Feb 26 2009
Following the money in the Wall Street shakeout? Start here.
OpenSecrets.org has many, many resources for anyone interested in following the money as Washington policymakers continue to craft and implement their solutions to the floundering economy. Here’s a guide to what we at the Center for Responsive Politics have for you online:
Overviews of federal campaign contributions and lobbying by the finance, insurance and real estate [...]
Jan 8 2009
2009: The Year of Open Data
If you’re the kind of person who enjoys an illuminating data mash-up, 2009 is going to be a great year, because we’ll be opening up CRP’s vast databases to the world. Data-divers will be able to combine our campaign finance and lobbying data, among other types of information we collect and analyze, with datasets that [...]