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Money in Politics: Following the money trail in 2008 elections
Back to IRE Training

Host: The Columbus Dispatch
Derek Willis of nytimes.com will lead this workshop.

This workshop is being made possible in part by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York.


Saturday, December 1
8:30-9 a.m. Registration
9-10:15 a.m. Introduction and overview of campaign finance landscape
10:30-12 a.m. Election law professor Brad Smith on federal campaign
finance law and regulation of non-profits, with Q&A
1:30-3 p.m. Building your toolbox - federal data
3:15-4:30 p.m. Building your toolbox - state and local data, with Darrel Rowland
4:30-5 p.m. Wrap-up and Q&A
Sunday, December 2
9-10:45 a.m. Downloading and working with FEC data (Excel & Access)
11a.m.-12 p.m. Dealing with IRS 527 data and wrap-up