The IRE Resource Center is a major research library containing more than 23,250 investigative stories — both print and broadcast. Add to that more than 3,000 tipsheets from our national conferences on how to cover specific beats or do specific stories and you have a resource that no reporter or editor should be without. These stories and tipsheets are searchable online or by contacting the Resource Center directly (573-882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org) where a researcher can help you pinpoint what you need. Browse or search the tipsheet section of our library below. Logged-in members can view the tipsheets free online:
Search results for "federal funding" ...
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Now is TIFIA's Time
Expanding popular federal credit assistance program will encourage infrastructure investment and enhance the effectiveness of available transportation funding.
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How to investigate police crime reporting and statistics: a cookbook
This tipsheet is a great primer for anyone covering cops and crime and utilizing the FBI's Uniform Crime Report(UCR). Thompson and Eiserer identify the preliminary legwork to do so your ready to cover stories as they arise.
Tags: Uniform Crime Reports (UCR); police; crime; assault; burglary; robbery; police reports; federal funding
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Following the Stimulus Money
Poston and Grabell give links to and information on several sites that can assist you in reporting on and tracking stimulus funds
Tags: Recovery act; stimulus; government spending; federal procurement data; transportation; infrastructure
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Forensic Accounting
This tipsheet discusses forensic accounting with definitions and examples of how it can be used in investigative reporting - from clarifying issues (such as Ponzi schemes); insights into what to investigate (such as various cases of misused funds); and many others.
Tags: forensic accounting; Ponzi scheme; finance; fraud; charities; corporations; Pyramid scheme; mortgage fraud; financial analysis; data mining; Federal Rules of Evidence; economic damages; insurance loss accounting
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Tracking the stimulus in your community
LaFleur equips reporters with the tools they need to track stimulus funding within their community.
Tags: stimulus; federal government; Recovery.gov; USASpending.gov; infrastructure; American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; Recovery Act; Ethnic Media Workshop - Washington, D.C. (Oct. 2009)
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The Bailout - Tracking the Money
Donald and Dunbar give pointers on tracking the bailout money funds. Included are links to Web sites and datasets to help inform stories on the bailout. Links provided include information on: subprime lenders; bailout cash/TARP funds; banking data; and enforcement actions.
Tags: bailout; economy; subprime lenders; banking; TARP; Troubled Asset Relief Program; housing; Home Mortgage Disclosure Act; HMDA; Federal Reserve;
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Following the Money: From Grade School through College
This tipsheet discusses how to track education funding from grade school through higher education. The data sources used for example are the Illinois State Board of Education and Property Tax Revenue from the Illinois Department of Revenue. Lowenstein advises on where to look for education funding: local property taxes; commercial and industrial property taxes; local and federal governments; test scores by region; other supplemental income for schools
Tags: education; taxes; property taxes; department of revenue; education funding; testing; test scores
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Bank, Finance and Lobbying Data
This tipsheet lists resources for covering information related to finance. Included is a brief summation of the information contained on each site. Subjects covered on the tipsheet include: banks, finance, and lobbying; inflation; labor and employment data; consumer data.
Tags: banks; finance; lobbying; consumer data; inflation; labor; employment; hedge funds; short selling; CPI-U; CPI-U-RS; Center for Responsible Lending; National Consumer Law Center; Consumer Federation of America
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Infastructure CAR
The authors list and explain sources for infrastructure data, such as the National Bridge Inventory, Consolidated Federal Funds Reports, and the Highway Safety Information System. For each source, the authors describe what sort of data is available and how it can be used for CAR stories. The authors also list additional resources and other tipsheets on the same topic.
Tags: dams; bridges; highway; federal government; online resources; public data; story ideas